Venetian blind and frame for vehicles
First Claim
1. In combination, an upwardly and inwardly inclined window frame mounted in and having walls lining a motor vehicle window opening formed in an upwardly and inwardly curved vehicle wall, and a venetian blind fitting in said frame with clearance and having upper and lower headers with projecting end pintles, a plurality of spaced horizontal slats, slat supports and tension means connected to and extending between said headers for pulling toward each other said headers and tensioning said slat supports, said frame having upper openings for receiving the end pintles of said upper header, and rigid socket means at a lower portion of said frame having grooves for releasably receiving the pintles of said lower header, said tension means retaining said lower header pintles in locking engagement in said grooves and positioning said slats within the upwardly and inwardly inclined space outlined by said frame walls, whereby said tensioning means serve the dual purpose of positioning said slats within the outline of the window frame when said lower header pintles are locked in said grooves and of collapsing said blind vertically when said lower header pintles are released from said grooves.
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Abstract
A venetian blind and frame unit for vehicles, such as vans, wherein the frame conforms to the shape or curvature of the vehicle wall. The blind is secured within the frame at upper and lower headers thereof and is tensioned so as to substantially conform to the angle of upward and inward inclination of the vehicle side wall. One of the headers includes a projecting pintle which is retractable to permit placement of the header pintles within openings in the frame. The lower header is releasably secured to the lower end of the frame to allow raising of the blind within the frame.
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6 Claims
- 1. In combination, an upwardly and inwardly inclined window frame mounted in and having walls lining a motor vehicle window opening formed in an upwardly and inwardly curved vehicle wall, and a venetian blind fitting in said frame with clearance and having upper and lower headers with projecting end pintles, a plurality of spaced horizontal slats, slat supports and tension means connected to and extending between said headers for pulling toward each other said headers and tensioning said slat supports, said frame having upper openings for receiving the end pintles of said upper header, and rigid socket means at a lower portion of said frame having grooves for releasably receiving the pintles of said lower header, said tension means retaining said lower header pintles in locking engagement in said grooves and positioning said slats within the upwardly and inwardly inclined space outlined by said frame walls, whereby said tensioning means serve the dual purpose of positioning said slats within the outline of the window frame when said lower header pintles are locked in said grooves and of collapsing said blind vertically when said lower header pintles are released from said grooves.
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