Patent ID: 6792997
Filing Date: 2004-09-21
Classification: E06B,Y10T

Abstract:
A device for securing strands of a string ladder to a bottom rail of a horizontal blind assembly wherein the bottom rail is provided with a countersunk bore formed in its underside, said device comprising:an integrally formed, one piece button including: a base plate having a top side, a bottom side and a central hole formed therethrough; a tubular stem extending upwardly from said top side of said base plate and terminating at a top opening, said tubular stem surrounding a through passage between said central hole in said base plate and said top opening of said tubular stem, said through passage being structured and disposed for receipt of the strands of the string ladder therethrough; a plurality of arcuate wall segments extending upwardly from said top side of said base plate and each of said plurality of arcuate wall segments having an outer wall surface structured and disposed for snug fitted receipt within the countersunk bore in the bottom rail; and a plurality of teeth members extending upwardly from said top side of said base plate between said plurality of arcuate wall segments, said plurality of teeth members forming a plurality of gaps between said plurality of teeth members and said plurality of arcuate wall segments, and said plurality of gaps being structured and disposed for wedged, grasping receipt of the strands of the string ladder therein, and each of said plurality of teeth members having a top end with angled surfaces extending from a distil point, said top end of each of said plurality of teeth members being structured and disposed for directing the strands of the string ladder into said gaps upon insertion of said button into the countersunk bore in the bottom rail.