Patent ID: 6371191
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
A Venetian blind for covering a window of a room having an interior and an exterior, said blind adjustable between a full open-to-view position to a full closed-to-view position and comprising a top rail, a bottom rail, a pair of ladders extending between said top rail and said bottom rail, each of said ladders having a plurality of rungs, adjacent rungs being separated by a rung spacing, and a plurality of horizontal slats extending from said top rail to said bottom rail and resting horizontally on said rungs of said ladders, means connected to said top rail and said bottom rail for tilting, raising and lowering said ladders whereby said plurality of slats may be tilted, raised and lowered, each of said slats having a single interior-facing long irregular edge extending along the length of said slat, and a single exterior-facing long substantially straight edge extending along the length of said slat, said plurality of slats being substantially identical to one another, said slats including at least one point of minimum width along the length thereof, said rung spacing being less than said point of minimum width whereby said slats overlap each other in said full closed-to-view position so as to ensure room-darkening and privacy.