Patent ID: 8662136

Claim:
An anti-strangulation apparatus for, and hanging freely with, a looped cord of a window covering device, comprising: a) a tube; wherein said tube has an outer surface; and wherein said tube at first has the looped cord of the window covering device enter in said tube, then has the looped cord of the window covering device exit from said tube and run along said outer surface of said tube, and then has the looped cord of the window covering device reenter in said tube again where the looped cord of the window covering device is reeved, and in so doing, said anti-strangulation device is allowed to hang freely with the looped cord of the window covering device and keep the looped cord of the window covering device snug enough against said tube to prevent strangulation by the looped cord of the window covering device, while allowing the looped cord of the window covering device to remain fully operational.