Patents by Inventor Victor Debs
Victor Debs has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 5664614Abstract: A venetian blind assembly is characterized by a unitary major pull cord for raising and lowering a bottom rail, the major cord extending from a head of the assembly to expose a first end by which a user may operate the major cord, the major cord being connected at a second end thereof to a minor cord at a connection point, which minor cord is connected to a bottom rail of the assembly, whereby a raising or lowering of the major cord in turn pulls the minor cord to thereby lower or raise the bottom rail, the connection point of the major and minor cords being located such that when the major cord is pulled toward a fully exposed position, the connection point is located either external of the head but in close proximity thereto or is located within the head.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 1996Date of Patent: September 9, 1997Inventor: Victor Debs
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Patent number: 4886102Abstract: A venetian blind has a plurality of slats, a head, brackets for mounting the head on a support, ladder assemblies for suspending the slats from the head, cables provided in the head for lifting and lowering the slats, and cables provided in the head for tilting the slats from essentially horizontal positions to tilted positions and vice-versa. The head has a top and no bottom intermediate the top and the slats.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 1988Date of Patent: December 12, 1989Inventor: Victor Debs
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Patent number: 4742860Abstract: A vertical blind head having two separate parts interconnected by a bracket or the like and having a split tilt rod whose parts are interconnected by a sleeve or pin.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 1981Date of Patent: May 10, 1988Assignee: Levolor Lorentzen, Inc.Inventor: Victor Debs
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Patent number: 4487243Abstract: A venetian blind with a very low head channel and narrow slats, having a lift cord lock, a tilter, and cradles, all of which can simply be snapped in place in the head channel. The cord lock has an integral, one-piece sheet metal housing. The tilter has a plastic housing open at the top through which the gear and worm shaft can be introduced before being closed with a cover. The blind has drums forming plastic sleeves split to fit over the tilt rod and with slits for receiving barbed end portions of ladders for suspending the slats. The lower ends of the ladders and of the lift cord are fastened to the bottom rail of the blind by button-like plastic caps.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 1982Date of Patent: December 11, 1984Assignee: Levolor Lorentzen, Inc.Inventor: Victor Debs
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Patent number: 4476909Abstract: A cord lock for a venetian blind lift cord; having a housing with two side walls in spaced, substantially parallel relationship to each other, each side wall being provided with an oblong window with the windows in alignment with each other. A cam extends in the housing through the windows and is slidably and non-removably received in the windows. Each side wall also is provided with an elongated slot extending essentially vertically and at an angle with respect to the window, the slots being in alignment with each other. A cord glide body is non-rotatably but slidably received in the slots. The cord lock enables a lift cord passed in the housing over the cord glide body and between the cord glide body and the cam to be releasably locked therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 1982Date of Patent: October 16, 1984Assignee: Levolor Lorentzen, Inc.Inventors: Joseph A. Anderle, Victor Debs
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Patent number: 4386644Abstract: A vertical blind having a blind head with a tilt rod, a cap mounted to one end of the head and including a bushing, a sleeve connected to the tilt rod and rotatably supported in the bushing, and a worm gear located within the cap and connected to the sleeve, and a worm on a shaft accessible from outside the cap and operatively connected to the worm gear for rotating the same by means of a wand. Alternatively, a sprocket wheel is located within the cap and connected to the sleeve, and a bead chain accessible from the outside passes over the sprocket wheel for rotating the same.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 1981Date of Patent: June 7, 1983Assignee: Levolor Lorentzen, Inc.Inventor: Victor Debs
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Patent number: 4341254Abstract: A venetian blind has a blind head and slats, brackets for supporting the blind head, and a frame having side channel members to receive the ends of the slats. Clip means connect both the bracket to window opening structure and to the side channel members.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 1980Date of Patent: July 27, 1982Assignee: Levolor Lorentzen, Inc.Inventors: Maurice Schaller, Victor Debs, Leo Abate, James Dodich, Regino Rodriguez, Joseph A. Anderle
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Patent number: 4335776Abstract: A tassel weight for a control cord of a vertical blind, having a body with a hollow interior to be filled by the required number of weights, and a metal strip extending around the body and holding the weights in the interior and the pulley of the control cord in place.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 1980Date of Patent: June 22, 1982Assignee: Levolor Lorentzen, Inc.Inventor: Victor Debs
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Patent number: 4262728Abstract: In a vertical blind with a blind head and a number of carriers supported for reciprocating movement in the head, and holders respectively supported in the carriers for pivotal movement and adapted to support a plurality of vertical vanes therefrom, with a control for controlling the reciprocating movement of the carriers and pivotal movement of the holders including a tilt rod: first bevel gears respectively rotatably supported in the carriers and mounted for rotation with the tilt rod, and a second bevel gears respectively connected to the holders and respectively mounted for meshing engagement with the first bevel gears. The carriers are interconnected by special spacer bands and have special openings for receiving the cord for traversing or drawing the blind. The blind is also equipped with a simple arrangement for preventing the cord from sagging, without using an intermediate support.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 1979Date of Patent: April 21, 1981Assignee: Levolor Lorentzen, Inc.Inventor: Victor Debs
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Patent number: 4261408Abstract: In a vertical blind with a blind head, a tilt rod for tilting vanes suspended from the blind head in carriers, and a traverse cord for reciprocating the carriers in the head to thereby open and close the blind: a lever connected to the tilt rod for rotation therewith and having an opening spaced from the tilt rod and through which the traverse cord passes. Rotation of the tilt rod will bend and squeeze the traverse cord and thereby prevent its reciprocation when the vanes of the blind are tilted closed.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 1979Date of Patent: April 14, 1981Assignee: Levolor Lorentzen, Inc.Inventor: Victor Debs
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Patent number: 4214622Abstract: In a vertical blind with a blind head and a number of carriers supported for reciprocating movement in the head, and holders respectively supported in the carriers for pivotal movement and adapted to support a plurality of vertical vanes therefrom, with a control for controlling the reciprocating movement of the carriers and the pivotal movement of the holders including a tilt rod: first bevel gears respectively rotatably supported in the carriers and mounted for rotation with the tilt rod, and second bevel gears respectively connected to the holders and respectively mounted for meshing engagement with the first bevel gears. The carriers are interconnected by special spacer bands and have special openings for receiving the cord for traversing or drawing the blind.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 1978Date of Patent: July 29, 1980Assignee: Levolor Lorentzen, Inc.Inventor: Victor Debs
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Patent number: D276113Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 1982Date of Patent: October 30, 1984Assignee: Levolor Lorentzen, Inc.Inventors: Joseph A. Anderle, Victor Debs, Manuel Toledo
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Patent number: D276966Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 1982Date of Patent: January 1, 1985Assignee: Levolor Lorentzen, Inc.Inventors: George Georgopoulos, Victor Debs, Joseph A. Anderle