Patent ID: 8950462
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: D03D,D10B,E06B

Abstract:
1. A blind configured to have a plurality of states including an open state for light passage and a closed state for light blockage, the blind comprising: a first primary textile extending from an upper portion of the blind to a lower portion of the blind; a second primary textile extending substantially parallel to the first primary textile from the upper portion of the blind to the lower portion of the blind; a first uniting section defined on the first primary textile and including a first slat warp; a second uniting section defined on the second primary textile and including the first slat warp, the second uniting section being substantially level with the first uniting section when the blind is in the open state; a third uniting section defined below the first uniting section on the first primary textile and including a second slat warp that is different from the first slat warp; a fourth uniting section defined below the second uniting section on the second primary textile and including the second slat warp, the fourth uniting section being substantially level with the third uniting section when the blind is in the open state; a first slat textile provided between the first and second primary textiles, the first slat textile including the first slat and being woven to the first primary textile and the second primary textile at the first uniting section and the second uniting section, respectively; and a second slat textile provided below the first slat textile and between the first primary textile and the second primary textile, the second slat textile being woven to the first primary textile and the second primary textile at the third uniting section and the fourth uniting section, respectively; wherein the first and second primary textiles are configured to provide light passage, and the first and second slat textiles are configured to block light, and wherein the first and second slat textiles are substantially orthogonal to the first and second primary textile in the open state to provide light passage, and substantially parallel to the first and second primary textiles in the closed state to block light wherein the first primary textile includes a first primary warp and a first primary woof, the second primary textile includes a second primary warp and a second primary woof, the first slat textile includes the first slat warp and a first slat woof, and the second slat textile includes the second slat warp and a second slat woof.