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[0014] FIG. 1A is a partially broken away perspective view of a first embodiment of a shutter blind made in accordance with the present invention, including spring loaded end caps on the head rail, sliding slot mounting brackets, ball and socket attachment of the tilt bar to the head rail, a hand control for raising of the louvers, and a single tilt bar;
[0015] FIG. 1B is an exploded view of the shutter blind of FIG. 1A ;
[0016] FIG. 2A is a partially broken away perspective view of a second embodiment of a shutter blind made in accordance with the present invention, including a different type of mounting bracket;
[0017] FIG. 2B is an exploded view of the shutter blind of FIG. 2A ;
[0018] FIG. 3A is a partially broken away perspective view of a third embodiment of a shutter blind made in accordance with the present invention, including double tilt bars where the tilt bars conceal the lift cords and the tilt cables;
[0019] FIG. 3B is an exploded view of the shutter blind of FIG. 3A ;
[0020] FIG. 4A is a partially broken away perspective view of a fourth embodiment of a shutter blind made in accordance with the present invention, including a different type of pivot linkage, and a different type of end cap;
[0021] FIG. 4B is an exploded view of the shutter blind of FIG. 4A ;
[0022] FIG. 5A is a partially broken away perspective view of a fifth embodiment of a shutter blind made in accordance with the present invention, including double tilt bars where the tilt bars conceal the lift cords and the tilt cables, and a provisional manual lift for raising or lowering the blind;
[0023] FIG. 5B is an exploded view of the shutter blind of FIG. 5A ;
[0024] FIG. 5C is a partially broken away perspective view of the same shutter blind as FIG. 5A but including a custodial wand;
[0025] FIG. 5D is an expanded close-up view of the custodial wand of FIG. 5C ;
[0026] FIG. 5E is a partially broken away perspective view of a sixth embodiment of a shutter blind made in accordance with the present invention, which is very similar to the first embodiment of FIG. 1A except the tilt bar 80 is shifted to the very end of the head rail so that a slightly different end cap, top bar attachment, top end cap, and bottom pivot bracket are used;
[0027] FIG. 5F is an exploded perspective view of the shutter blind of FIG. 5E ;
[0028] FIG. 6A is an end view of the head rail shown in FIGS. 1 through 5 ;
[0029] FIG. 6B is a broken away perspective view of the head rail of FIG. 6A ;
[0030] FIG. 7A is an end view of an alternate head rail which may be used in any of the shutter blind system embodiments of FIGS. 1 - 5 ;
[0031] FIG. 7B is a broken away perspective of the head rail of FIG. 7A ;
[0032] FIG. 8 is a broken away plan view of the head rail of FIGS. 1 - 5 ;
[0033] FIG. 9A is an end view of an alternate three-piece head rail which may be used instead of the one piece head rail shown in FIGS. 1 - 5 ;
[0034] FIG. 9B is a broken away perspective view of the three-piece head rail of FIG. 9A ;
[0035] FIG. 9C is a broken away, exploded view of the head rail of FIG. 9B ;
[0036] FIG. 10A is an enlarged end view of one of the pieces of the three-piece head rail of FIG. 9C ;
[0037] FIG. 10B is a broken away perspective view of the head rail piece of FIG. 10A ;
[0038] FIG. 11A is an enlarged broken away perspective view of the connecting channel of the three-piece head rail of FIG. 9A ;
[0039] FIG. 11B is an enlarged end view of one of the connecting channels of FIG. 11A ;
[0040] FIG. 12A is an end view of a second alternate two-piece head rail which may be used instead of the one piece head rail shown in FIGS. 1 through 5 ;
[0041] FIG. 12B is a broken away perspective view of the two-piece head rail of FIG. 12A ;
[0042] FIG. 13A is an end view of a third alternate two-piece head rail which may be used instead of the one piece head rail shown in FIGS. 1 through 5 ;
[0043] FIG. 13B is a broken away perspective view of the two-piece head rail of FIG. 13A ;
[0044] FIG. 14A is an end view of a fourth alternate head rail, designed to hold weights for making a weighted head rail, which may be used instead of the one piece head rail shown in FIGS. 1 through 5 ;
[0045] FIG. 14B is a broken away perspective view of the head rail of FIG. 14A ;
[0046] FIG. 15A is a perspective view of unitary weights which may be used in the head rail of FIGS. 14A and 14B ;
[0047] FIG. 15B is an enlarged end view of one of the unitary weights of FIG. 15A ;
[0048] FIG. 16A is a perspective view of the spring loaded head rail end cap shown in FIG. 1 ;
[0049] FIG. 16B is an exploded view of the end cap of FIG. 16A ;
[0050] FIG. 17A is a perspective view of the end cap housing of the end cap of FIG. 16A ;
[0051] FIG. 17B is a perspective view of the opposite side of the end cap housing of FIG. 17A ;
[0052] FIG. 17C is a section view along the line 17 C- 17 C of FIG. 17D ;
[0053] FIG. 17D is an end view of the end cap housing shown in FIG. 17 B, but rotated 180 degrees;
[0054] FIG. 17E is an end view of the end cap housing of FIG. 17A ;
[0055] FIG. 18A is a perspective view of one of the spring loaded pins of the end cap of FIG. 16A ;
[0056] FIG. 18B is an opposite end perspective view of the spring loaded pin of FIG. 18A ;
[0057] FIG. 18C is a section view along the line 18 C- 18 C of FIG. 18B ;
[0058] FIG. 19 is a perspective view of one of the springs of the end cap of FIG. 16A ;
[0059] FIG. 20A is a perspective view of a fixed pin end cap which may be used instead of one of the spring loaded end caps in a shutter blind system such as the system shown in FIG. 1 ;
[0060] FIG. 20B is an opposite end perspective view of the fixed pin end cap of FIG. 20A ;
[0061] FIG. 20C is a perspective view of the fixed pin end cap of FIG. 20B but rotated 90 degrees;
[0062] FIG. 20D is a bottom view of the fixed pin end cap of FIG. 20A ;
[0063] FIG. 20E is an end view of the end cap of FIG. 20A ;
[0064] FIG. 20F is a top view of the fixed pin end cap of FIG. 20A ;
[0065] FIG. 21 is a section view of an alternate, floating pin end cap which may be used instead of the spring loaded end caps in a shutter blind system such as the system shown in FIG. 1 ;
[0066] FIG. 22A is a plan view of the floating pin of the floating pin end cap of FIG. 21 ;
[0067] FIG. 22B is the same view as FIG. 22A but with the floating pin rotated 90 degrees;
[0068] FIG. 23A is a perspective view of the cord glide shown in FIG. 1B ;
[0069] FIG. 23B is an exploded view of the cord glide of FIG. 23A ;
[0070] FIG. 24A is a section view along the line 24 A- 24 A of FIG. 24 B, but with the routing of the lift cord and the tilt cable shown;
[0071] FIG. 24B is a bottom view of the cord glide of FIG. 23A ;
[0072] FIG. 24C is a section view along the line 24 C- 24 C of FIG. 24A ;
[0073] FIG. 24D is a section view of the cord glide of FIG. 23A mounted on the head rail as shown in FIG. 1 A, showing the routing of the lift cord when the louver is in the tilted open position;
[0074] FIG. 24E is a section view, identical to that of FIG. 24D but showing the routing of the lift cord when the louver is in the tilted closed position;
[0075] FIG. 25A is a section view along the line 25 A- 25 A of FIG. 25 B, but rotated 180 degrees;
[0076] FIG. 25B is a bottom view of the glide cord housing cover of FIG. 23B ;
[0077] FIG. 26A is a perspective view of the multi-bar bottom rail attachment of FIG. 3B ;
[0078] FIG. 26B is a perspective view of the multi-bar bottom rail attachment of FIG. 26 A, but rotated 90 degrees;
[0079] FIG. 26C is a bottom perspective view of the multi-bar bottom rail attachment of FIG. 26B ;
[0080] FIG. 26D is section view, along the line 26 D- 26 D of FIG. 26A ;
[0081] FIG. 27A is a perspective view of the operator bar top attachment assembly shown in FIG. 1B ;
[0082] FIG. 27B is an exploded view of the operator bar top attachment assembly of FIG. 27A ;
[0083] FIG. 28A is a plan view of the operator bar top attachment assembly of FIG. 27A ;
[0084] FIG. 28B is a section view along the line 28 B- 28 B of FIG. 28A ;
[0085] FIG. 28C is a section view along the line 28 C- 28 C of FIG. 28A ;
[0086] FIG. 29A is a perspective view of the operator bar top attachment assembly cover of FIG. 27B ;
[0087] FIG. 29B is a bottom perspective view of the operator bar top attachment assembly cover of FIG. 29A ;
[0088] FIG. 30 is a section view of the head rail, operator bar top attachment, and top end cap of FIG. 2A ;
[0089] FIG. 31 is an exploded, perspective view of the components of FIG. 30 ;
[0090] FIG. 32A is a perspective view of the operator bar top attachment assembly of FIG. 30 ;
[0091] FIG. 32B is an exploded perspective view of the operator bar top attachment assembly of FIG. 32A ;
[0092] FIG. 33 is a section view along the line 33 - 33 of FIG. 32A ;
[0093] FIG. 34A is a perspective view of the ball-and-socket type operator top bar attachment assembly shown in FIG. 1A ;
[0094] FIG. 34B is the same view as FIG. 34A but seen from the opposite end of the assembly;
[0095] FIG. 35A is a perspective view of the “ball” part of the ball-and-socket type operator top bar attachment assembly of FIG. 34A ;
[0096] FIG. 35B is a section view along the line 35 B- 35 B of FIG. 35A ;
[0097] FIG. 36A is a perspective view of the “socket” part of the ball-and-socket type operator top bar attachment assembly of FIG. 34A ;
[0098] FIG. 36B is also a perspective view of the “socket” part of the ball-and-socket type operator top bar attachment assembly of FIG. 34 A, but seen from the opposite end;
[0099] FIG. 37 is a section view, identical to that of FIG. 38 , except that it shows the relative position of the ball and of the socket parts in order to initiate the assembly;
[0100] FIG. 38 is a section view along the line 38 - 38 of FIG. 34A ;
[0101] FIG. 38A is a section view of the head rail, operator bar top attachment, top end cap, tilt bar, and hand control of FIG. 1 A, showing the routing of the lift cord;
[0102] FIG. 38B is an exploded, perspective view of another embodiment of the top end cap which is similar to the top end cap of FIG. 38A ;
[0103] FIG. 38C is an assembled, perspective view of the end cap of FIG. 38B ;
[0104] FIG. 38D is a perspective view of the ferrule which is part of the end cap of FIG. 38B ;
[0105] FIG. 38E is an exploded, perspective view of the top end cap of FIG. 38B together with another embodiment of an operator top bar attachment and end cap to accommodate mounting of the operator bar at one end of the head rail, as shown in FIGS. 5E and 5F ;
[0106] FIG. 38F is an assembled, perspective view of the end cap, top bar attachment, and top end cap of FIG. 38E ;
[0107] FIG. 38G is a perspective view of the top bar attachment housing which is part of the end cap and top bar attachment of FIG. 38E ;
[0108] FIG. 38H is a section along line 38 H- 38 H of FIG. 38F ;
[0109] FIG. 39A is a partially exploded, partially broken away, perspective view of the operator bottom bar, adjustable attachment assembly of FIG. 3B ;
[0110] FIG. 39B is the same view as FIG. 39 A, but with the parts assembled;
[0111] FIG. 39C is the same view as FIG. 39 B, but adjusted to a different position;
[0112] FIG. 39D is a partially broken away section view of the operator bottom bar, adjustable attachment assembly of FIG. 39B assembled into the operator bar at one end and into the bottom rail via a multi-bar bottom attachment at the other end;
[0113] FIG. 40A is a section view along the line 40 A- 40 A of FIG. 39A ;
[0114] FIG. 40B is a perspective view of the adjustable attachment housing of FIG. 39A ;
[0115] FIG. 41A is a perspective view of the operator bottom bar cap of FIG. 39A ;
[0116] FIG. 41B is a bottom perspective view of the operator bottom bar cap of FIG. 41A ;
[0117] FIG. 41C is a bottom view of the operator bottom bar cap of FIG. 41A ;
[0118] FIG. 41D is a section along the line 41 D- 41 D of FIG. 41A ;
[0119] FIG. 41E is a top plan view of the operator bottom bar cap of FIG. 41A ;
[0120] FIG. 42A is a perspective view of a second embodiment of an operator bottom bar, adjustable attachment assembly which may be used instead of the assembly shown in FIG. 39C ;
[0121] FIG. 42B is the same view as FIG. 42 A, but shown in the unlocked position;
[0122] FIG. 42C is a sectional view along the line 42 C- 42 C of FIG. 42D ; FIG. 42D is a perspective view of the bottom end cap housing of the operator bottom bar, adjustable attachment assembly of FIG. 42A ; FIG. 42E is a perspective view of the lever of the operator bottom bar, adjustable attachment assembly of FIG. 42A ; FIG. 43A is a section view along the line 43 A- 43 A of FIG. 42B ; FIG. 43B is a top plan view of FIG. 42B ; FIG. 44A is a section view along the line 44 A- 44 A of FIG. 42A ; FIG. 44B is a top plan view of FIG. 42A ; FIG. 45 is an end view of the operator bar or tilt bar extrusion of FIGS. 1 - 5 ;
[0123] FIG. 46A is a broken away, perspective view of the top portion of the tilt bar extrusion of FIG. 45 ;
[0124] FIG. 46B is another broken away, perspective view of the top end of the tilt bar extrusion, similar to the view of FIG. 46A but showing the other side of the extrusion;
[0125] FIG. 46C is a side view of the tilt bar of FIG. 45 ;
[0126] FIG. 47A is a perspective view of a mounting bracket as shown in FIG. 2B ;
[0127] FIG. 47B is the same mounting bracket as FIG. 47A but showing the back side of the bracket;
[0128] FIG. 47C is a side view of the mounting bracket of FIG. 47A ;
[0129] FIG. 48A is an exploded perspective view of a two-piece mounting bracket which may be used instead of the mounting bracket shown in FIG. 47A ;
[0130] FIG. 48B is an assembled perspective view of the two-piece mounting bracket of FIG. 48A ;
[0131] FIG. 49 is an enlarged perspective view of another two-piece mounting bracket that could be used instead of the bracket of FIG. 47 A, the bracket having an open slot in front to insert a fixed-end end cap;
[0132] FIG. 50A is a perspective view of a sliding-slot mounting bracket as shown in FIG. 1 B, with the sliding slot in the extended position, corresponding to when the louvers are in the open position;
[0133] FIG. 50B is the same view as in FIG. 50 A, but with the sliding slot in the retracted position, corresponding to when the louvers are in the tilted closed position;
[0134] FIG. 50C is an exploded perspective view of the sliding-slot mounting bracket of FIG. 50A ;
[0135] FIG. 50D is a detailed perspective view showing a slight modification of one of the slotted openings of the mounting bracket of FIG. 50A ;
[0136] FIG. 50E is a broken away schematic of the position of the head rail relative to modification of the slotted opening shown in FIG. 50D ;
[0137] FIG. 50F is a cut away, enlarged, section view along line 50 F- 50 F of FIG. 50E ;
[0138] FIG. 51 is a schematic end view of an alternate mounting bracket and its corresponding head rail, which could be used instead of the end cap and bracket of FIG. 3A ;
[0139] FIG. 51A is a schematic end view, similar to that of FIG. 51 , of an alternate mounting bracket and its corresponding head rail which could be used instead of the mounting bracket of FIG. 51 ;
[0140] FIG. 51B is the same view as in FIG. 51 A, except showing the louvers tilted closed, room side up;
[0141] FIG. 51C is a schematic end view, similar to that of FIG. 51 A, of an alternate mounting bracket and its corresponding head rail which could be used instead of the mounting bracket of FIG. 51 ;
[0142] FIG. 51D is the same view as in FIG. 51 C, except showing the louvers tilted closed, room side down;
[0143] FIG. 51E is a schematic end view, similar to that of FIG. 51 , of an alternate mounting bracket and its corresponding head rail which could be used instead of the mounting bracket of FIG. 3 A, in this case the room side is to the left of the blind;
[0144] FIG. 51F is the same view as in FIG. 51 E, except showing the louvers tilted closed, room side up;
[0145] FIG. 51G is the same view as in FIG. 51 F, except showing the louvers tilted closed, room side down;
[0146] FIG. 52 is an exploded perspective view of the cam-lock hand control shown in FIG. 1 B, for raising and lowering the blind;
[0147] FIG. 53A is a perspective view of the assembled cam-lock hand control of FIG. 52 ;
[0148] FIG. 53B is a perspective view of the same cam-lock hand control of FIG. 53 A, but seen from another side;
[0149] FIG. 54A is a perspective view of the housing for the cam-lock hand control of FIG. 52 ;
[0150] FIG. 54B is an end view of the cam-lock hand control housing of FIG. 54A ;
[0151] FIG. 54C is a section view along the line 54 C- 54 C of FIG. 54B ;
[0152] FIG. 54D is a plan view of the right side of the cam-lock hand control housing of FIG. 54C ;
[0153] FIG. 55A is a section view along the line 55 A- 55 A of FIG. 55B ;
[0154] FIG. 55B is a perspective view of the control button of the cam-lock hand control assembly of FIG. 52 ;
[0155] FIG. 56 is a perspective view of the pulley pin of the cam-lock hand control assembly of FIG. 52 ;
[0156] FIG. 57A is a perspective view of the pulley of the cam-lock hand control assembly of FIG. 52 ;
[0157] FIG. 57B is a front view of the pulley of FIG. 57A ;
[0158] FIG. 58A is a perspective view of the locking pin of the cam-lock hand control assembly of FIG. 52 ;
[0159] FIG. 58B is a top view of the locking pin of FIG. 52 ;
[0160] FIG. 59 is a perspective view of the spring of the cam-lock hand control assembly of FIG. 52 ;
[0161] FIG. 60A is section view along the line 60 A- 60 A of FIG. 53B but with the hand control of FIG. 53B mounted on a tilt bar extrusion and in the “locked” position as shown in FIG. 1A ;
[0162] FIG. 60B is a section through the hand control of FIG. 53B taken along the line 60 B- 60 B, but with the control button in the “open” position before mounting the hand control on the operator bar;
[0163] FIG. 60C is the same view as in FIG. 60A but showing the control button depressed for sliding the hand control along the operator bar;
[0164] FIG. 61A is a perspective view of the bottom pivot bracket assembly of FIG. 1 A, FIG. 61B is an exploded view of the bottom pivot bracket assembly of FIG. 61A ;
[0165] FIG. 62A is a perspective view of an alternate bottom pivot bracket assembly which may be used instead of the bottom pivot bracket assembly shown in FIG. 1A ;
[0166] FIG. 62B is an exploded view of the bottom pivot bracket assembly of FIG. 62A ;
[0167] FIG. 63A is a perspective view of the pivot arm of the bottom pivot bracket assembly of FIG. 62A ;
[0168] FIG. 64A is perspective view of another alternative bottom pivot bracket assembly which may be used instead of the bottom pivot bracket assembly shown in FIG. 1A ;
[0169] FIG. 64B is the same view as that in FIG. 64 A, but showing the pivot bracket assembly in the fully retracted position, corresponding to the louvers being in the fully tilted closed position;
[0170] FIG. 65 is a perspective view of the pivot arm of the bottom pivot bracket assembly of FIG. 61A ;
[0171] FIG. 66A is a perspective view of the pivot attachment of the bottom pivot bracket assembly of FIG. 61A ;
[0172] FIG. 66B is a section view along the line 66 B- 66 B of FIG. 66A ;
[0173] FIG. 67A is a perspective view of another alternative bottom pivot bracket assembly which may be used instead of the bottom pivot bracket assembly of FIG. 4B ;
[0174] FIG. 67B is a side view of the bottom pivot bracket assembly of FIG. 67A ;
[0175] FIG. 67C is a partially broken away section along the line 67 C- 67 C of FIG. 67B ;
[0176] FIG. 68A is an enlarged perspective view of the mounting bracket of FIG. 67A ;
[0177] FIG. 68B is a section along the line 68 B- 68 B of FIG. 68A ;
[0178] FIG. 68C is an enlarged view of the right end portion of FIG. 68B ;
[0179] FIG. 69A is a side view of the bottom pivot bracket assembly of FIG. 67 A, but when the arm is in the retracted position, corresponding to the louvers being in the fully tilted closed position;
[0180] FIG. 69B is the same view as that in FIG. 69 A, but when the arm is in the extended position, corresponding to the louvers being in the fully open position;
[0181] FIG. 70A is a perspective view of the link button which ties together the mounting bracket and the pivot arm of the bottom pivot bracket assembly of FIG. 67A ;
[0182] FIG. 70B is a front view of the link button of FIG. 70A ;
[0183] FIG. 71A is a perspective view of the pivot arm of the bottom pivot bracket assembly of FIG. 67A ;
[0184] FIG. 71B is a section view along the line 71 B- 71 B of FIG. 71A ;
[0185] FIG. 72A is a partially broken away, partially exploded, perspective view of an alternate shutter blind with a bottom pivot bracket assembly designed to look like the profile of the bottom rail;
[0186] FIG. 72B is a partially broken away perspective view of the bottom pivot bracket assembly of FIG. 72 A, shown when in the fully extended position, corresponding to the louvers being in the open position;
[0187] FIG. 73A is a perspective view of the pivot arm which is part of the bottom pivot bracket assembly of FIG. 72A ;
[0188] FIG. 73B is a top view of the pivot arm of FIG. 73A ;
[0189] FIG. 73C is a perspective view of the bottom pivot bracket assembly of FIG. 5F ;
[0190] FIG. 73D is an exploded, perspective view of the bottom pivot bracket assembly of FIG. 73C ;
[0191] FIG. 74 is an enlarged, partially broken away perspective view of the assembly of FIG. 5C ;
[0192] FIG. 75A is a perspective view of the custodial wand clip of FIG. 74 ;
[0193] FIG. 75B is a side view of the custodial wand clip of FIG. 75A ;
[0194] FIG. 76A is a perspective view of the custodial wand tip of FIG. 74 ;
[0195] FIG. 76B is a bottom perspective view of the custodial wand tip, of FIG. 76A ;
[0196] FIG. 76C is a section view along the line 76 C- 76 C of FIG. 76A ;
[0197] FIG. 76D is a section view along the line 76 D- 76 D of FIG. 76C ;
[0198] FIG. 77A is an exploded perspective view of the stop block which is mounted on the tilt bar as shown in FIG. 1B ;
[0199] FIG. 77B is a perspective view of the assembled stop block of FIG. 77A ;
[0200] FIG. 77C is a perspective view of the stop block of FIG. 77B mounted on the tilt bar extrusion;
[0201] FIG. 77D is a top view of the stop block and tilt bar extrusion of FIG. 77C ;
[0202] FIG. 78A is a perspective view of the provisional lift clip shown in FIG. 5B ;
[0203] FIG. 78B is another perspective view of the same provisional lift clip of FIG. 78 A, but seen from an opposite end;
[0204] FIG. 78C is a side view of the provisional lift clip of FIG. 78A ;
[0205] FIG. 79A is a perspective view of one of the provisional lift finger tabs shown in FIG. 5B ;
[0206] FIG. 79B is another perspective view of the same provisional lift finger tab of FIG. 79 A, but seen from another direction;
[0207] FIG. 79C is a section view along the line 79 C- 79 C of FIG. 79A ;
[0208] FIG. 79D is a top view of the provisional finger lift tab of FIG. 79A ;
[0209] FIG. 79E is the same view as FIG. 79D but with the tab mounted on the operator bar;
[0210] FIG. 79F is a section view showing the provisional lift of FIG. 5 B, depicting the lift clip attached to the bottom rail at one end, and the finger tab locked onto the operator bar at the other end;
[0211] FIG. 80 is a side view of the bottom rail insert shown in FIG. 1B ;
[0212] FIG. 80A is a partially broken away, perspective view of the bottom rail insert of FIG. 80 ;
[0213] FIG. 81A is an enlarged perspective view of the bottom rail cord anchor shown in FIG. 1B ;
[0214] FIG. 81B is an enlarged perspective view of the bottom rail cord anchor of FIG. 81 A, but seen from the bottom;
[0215] FIGS. 82A through 82F are perspective views showing the sequence of installation of the lift cords and tilt cables to the bottom rail anchor of FIG. 81 A, and the installation of the bottom rail anchor to the bottom rail of FIG. 1B ;
[0216] FIG. 83 is a schematic view of the inside of the head rail of FIG. 1 A, showing the routing of the lift cords through the cord guides and through the operator bar top attachment;
[0217] FIG. 83A is a schematic view of the inside of the head rail, similar to FIG. 83 , but modified to provide a multiplier effect of the lift cord as it raises or lowers the blind of FIG. 1 :
[0218] FIG. 83B is the same view as FIG. 83A but corresponding to the blind being in the raised position;
[0219] FIG. 84A is a schematic view along the line 84 - 84 of FIG. 2A (with the end caps removed for drawing clarity) when the louvers are fully closed in the tilted down position (room side tilted down);
[0220] FIG. 84B is the same view as FIG. 84A but when the louvers are fully tilted open;
[0221] FIG. 84C is the same view as in FIG. 84A but when the louvers are fully closed in the tilted up position (room side tilted up);
[0222] FIG. 85 is an exploded view of a slide-lock hand control which may be used instead of the cam-lock hand control of FIG. 52 ;
[0223] FIG. 85A is a perspective view of the slide-lock hand control of FIG. 85 ;
[0224] FIG. 85B is the same view as in FIG. 85 A, but with the slide-lock hand control mounted onto the operator bar;
[0225] FIG. 85C is a broken away, enlarged, sectional view showing the interconnection of the grip cover and the cover housing of the slide-lock hand control of FIG. 85 ;
[0226] FIG. 86 is a perspective view of the slide-lock hand control of FIG. 85 , with the grip cover removed for clarity, showing the routing of the lift cord 12 through the slide-lock hand control;
[0227] FIG. 86A is an enlarged perspective view of the slide-lock hand control assembly of FIG. 85 , but with the grip cover removed for clarity, shown in the locked position;
[0228] FIG. 86B is a side sectional view through an operator bar, showing the slide-lock hand control assembly of FIG. 86 A, indicating how the lock arm grips the operator bar extrusion to lock the slide-lock hand control assembly in place;
[0229] FIG. 87A is a perspective view of the slide-lock hand control assembly of FIG. 86 A, but shown in the unlocked raising position (for lowering the louver stack);
[0230] FIG. 87B is a side sectional view through an operator bar showing the slide-lock hand control assembly of FIG. 87 A, with the lock arm lifted up to unlock it from the operator bar extrusion to permit raising of the hand control (and thus lowering of the louver stack);
[0231] FIG. 88A is a perspective view of the slide-lock hand control assembly of FIG. 86 A, shown in the lowering position;
[0232] FIG. 88B is a side sectional view through an operator bar showing the slide-lock hand control assembly of FIG. 88 A, in the position that permits the slide-lock hand control assembly to be lowered (thus raising the louver stack);
[0233] FIG. 89A is an enlarged perspective view of the slide-lock pulley housing of the slide-lock hand control assembly of FIG. 85 ;
[0234] FIG. 89B is another perspective view of the slide-lock pulley housing of FIG. 89A ;
[0235] FIG. 89C is a side view of the slide-lock pulley housing of FIG. 89B ;
[0236] FIG. 90A is an enlarged perspective view of the slide-lock housing of FIG. 85 ;
[0237] FIG. 90B is a plan view of the slide-lock housing of FIG. 90A ;
[0238] FIG. 91A is an enlarged perspective view of the slide-lock grip cover of FIG. 85 ;
[0239] FIG. 91B is a plan view looking into the slide-lock grip cover of FIG. 91A ;
[0240] FIG. 92A is an enlarged perspective view of the lock arm of FIG. 85 ;
[0241] FIG. 92B is a plan view of the lock arm of FIG. 92A ;
[0242] FIG. 93A is an enlarged perspective view of the pulley of FIG. 85 ;
[0243] FIG. 93B is a section view along the line 93 B- 93 B of FIG. 93A ;
[0244] FIG. 94 is an enlarged perspective view of the pulley axle of FIG. 85 ;
[0245] FIG. 95A is a perspective view of a two-piece cord glide which may be used instead of the three-piece cord glide shown in FIG. 1B ;
[0246] FIG. 95B is an exploded view of the cord glide of FIG. 95A
[0247] FIG. 96A is a section view along the line 96 A- 96 A of FIG. 96B ;
[0248] FIG. 96B is a bottom perspective view of the cord glide of FIG. 95A ;
[0249] FIG. 97 is another perspective view of the cord glide of FIG. 95 A, but seen from the opposite end: and, FIG. 97A is the same view as FIG. 96A but with the pulley removed to show the flange which supports the pulley.
