초록 ▼

A window covering (10) having the appearance of a pleated curtain of the expansible-collapsible type and containing therein, and discretely postured within at least one plane of cells, an array of slats (30) capable of arcuate movement by a cord ladder (18, 19, 22) apparatus. The preferred embodimen

A window covering (10) having the appearance of a pleated curtain of the expansible-collapsible type and containing therein, and discretely postured within at least one plane of cells, an array of slats (30) capable of arcuate movement by a cord ladder (18, 19, 22) apparatus. The preferred embodiment of the invention (10) uses a multicellular curtain of the pleated type (14), and especially one having a continuous web-like ligature connecting the internal acute vertices of the cells. A Venetian blind apparatus is interposed between the outside pleated faces of the cell network so that a blind slat (30) may be rotated from a rest position on one cell ligament (28) and into contact with an adjoining cell ligament (31). Through an array of reflectively coated or opacified slats (26) or ligaments (28), in combination with the rotatable Venetian blind slats (30), light diffusing through the curtain (14) is readily controlled.

대표청구항 ▼

A flexible and collapsible-expansible, pleated multicellular shade array having spaced-apart, pleated obverse and reverse faces and pleat trough joining means to connect opposing troughs of said faces to form individual sleeve-like cells in said shade and further, including within individual cells t

A flexible and collapsible-expansible, pleated multicellular shade array having spaced-apart, pleated obverse and reverse faces and pleat trough joining means to connect opposing troughs of said faces to form individual sleeve-like cells in said shade and further, including within individual cells that lie in a singular plane within said shade, a pivotally movable Venetian blind slat.