Patent ID: 7775254
Filing Date: 2010-08-17
Classification: E06B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A cord lock cord lock comprising: a housing having a locking surface over which a plurality of lift cords can travel along a cord path; at least one cam positioned above the cord path and able to rotate about an axis from a locked position at which the at least one cam will engage any cord on the cord path to an unlocked position; and a release member attached to the housing, having at least one opening through which any cord traveling along the cord path will pass and having a cam engaging portion, the release member movable by movement of any cord passing through the at least one opening in the release member from a first position, in which the cam is in the locked position, to a second position at which the cam engaging portion of the release member engages the cam and the cam is in the unlocked position such that movement of the release member from the first position to the second position maintains the cam in the unlocked position, wherein the release member has a planar portion having a first side and a second side parallel to the first side, the planar portion containing the opening, the housing further comprising a first wall and a second wall spaced apart from the first wall, each wall having a slot such that the first side of the planar portion is within the slot in the first wall and the second side of the planar portion is within the slot in the second wall.