Patent ID: 8225840

Claim:
A cord lock comprising a housing having a locking surface over which a plurality of lift cords can travel along a cord path; at least one cam positioned above the cord path and able to rotate about an axis from a locked position at which the at least one cam will engage any cord on the cord path to an unlocked position; and a release member attached to the housing, having an eyelet at one end through which any cord traveling along the cord path will pass and having a cam engaging portion at the opposite end, the release member movable by movement of any cord passing through the eyelet in the release member from a first position, in which the cam is in the locked position, to a second position at which the cam engaging portion of the release member engages the cam lock and the cam is in the unlocked position such that rotation of the release member on an axis perpendicular to the axis about which the at least on cam rotates from the first position to the second position maintains the cam in the unlocked position.