Blind comprising a woven or knitted strip of material

• US 5,712,019 A
• Filed: 09/28/1995
• Issued: 01/27/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 04/01/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Edgar Driessen
• Original Assignee: Edgar Driessen
• Inventors: Driessen, Edgar
• Primary Examiner(s): LONEY, DONALD J
• Application Number:
  US08/532,770
• Time in Patent Office: 852 Days
• Field of Search: 428/178, 428/174, 428/181, 428/188, 428/196, 428/197, 428/224, 160/166.1, 160/330, 160/84.03, 160/349.1, 160/900, 160/901, 160/DIG. 7
• US Class Current: 428/178
• CPC Class Codes: A47H 23/05 of chain or chain mail; of free-hanging strips or lamellae
• CPC Class Codes: D03D 1/08 Ladder tapes ladder tapes for venetian blinds E06B9/382
• CPC Class Codes: D03D 11/02 Fabrics formed with pockets, tubes, loops, folds, tucks or flaps fabrics consisting of a single tube D03D3/02
• CPC Class Codes: D04B 21/20 specially adapted for knitting articles of particular configuration
• CPC Class Codes: D10B 2503/03 Inside roller shades or blinds
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24661 Forming, or cooperating to form cells
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24744 Longitudinal or transverse tubular cavity or cell
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/2481 including layer of mechanically interengaged strands, strand-portions or strand-like strips
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 442/3472 Woven fabric including an additional woven fabric layer
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 442/40 Knit fabric [i.e., knit strand or strip material]

Abstract

Disclosed is a woven or knitted strip of material for use in a blind having a plurality of pockets (2) being separated by each other by bridges (2a). These pockets (2) are designed to be fitted with suspension devices (3) or tensioning weights (4), whereas the pockets are woven or knitted parallely to each other into the strip of material.

Claims

1. Blind comprising a woven or knitted strip of material, characterized by a plurality of pockets (2) which are separated from each other by bridges (2a), which are designed to be fitted with suspension devices (3) or tensioning weights (4), and which are woven or knitted parallel to each other with inlaid yarn into the blind which is in the form of a woven or knitted strip of material.

2. Blind comprising a woven or knitted strip of material according to claim 1, characterized in that the pockets (2) are positioned parallely to the direction of the inlaid yarn.

3. Blind comprising a woven or knitted strip of material according to claim 1, characterized in that the blind has two layers of material at the places, where the pockets (2) are designed to be.