Patent ID: 7044189

Claim:
The combination of a roller-tube in an assembly having a slot formed in the body formation of the roller-tube and a pull-strap assembly connected to said roller-tube through said slot and by which an element within said roller-tube is opened-up through said slot by operation of said pull-strap assembly, said pull-strap assembly comprising a pull-strap of a length formed of a thin composite of two layers of strong and thin material, said length extending from a looped-back end of the strong and thin material forming the pull-strap to a terminal end for the pull-strap, said layers including longitudinal edges formed along said length of said pull-strap, said two layers permanently mated to each other along the length of said pull-strap, a plurality of spaced pockets formed in said permanently mated two layers along the length of said pull-strap and openable to said longitudinal edges, and connecting means removably mountable in any one of said plurality of spaced pockets installed to said slot of said roller-tube, said connecting means comprising a pair of heads each of said heads seatable on the body formation behind the slot in said roller-tube, and a stem of a size less than the sizes of said heads, said pair of heads securely mounted to said stem, said stem and pair of heads removably mountable throughout said any one of said plurality of open pockets and which is installed within said slot, each of said pair of heads on said stem extending exteriorly of and along its corresponding one of said longitudinal edges to seat on the body formation of the slot in said roller-tube.