Patent ID: 7503371
Filing Date: 2009-03-17
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
1. A slat for a window covering comprising: a substantially planar main skeletal structure having a first main surface oppositely disposed from a second main surface, a first side surface extending between said first and second main surfaces and oppositely disposed from a second side surface extending between said first and second main surfaces, a first end surface extending between said first and second main surfaces and oppositely disposed from a second end surface extending between said first and second surfaces; a first reinforcing member adjacent and parallel to said first side surface of said main skeletal structure; a second reinforcing member adjacent and parallel to said second side surface of said main skeletal structure; and a decorative covering, said decorative covering having a finished first side, said finished first side opposite a second side, and wherein said decorative covering envelopes said main skeletal structure and said first and second reinforcing members such that said first finished side faces outward and away from said main skeletal structure and said first and second reinforcing members and said second side faces inward toward said main skeletal structure and said first and second reinforcing members, and wherein said decorative covering is attached to said main skeletal structure by stitching which extends through said decorative covering and through said main skeletal structure such that said first reinforcing member is restrained against said first main surface of said main skeletal structure adjacent said first side surface of said main skeletal structure and said second reinforcing member is restrained against said first main surface of said main skeletal structure adjacent said second side surface of said main skeletal structure, such that the shape of said first and second reinforcing members is at least partially expressed through said decorative covering, and such that said decorative covering extends beyond at least three of said two sides and said two ends of said main skeletal structure.