(19)
(11) EP 1 331 353 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
07.01.2004 Bulletin 2004/02

(43) Date of publication A2:
30.07.2003 Bulletin 2003/31

(21) Application number: 03250269.2

(22) Date of filing: 16.01.2003
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7E06B 9/42, E04F 10/06
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO

(30) Priority: 16.01.2002 EP 02075172

(71) Applicant: Mado Nederland B.V.
NL-5652 AX Eindhoven (NL)

(72) Inventor:
  • van Wageningen, Jaap
    5653 PH Eindhoven (NL)

(74) Representative: Smith, Samuel Leonard 
J.A. Kemp & Co., 14 South Square, Gray's Inn
London WC1R 5JJ
London WC1R 5JJ (GB)

   


(54) Locking device for an extendable and retractable blind or shade


(57) A locking assembly for releasably holding a movable end bar (11) of an extendable and retractable blind, shade or awning (1), having such an end bar (11) mounted for translation along opposite lateral guide tracks (5, 7), wherein the locking assembly includes a first part (13, 15) associated with the lateral guide track (5, 7) at a stationary position thereof and a second part (45, 47) associated with the movable end beam (11) engageable with and disengageable from the first part (13, 15) upon inverting the movement of the beam (11) from a first direction of movement to a second direction of movement, wherein the first part (13, 15) comprises a first locking body (57) at a first of the lateral guide tracks (15) and a second locking body (59) at a second of the lateral guide tracks (7) and wherein the first locking body (57) is different from the second locking body (59).







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