Patent ID: 9719298
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: E06B

Claim:
1. A blind, comprising: a head rail having a bottom; a rotatable tilt drum in said head rail, said tilt drum defining an oblong shape having a centroid, said oblong shape defining a major axis and a minor axis, said tilt drum being mounted for rotation about an axis of rotation that is offset from said centroid; a front tilt cable extending from said tilt drum, out through said bottom of said head rail, and extending downwardly from said head rail; a rear tilt cable extending from said tilt drum, out through said bottom of said head rail, and extending downwardly from said head rail; a plurality of spaced apart rungs, including a top rung, each of said rungs being secured at a front rung end to said front tilt cable and at a rear rung end to said rear tilt cable; and a plurality of elongated slats, each of said slats defining an elongated, left-to-right slat direction and each slat having a front edge and a rear edge, and each slat resting on one of said rungs, with said front edge of each slat lying adjacent to said front tilt cable and said rear edge of each slat lying adjacent to said rear tilt cable; wherein: said major axis of said tilt drum is oriented in a substantially vertical direction when said slats are rotated to both a fully closed position and a fully opened position; and when said tilt drum is rotated to tilt said slats to said fully closed position, both said front and rear tilt cables extend in a straight line from said tilt drum, out through said bottom of said head rail, to said top rung, without being deflected by said head rail and with neither tilt cable being slack.