(19)
(11)EP 3 461 987 A3

(12)EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)Date of publication A3:
26.06.2019 Bulletin 2019/26

(43)Date of publication A2:
03.04.2019 Bulletin 2019/14

(21)Application number: 18196087.3

(22)Date of filing:  21.09.2018
(51)International Patent Classification (IPC): 
E06B 9/34(2006.01)
E06B 9/24(2006.01)
(84)Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME
Designated Validation States:
KH MA MD TN

(30)Priority: 29.09.2017 US 201762565442 P
11.10.2017 US 201762570713 P

(71)Applicant: Hunter Douglas Inc.
Pearl River, New York 10965 (US)

(72)Inventors:
  • Smith, Stephen P
    3008 AB Rotterdam (NL)
  • Buccola, Nicholas
    3008 AB Rotterdam (NL)

(74)Representative: J A Kemp 
14 South Square Gray's Inn
London WC1R 5JJ
London WC1R 5JJ (GB)

  


(54)OPERATING SYSTEM FOR AN ARCHITECTURAL-STRUCTURE COVERING


(57) An improved operating system for use in an architectural-structure covering for extending and retracting a covering portion is disclosed. The operating system including an operating element for raising the covering portion and for transitioning the operating system between a retraction mode to raise the covering and an extension mode to lower the covering. To transition between the retraction and extension modes, an operator may move the operating element in a preset direction, such as, in the manner akin to a switch. For example, moving the operating element in a first direction (e.g., a rearward direction away from the operator) shifts the operating system into the retraction mode, while moving the operating element in a second direction (e.g., a forward motion toward the operator) shifts the operating system into the extension mode. In one embodiment, the first and second directions may be transverse to a longitudinal axis of the architectural-structure covering.







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