Appeal No. 1999-1787
Application No. 08/797,521
1. A Venetian blind comprising a plurality of parallel
elongated slats having front and rear longitudinal edges,
ladders including a pair of riser cords with one riser cord
extending along the front edge of the slats and the other
riser cord extending along the rear edge of the slats and
spaced apart cross rungs for supporting said slats in
vertically spaced apart relation, and lift cords for lifting
said slats into closely spaced stacked relation and for
lowering said slats into wider spaced relation, at least one
of said lift cords being interwoven with the cross rungs of an
associated one of said ladders while remaining between the
riser cords of the associated ladder substantially along the
entire length of said riser cords.
24. A Venetian blind comprising a plurality of elongated
slats having ends and front and rear longitudinal edges, a
plurality of ladders, each ladder including a pair of riser
cords with one riser cord extending along the front edges of
the slats and the other riser cord extending along the rear
edge of the slats and spaced apart cross rungs for supporting
said slats in vertically spaced apart relation, and lift cords
for lifting said slats into closely spaced stacked relation
and for lowering said slats into wider spaced relation, said
lift cords being intertwined with said riser cords along both
the front and rear edges of said slats.
28. A Venetian blind comprising a plurality of elongated
slats having front and rear longitudinal edges, a plurality of
ladders, each ladder including a pair of riser cords with one
riser cord extending along the front edge of the slats and the
other riser cord extending along the rear edge of the slats
and spaced apart cross rungs for supporting said slats in
vertically spaced apart relation, and lift cords for lifting
said slats into closely spaced stacked relation and for
lowering said slats into wider spaced relation, said slats
further including substantially vertically aligned notches in
said rear edge thereof, and wherein said aligned notches have
positioned therein a riser cord and a lift cord.
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