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WO2004038160A1 - Protection pour fenetre, porte ou ouverture similaire - Google Patents

Protection pour fenetre, porte ou ouverture similaire Download PDF

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WO2004038160A1
WO2004038160A1 PCT/GB2003/004550 GB0304550W WO2004038160A1 WO 2004038160 A1 WO2004038160 A1 WO 2004038160A1 GB 0304550 W GB0304550 W GB 0304550W WO 2004038160 A1 WO2004038160 A1 WO 2004038160A1
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covering according
covering
load member
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Amrik Singh
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Newell Ltd
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Priority to EP03809368A priority Critical patent/EP1579099A1/fr
Priority to AU2003276388A priority patent/AU2003276388A1/en
Publication of WO2004038160A1 publication Critical patent/WO2004038160A1/fr
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
    • E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
    • E06B9/00—Screening or protective devices for wall or similar openings, with or without operating or securing mechanisms; Closures of similar construction
    • E06B9/24—Screens or other constructions affording protection against light, especially against sunshine; Similar screens for privacy or appearance; Slat blinds
    • E06B9/26—Lamellar or like blinds, e.g. venetian blinds
    • E06B9/266—Devices or accessories for making or mounting lamellar blinds or parts thereof

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  • the present invention relates to coverings for windows, doors or similar openings, particularly but not exclusively window blinds.
  • Adjustable blinds are common coverings for windows. In an accommodation, in which blinds are desired to cover windows, they can take some time to install properly. If existing blinds are required to be removed to be cleaned, this may leave a room undesirably exposed.
  • a covering for a window, a door or a similar opening comprising a cover member and a load member located on the cover member for urging the cover member to cover the window, door or similar opening when the covering is in the unpackaged condition in use, and the load member forming at least part of packaging for the cover member when the covering is in an original packaged condition.
  • the load member may comprise at least part of a bottom rail which extends along a bottom edge or section of the cover member.
  • the load member forms a base part and an additional part of the packing in the packaged condition.
  • Retaining means may be provided to retain the load member in a desired configuration in the unpackaged condition.
  • the retaining means may comprise adhesive means provided, preferably on the additional part of the packaging, to retain the additional part in a folded condition.
  • the adhesive means may comprise an adhesive strip.
  • the load member may form a base part of the packaging in the packaged condition.
  • detachment means is provided to facilitate detaching of the load member part of the packaging from the remainder of the packaging.
  • the detachment means may comprise a line or lines of weakness joining the load member part to the remainder of the packaging.
  • the line or lines of weakness may, for example, be defined by perforations.
  • the detachment means may join the load member part to the remainder of the packaging at an end of the packaged covering.
  • the detachment means joins the load member part to the remainder of the packaging at a side of the packaged covering.
  • the load member may form substantially the whole of the packaging.
  • the packaging does not cover the cover member entirely so that part of the cover member can be seen in its packaged condition.
  • the load member part, and the remainder of the packaging, may conveniently be made of a card material. Other suitable material may be used.
  • the cover member may be made of any suitable sheet material. It may, for example, be made of a paper material.
  • the sheet member may be folded into pleats, preferably identical pleats. Preferably the sheet and pleats are rectangular, the pleats extending parallel to a side of the sheet. In the packaged condition, the pleats preferably lie closed together in substantially face to face relationship to form an elongate stack. When the covering is in the unpackaged condition, the pleats are preferably separable in a zigzag configuration under the weight of the load member towards a fully expanded position.
  • Holding means may be provided for holding the cover member in one or more positions against the weight of the load member.
  • the holding means may be set by the user to hold the cover member in a retracted position, for example, when the window, door or similar opening is not required to be covered, and/or in an intermediate position or positions, which may be selected by the user, between the retracted position and a fully opened position to which it is urged by the load member.
  • the holding means is preferably provided to hold the pleats closed together in the stack and in one or more intermediate expanded positions against complete expansion under the weight of the load member.
  • the holding means preferably comprises a cord passing through aligned holes in the cover member. When the cover member is pleated the holes are conveniently in adjacent pleats.
  • the holding means preferably further comprises a holding notch in which the cord is locatable and held, by a friction fit, to hold the cover member against the weight of the load member in a selected position.
  • the holding notch may be in the load member or a part associated with the load member.
  • the holding means may comprise a toggle clamp adjustably located on the holding cord underneath the load member in use, against which the load member abuts so as to retain the cover member in a desired position against the weight of the load member.
  • the toggle clamp may be retained to the load member with the cord extending through it.
  • the holding means may comprise a clip means applied to the cover member for clipping the cover member in a desired position of use against the weight of the load member.
  • Excess cord locating means may be provided to locate a portion of the cord which lies idle beyond the holding notch or toggle clamp, for example when the cover member is not in the fully opened position.
  • the excess cord locating means may comprise locating recesses provided in the additional part of the load member when in the folded condition, the cord being windable around edges of the recesses. The edges of the recesses may be sloped to retain the excess wound cord against gravity.
  • the load member is preferably attached to a pleat which is lowermost in use in the un-packaged condition of the covering.
  • the load member may be substantially similar in shape to the lowermost pleat and slightly larger in size.
  • the notch may for example be formed in a projection extending from the load member.
  • the projection may include a grip portion, allowing it to be used as a handle to open and retract the cover member in use.
  • attachment means is provided for attaching the covering above the window, door or similar opening in use.
  • the attachment means comprises an adhesive means in the form of an adhesive strip, for example an adhesive tape.
  • the adhesive strip is preferably provided on an upper section of the cover member, for example in the pleated form of the cover member the uppermost pleat.
  • Distance indication marks may be provided at intervals along the length of the covering, either on the load member or one of the pleats for assisting a user in shortening, for example by cutting, the covering to enable the covering to be correctly installed in openings of differing widths.
  • the distance indication marks are preferably provided at least near the ends of the covering.
  • Figure 1 shows a covering according to a first embodiment of the present invention in a packaged condition
  • Figure 2 shows the covering of Figure 1 with the packaging being opened
  • Figure 3 shows the covering of Figure 1 with part of the packaging being removed
  • Figure 4 shows the covering of Figure 1 in an unpackaged condition
  • Figure 5 shows a covering according to a second embodiment of the invention in a packaged condition
  • Figure 6 shows the covering of Figure 5 with the packaging being opened
  • Figure 7 shows the covering of Figure 5 with part of the packaging being removed.
  • Figure 8 shows a covering according to a third embodiment of the present invention with the packaging being opened;
  • Figure 9 shows the covering of Figure 8 with a load member being folded into a desired configuration
  • Figure 10 shows a bottom section of the covering of Figure 8 in a first unpackaged condition
  • Figure 11 shows a bottom section of the covering of Figure 8 in a second unpackaged condition in which excess cord is wound into a loop;
  • Figure 12 shows a magnified view of part of the loop of Figure 11.
  • a covering 10 includes packaging 12 having an elongate rectangular base 14, the packaging 12 being of a card material.
  • the covering 10 also includes a cover member provided by a rectangular cover sheet 16, formed by zig zag folding into a series of similar elongate rectangular pleats 18.
  • the pleats 18 form an elongate stack 20 (as seen in Figure 1).
  • a lowermost one of the pleats 22 is attached to the base 14 which forms a part of the packaging 12 for the covering 10.
  • the base 14 is joined to the remainder 24 of the packaging, which includes an end wall portion 26 covering the end of the stack 20 and a channel portion 28 joined to the end wall portion 26.
  • the end wall portion 26 and the channel portion 28 are shaped and sized such that they co-operate with the base 14 to keep the pleats 18 tightly stacked when in the packaged condition as seen in Figure 1.
  • the channel portion 28 does not extend for the whole length of the elongate stack 20 and as a result packaging costs are reduced and a user is allowed to see the cover member, and its colour, in the packaged condition.
  • the pleats 18 are provided with centrally aligned holes 30 through which a cord 32 passes.
  • the base 14 includes a holding notch 34 in line with the holes 30 and cord 32, as seen in Figure 4.
  • the notch 34 is provided centrally at one side of the base 14.
  • An uppermost pleat 35 of the stack has a rectangular adhesive member 36 attached to it which is formed of a card material and presents an adhesive surface for attachment of the cover member at the uppermost pleat to a surface above a window to be covered.
  • the pleats 18 are maintained in the elongate stack 20 by the base 14, the end wall portion 26 and the channel portion 28 of the remainder 24 of the packaging. In this condition part of the cover member is clearly visible to a user. Walls 38 of the channel portion 28 are used to grip and carry the covering 10 whilst in the packaged condition. When the covering 10 is required to be unpackaged, these channel wall 38 portions may be used to lift the remainder 24 of the packaging away from the elongate stack 20 of pleats 18 (see Figure 2).
  • the card material is folded at the junctions between the end wall portion 26 and the channel portion 28 and also the end wall portion 26 and the base 14.
  • a perforated line of weakness is provided at the junction between the end wall portion 26 and the base 14. Referring to Figure 3, this allows a user to tear the remainder 24 of the packaging away from the base 14 manually.
  • the adhesive member 36 is attached to, for example, an upper-frame of a window to be covered. Once the covering 10 has been attached above the window the elongate stack 20 of pleats 18 is allowed to unravel under gravity urged by the weight of the base member 14 (see Figure 4) . If it is not desired to use the full length of the cover member to cover a window, it is possible to allow the pleats 18 to partially unravel and use the cord 32 in conjunction with the notch 34 provided on the base 14 to hold the pleats 18 against further unravelling, by manipulating the cord 32 to engage with a friction fit in the notch 34. The cord 32 may be similarly applied to the notch 34 to hold the corner member in a fully retracted position, if the cover member is not required to cover the window.
  • FIG. 5 a similar covering is shown, but having a different packaging 50.
  • the packaging is formed of a card material, as in the first embodiment, but the remainder 54 is attached to the rectangular base 52 along one of its longitudinal edges, with the ends of the elongate stack of pleats being left exposed.
  • Figure 5 two sections are cut out from the remainder 54 of the packaging allowing a user to easily see part of the covering 10, and its colour, in this condition.
  • a perforated line of weakness is provided allowing the user to easily tear off the remainder 54 from the base 52.
  • a projection 56 extends from the base 14, as an integral part of the base, and a holding notch 58 is formed in the projection 56 to accommodate, with a friction fit, the cord running through the pleats 18, so as to hold the pleats in a desired position, as in the first embodiment.
  • the projection 56 may also be used as a handle to raise or lower the zigzag arrangement of pleats 18 as required.
  • the packaging 60 is formed of a card material and comprises a rectangular base 62, rectangular side walls 64, 66 and a rectangular top wall 68.
  • a line of weakness in the form of perforations is provided longitudinally between the side wall 66 and the top wall 68 of the packaging 60. This facilitates opening of the packaging as seen in Figure 8.
  • Adhesive strips 70, 72 are provided on an inner surface of the side wall 66 and the uppermost pleat 35. The purpose of the adhesive strip 70 on the uppermost pleat has been previously described and the purpose of the adhesive strip 70 on the side wall 66 is discussed below.
  • the walls 64, 66, 68 have cut out portions (not shown in Figures 8 and 9) arranged to form cord locating recesses 74, 76 in the load member 78 in the unpackaged condition (as seen in Figures 10 to 12) .
  • edges 78, 80 of the cord locating recesses 74, 76 are sloped to prevent a loop of cord, wound between the edges 78, 80 from falling under its own weight.
  • Distance indication marks are provided towards the ends of the packaging to indicate distances from either end.
  • the colour of the covering can be seen in the packaged condition through the cut out portions (not shown in Figures 8 and 9).
  • the distance indication markers (not shown) are used as guides to cutting a predetermined length of the covering off each end, if required, for example to fit different widths of window. Equal amounts should be cut from each end to keep the cord 32 centrally aligned.
  • the packaging is opened by separating the top wall 68 from the side wall 66 using the perforations between them.
  • the side wall 66 is folded underneath the base 62 and the adhesive strip 70 is exposed.
  • the side wall 64 and top wall 68 are folded underneath the base 12 so that the top wall 68 overlaps the adhesive strip 70 on the inner surface of the side wall 66 and becomes adhesively attached to the side wall 66 to form the hollow, triangular section load member.
  • cord locating recesses 74, 76 are formed in the load member 78.
  • the adhesive member 72 is then attached to, for example, an upper frame of a window to be covered. Once the covering has been attached above the window, the covering is used as previously described. Referring to Figure 10, a bottom section of the covering is shown where the covering is allowed to be opened almost fully and an excess length 82 of cord 32 dangles idle beyond the notch 34.
  • the bottom section of the covering is shown where the covering is held in a position in which there is a larger excess length 82 of cord 32. It is undesirable to leave a large excess length 82 of cord 32 lying idly for safety and aesthetic reasons. The excess length 82 of cord is therefore wound around the edges 78, 80 of the recesses 74, 76 to form a loop. This arrangement is best seen in Figure 11 and prevents the excess length 82 of cord from dangling freely and possibly dangerously.
  • holding means including clips, clamps or similar holding arrangements to prevent the pleats from unravelling, and to hold them closed together in the fully retracted position of the cover member.
  • Different materials may be used for the cover member and/or the base and different configurations may be used for the packaging.
  • Different detachment means may be used to allow the remainder of the packaging to be detached from the base.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne une protection pour fenêtre, porte ou ouverture similaire qui possède un élément de protection et un élément d'emballage (62, 64, 66, 68) situé sur ledit élément de protection permettant d'amener ce dernier à protéger ladite fenêtre, porte ou ouverture similaire lorsque, en cours d'utilisation, la protection est déballée. Lorsque ladite protection se présente selon un état original déballé, l'élément d'emballage (62, 64, 66, 68) fait au moins partie de l'emballage dudit élément de protection.
PCT/GB2003/004550 2002-10-26 2003-10-22 Protection pour fenetre, porte ou ouverture similaire Ceased WO2004038160A1 (fr)

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EP03809368A EP1579099A1 (fr) 2002-10-26 2003-10-22 Protection pour fenetre, porte ou ouverture similaire
AU2003276388A AU2003276388A1 (en) 2002-10-26 2003-10-22 Covering for window, a door or a similar opening

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GB0224956.3 2002-10-26
GB0224956A GB0224956D0 (en) 2002-10-26 2002-10-26 Covering for a window a door or a similar opening

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US5158127A (en) * 1991-03-11 1992-10-27 Schumacher Donald W Temporary covering for a window or the like

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