Patents by Inventor Zazu Cicua

Zazu Cicua 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).

  • Method and apparatus for fixing the length of a pull cord
    Publication number: 20040140064
    Abstract: An adjustable cord restraining device for a blind assembly having a head rail, a bottom rail and at least one pull cord extending through a cord passage of the head rail and coupled to the bottom rail includes an annular member sufficiently sized to prevent entry of the annular member into the cord passage of the head rail and further travel of the pull cord through the head rail. A method of preventing the further extension of a pull cord includes obtaining an annular member sized larger than a pull cord passageway of a head rail pinching a mid-section of the pull cord and inserting the pinched portion of the mid-section through the annular member, forming a loop with the pull cord, inserting a free end of the pull cord through the loop to form an adjustable knot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventors: Roger C. Palmer, David A. Schwartz, Zazu Cicua
  • Method and apparatus for fixing the length of a pull cord
    Patent number: 6571854
    Abstract: An adjustable cord restraining device for a blind assembly having a head rail, a bottom rail and at least one pull cord extending through a cord passage of the head rail and coupled to the bottom rail includes an annular member sufficiently sized to prevent entry of the annular member into the cord passage of the head rail and further travel of the pull cord through the head rail. A method of preventing the further extension of a pull cord includes obtaining an annular member sized larger than a pull cord passageway of a head rail pinching a mid-section of the pull cord and inserting the pinched portion of the mid-section through the annular member, forming a loop with the pull cord, inserting a free end of the pull cord through the loop to form an adjustable knot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Newell Window Furnishings, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger C. Palmer, David A. Schwartz, Zazu Cicua