Patent ID: 6145528
Filing Date: 2000-11-14
Classification: E04H,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A blind, comprising:a support system and a sheet material secured to at least a portion of the support system, the support system comprising a number (n) of horizontal support members and a number (n+1) of vertical support members, wherein n corresponds to an integer of 2 or greater, and a plurality of flexible joints, each flexible joint connecting a vertical support member to at least one horizontal support member, at least one of the vertical support members being connected by one of the joints to at least two horizontal support members, wherein at least one of the joints connecting one of the horizontal support members to one of the vertical support members comprises a length of polymer tubing having one end fittingly received on an end of the one of the horizontal support members and an opposite end fittingly received over an end of the one of the vertical support members.