Patent ID: 11891854
Assignee: HUNTER DOUGLAS INC.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  E  D | IPC B  D  E

Claim 0:
1. A covering for an architectural feature having a width and a height, the covering for adjusting the amount of light that passes there through and comprising:
a flexible panel having a width, a top end and a bottom end, wherein a distance between the top end and the bottom end defines a height of the panel, the panel comprising:
a flexible first vertical support sheer formed of a plurality of crossing polymer-based yarns arranged to provide a structure having a plurality of openings to permit light to pass there through, the first vertical support sheer having a height and width; and
a plurality of flexible, horizontally extending, opaque vanes spaced along the height of the first vertical support sheer, each of the plurality of flexible vanes having a length and a width, the length of the plurality of flexible vanes corresponding to and substantially the same as the width of the first vertical support sheer, each of the plurality of flexible vanes operably coupled to the first vertical support sheer and moveable between a first position that permits light to pass through the flexible panel and a second position that blocks light from passing through the flexible panel;, wherein the polymer-based yarns and the plurality of openings in the first vertical support sheer provide an openness factor in a range of about seventy percent (70%) to about ninety percent (90%).