GUIDE ARRANGEMENT FOR HANGINGS

• US 20150275571A1
• Filed: 10/18/2013
• Published: 10/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beat Guhl
• Original Assignee: Beat Guhl
• Inventors: Guhl, Beat
• Granted Patent: US 9,670,721 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 2009/2423 Combinations of at least two screens
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 2009/583 Cords or cables
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 2009/587 Mounting of guiding devices to supporting structure
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 9/322 Details of operating devices, e.g. pulleys, brakes, spring drums, drives operating devices E06B9/68 ; devices of general interest specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material B65H75/34
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 9/327 Guides for raisable lamellar blinds with horizontal lamellae
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 9/58 Guiding devices
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49826 Assembling or joining

Abstract

On large window and door openings frequently made today, the manufacturers of venetian blinds in particular cannot cover the whole opening with just one blind. Therefore, it is necessary to arrange two or more hangings. However, these must be guided on both sides, and therefore a lateral guide between the two jambs of the opening is necessary. Such a guide is, however, undesirable for aesthetic reasons. According to the invention a temporary guide is created for the edges which need not be guided in the jambs and does this by means of a guide arrangement which can be accommodated rolled-up above the elevating device and can be introduced into the door or window opening.

Claims

1-18. -18. (canceled)

19. A sun-shade system, comprising:

a sun-shade operable between a storage configuration and a shading configuration;

a guide operable between a retracted configuration and an extended configuration; and

an anchoring system that releasably anchors an end portion of said guide in said extended configuration, wherein

said anchoring system comprises a lid that, in a closed configuration, hides said end portion of said guide from view.

20. The sun-shade system of claim 19, wherein:

said guide, in said extended configuration, guides said sun-shade between said storage configuration and said shading configuration.

21. The sun-shade system of claim 19, wherein:

said guide has substantially the shape of a cord.

22. The sun-shade system of claim 19, comprising:

a control system that inhibits operation of said sun-shade from said storage configuration to said shading configuration when said guide is not in said extended configuration.

23. The sun-shade system of claim 19, comprising:

a braking mechanism that brakes a retraction of said guide from said extended configuration to said retracted configuration.

24. The sun-shade system of claim 19, wherein:

said anchoring system comprises an anchor that releasably anchors said end portion of said guide in said extended configuration.

25. The sun-shade system of claim 24, wherein:

said anchor is movable in a longitudinal direction of said guide for tensioning said guide.

26. The sun-shade system of claim 24, wherein:

said anchor comprises a first slit,

said lid comprises a second slit substantially orthogonal to said first slit when said lid is in said closed configuration.

27. The sun-shade system of claim 26, wherein:

said guide extends along a straight line through said first slit and said second slit in said extended configuration.

28. A sun-shade guide cord anchoring system, comprising:

an anchor comprising a first slit;

a lid comprising a second slit substantially orthogonal to said first slit, wherein,

when said lid is in a closed configuration, a portion of said first slit and a portion of said second slit align along an axis substantially orthogonal to a major face of said lid.

29. The anchoring system of claim 28, wherein:

said anchor is movable in a direction substantially parallel to said axis.

30. The anchoring system of claim 28, comprising:

a housing having an opening, wherein

said anchor is situated in said housing, and

said lid is pivotably mounted to said housing, said lid substantially covering said opening in said closed configuration.

31. The anchoring system of claim 28, wherein:

said anchor comprises a third slit,

said lid comprises a fourth slit substantially orthogonal to said third slit, and,

when said lid is in said closed position, a portion of said third slit and a portion of said fourth slit align along an axis substantially orthogonal to said major face of said lid.

32. A method of installing a sun-shade system, comprising:

mounting at least one sub-system of said sun-shade system above a floor, said at least one sub-system comprising a sun-shade operable between a storage configuration and a shading configuration and a guide operable between a retracted configuration and an extended configuration; and

providing, in said floor, an anchoring system that releasably anchors an end portion of said guide in said extended configuration, wherein said anchoring system comprises a lid that, in a closed configuration, is substantially flush with a surface of said floor and hides said end portion of said guide from view.