Patent ID: 7444910

Claim:
A blind cut-down apparatus for trimming the length of slats of a blind having at least a head rail, blind slat components and bottom rail suspended from the head rail, and comprising; a blind holding plate having a head rail opening for holding a head rail component and a bottom rail opening for holding a bottom rail component; a first blind slat opening for holding a first group of blind slat components, and holding said first group of blind slat components in position for cutting; a second blind slat opening, spaced from said first blind slat opening, for holding a second group of blind slat components separate from said first group, and holding said second group of blind slat components in position for cutting; a blind slat group separator between said first and second slat openings for holding said first and second slat groups apart from one another; at least one clamp for clamping at least one of said first or second blind slat components in position in said first and second blind slat openings, for cutting; a first cutter moveable relative to said blind holding plate in a first direction, for cutting said head rail, said first cutter including an opening having substantially the same contour as said head rail; a second cutter moveable relative to said blind holding plate in the first direction for cutting said bottom rail; and a movement transmission for moving said first cutter.