Patent ID: 7525277

Claim:
A command-transmitting device ( 2 ) for controlling a motorized blind ( 4 ) with orientable slats ( 5 ), comprising control buttons ( 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 ) and a movable control element ( 2 b; 2 b ′) movable in two directions along a theoretical axis of operation (D 1 ), these control buttons and this movable control element being arranged on a first face ( 24 ) of the transmitting device, in which device the buttons ( 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 ) are positioned outside of an exclusion zone (A) defined by two straight lines (C 1 , C 2 ) intersecting in the center of the movable element and forming an angle (α) of 60°, the bisector of which is parallel to the theoretical axis of operation, and by a circle ( 21 ) whose center is on the center of the movable element and whose circumference is separated from the latter by a distance (d) of 20 mm, and the buttons ( 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 ) controlling the movements of the slats in opposite directions are arranged on either side of the movable element ( 2 b; 2 b ′).