Covering assembly for architectural openings

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EP 0 742 339 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	24.09.1997 Bulletin 1997/39

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	13.11.1996 Bulletin 1996/46

(21)	Application number: 96112260.3

(22)	Date of filing: 11.12.1992

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁶: E06B 9/262, E06B 9/36, E06B 9/34

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE DK FR GB IT

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Priority:

19.12.1991 US 810331
20.10.1992 US 963318
20.10.1992 US 963359
30.11.1992 US 977788

(62)	Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
	92311350.0 / 0549216

(71)	Applicant: HUNTER DOUGLAS INTERNATIONAL NV
	Curacao (AN)

(72)	Inventors:
	Anthony, James M. Denver, Colorado 80211 (US) Oberg, Brad H. Westminster, Colorado 80030 (US) Colson, Wendell B. Boulder, Colorado 80303 (US) Hoffmann, Brian M. Westminster, Colorado 80234 (US) Williams, Eric N. Louisville, Colorado 80027 (US) Swiszcz, Paul G. Boulder, Colorado 80303 (US) Jansen, Cornelis Marinus 4285 WS Woudrichem (NL)

(74)	Representative: Allen, William Guy Fairfax et al
	J.A. KEMP & CO. 14 South Square Gray's Inn London WC1R 5LX London WC1R 5LX (GB)


	Remarks:
	This application was filed on 30.07.1996 as a divisional application to the application mentioned under INID code 62.

(54)	Covering assembly for architectural openings

(57) A covering assembly in the form of a window blind includes a front sheer fabric 516, provided with a plurality of forward and rearward pleats 518,520, and a rear elongate sheer fabric 522, again provided with forward and rearward pleats 524,526.
A plurality of vanes 528 interconnect the front and rear sheets and are connected to the front and rear sheets at the location of the pleats. In one embodiment one edge of each vane is connected to the rear interior face of the forwardly extending pleat of one sheet, while the other edge is connected to the front interior face of a forwardly extending pleat of the rear sheet, and in another embodiment the one edge is connected as previously mentioned, but the other edge is connected to the forward interior face of a forwardly extending pleat of the rear sheet.

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