Patent ID: 6817401
Filing Date: 2004-11-16
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
A window blind assembly comprising:a frame having a first side, a second side and a third side defining a pane opening; a pane positioned within said pane opening and connected to said frame; a blind assembly including blinds connected along one of said first side, said second side and said third side, said blinds including lift cords, said blinds further including a height control mechanism for moving said blinds in a vertical direction attached to said lift cords, said height control mechanism further including a height actuator and said frame further including a first groove along at least one of said first side, said second side and said third side, said height actuator being slidably mounted on said first groove, said blinds further including adjustment cords on said blinds and a tilt control mechanism for opening and closing said blinds attached to said adjustment cords, said tilt control mechanism further including a tilt actuator and one of said first side, said second side and said third side includes a second groove, said tilt actuator being slidably mounted along said second groove, said height control mechanism further including an adjustment gear, an adjustment control gear, a height belt, an adjustment rod and a threaded rod, said lift cords being attached to said adjustment rod and said height belt being attached to said actuator and said adjustment gear such that movement of said actuator causes said gear to rotate, and wherein said adjustment gear is attached to said adjustment rod such that rotation of said adjustment gear causes said adjustment rod to rotate and, in turn, causes said blinds to be adjusted; at least one latch connected along one of said first side, said second side and said third side of said frame, said at least one latch including a door leg; and at least one clip along a bottom portion of said frame, said clips being rotatably mounted to said bottom portion of said frame such that said clips can snap behind a frame of an existing doorlight.