Patent ID: 7201205

Claim:
An interior window with integrated blind, comprising: a substantially airtight encasement formed from a pair of panes of glass secured to opposite sides of a rectangular spacer frame; a blind assembly having a plurality of slats suspended on at least two parallel slat-tilting ladders; each of said slat-tilting ladders extending downwardly from a corresponding rotating tube; each of said rotating tubes attached to a horizontal rod; said horizontal rod having a first and second end; and said blind assembly encased within said substantially airtight encasement; a left blind control having a vertical rod, a knob, an upper cable and a lower cable; said vertical rod having an upper end and a lower end; said upper cable extending from said upper end of said vertical rod through said spacer frame to said first end of said horizontal rod; said lower cable extending from said lower end of said vertical rod to said knob; and a right blind control having a vertical rod, a knob, an upper cable and a lower cable; said vertical rod having an upper end and a lower end; said upper cable extending from said upper end of said vertical rod through said spacer frame to said second end of said horizontal rod; said lower cable extending from said lower end of said vertical rod to said knob; whereby, when said knob of said left blind control is rotated, said lower cable of said left blind control, said vertical rod of said left blind control, said upper cable of said left blind control, said horizontal rod, and each of said rotating tubes are rotated thereby adjusting each of said slat-tilting ladders and said plurality of slats; and whereby, when said knob of said right blind control is rotated, said lower cable of said right blind control, said vertical rod of said right blind control, said upper cable of said right blind control, said horizontal rod, and each of said rotating tubes arc rotated thereby adjusting each of said slat-tilting ladders and said plurality of slats.