Patent ID: 8567474
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: E06B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A safety device kit for window coverings comprising: a first cord segment having a plurality of first stops spaced along the first cord segment; a first anchor that is sized and configured to connect to the first cord segment, the first anchor being fastenable to a structure adjacent a window opening; a second cord segment having a plurality of second stops spaced along the second cord segment; and a second anchor that is sized and configured to connect to the second cord segment, the second anchor being fastenable to the structure adjacent the window opening; the first cord segment having a first end and a second end opposite the first end of the first cord segment, the first end of the first cord segment attachable to the first anchor and the second end of the first cord segment being positionable within a first end portion of a bottom rail of a window covering; the second cord segment having a first end and a second end opposite the first end of the second cord segment, the first end of the second cord segment attachable to the first anchor and the second end of the second cord segment being positionable within a second end portion of the bottom rail of the window covering, the second end portion of the bottom rail of the window covering being opposite the first end portion of the bottom rail; the first cord segment and the second cord segment not being a portion of any lift cord extending from a headrail to the bottom rail of the window covering; a first end cap sized for attachment to the first end portion of the bottom rail and a second end cap sized for attachment to the second end portion of the bottom rail; a plurality of fasteners comprising a first fastener and a second fastener, the first fastener insertable within the first anchor to attach the first anchor to the structure adjacent the window opening and the second fastener insertable within the second anchor to attach the second anchor to the structure adjacent the window opening; and wherein the first end cap is sized and configured to releasably connect to the first cord segment at a plurality of different selectable first stops of the plurality of first stops of the first cord segment to adjustably position the second end of the first cord segment within the bottom rail and the second end cap sized and configured to releasably connect to the second cord segment at a plurality of different selectable second stops of the plurality of second stops of the second cord segment to adjustably position the second end of the second cord segment within the bottom rail.