Patent ID: 7363955

Claim:
A Venetian blind comprising at least two vertically extending ladder members, each ladder member comprising at least a first vertical member placed on a first side of at least one carrier member, the first vertical member being connected by a plurality of vertically spaced ladder rungs to at least one other vertical member placed on another, opposite side of the at least one carrier member, a plurality of horizontally arranged cross slats each having a longitudinal axis and each being supported on each of the ladder members by at least one of the ladder rungs between the two vertical members, each of the at least two ladder members being supported by at least one of their ladder rungs, said at least one of the ladder rungs of each of the at least two ladder members being carried by at the least one carrier member, wherein said at least one of the ladder rungs of each of the at least two ladder members is fixed on the at least one carrier member by a clip snap-fastened over the carrier member, and wherein the ladder rung exits the clip through gaps so narrow that the gaps prevent joints between the vertical members and the at least one fixed ladder rung from being drawn past the clip.