Patent ID: 6186213
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
A vertical blind system comprising:a vertical blind vane mechanism;a plurality of vertical blind vanes coupled to said blind vane mechanism, said plurality of blind vanes each having a first hole therethrough near a top of said plurality of blind vanes; anda blind vane cover including a plurality of folded panels, each of said plurality of folded panels defining a pocket, each of said pockets havingone vertical blind vane of said plurality of blind vanes being disposed, respectively, within said pocket, anda pair of complementary readily disengageable fasteners adjoined to said blind vane cover of said pocket,wherein a first fastener member of said pair of fasteners is disposed within said hole of said one blind vane, andwherein a second fastener member of said pair of fasteners is detachably coupled to said first fastener member of said pair of fasteners to thereby mount said panel to said plurality of blind vanes in a readily removable manner; andsaid blind vane cover near the top of said plurality of blind vanes extending between adjacent vanes in a U-shape, with each leg of the U being near a respective one of the adjacent vanes, and the base of the U extending between the adjacent vanes near the vertical edges of the adjacent vanes that are opposite the closed ends of said pockets.