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(11) EP 4 644 657 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
21.01.2026 Bulletin 2026/04

(43) Date of publication A2:
05.11.2025 Bulletin 2025/45

(21) Application number: 25203127.3

(22) Date of filing: 24.08.2022
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
E06B 9/322(2006.01)
E06B 9/262(2006.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
E06B 9/322; E06B 2009/3222; E06B 9/262; E06B 2009/2625
(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

(30) Priority: 26.08.2021 GB 202112208

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
22769164.9 / 4392638

(71) Applicant: Hunter Douglas Industries B.V.
3011 GB Rotterdam (NL)

(72) Inventors:
  • BOHLEN, Jörg
    3011 GB Rotterdam (NL)
  • KOOP, Lars
    3011 GB Rotterdam (NL)

(74) Representative: J A Kemp LLP 
80 Turnmill Street
London EC1M 5QU
London EC1M 5QU (GB)

   


(54) ARCHITECTURAL OPENING COVERING


(57) An architectural opening covering includes: a first rail having an elongate extent, wherein, with the elongate extent of the first rail extending in a longitudinal direction, the first rail is configured to translate laterally in opposite first and second lateral directions substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction; a second rail having an elongate extent, wherein, with the elongate extent of the second rail extending in the longitudinal direction, the second rail is configured to translate laterally in the opposite first and second lateral directions; a shade material extending in the first lateral direction between the first and second rails; and a motor drive configured to translate only the first rail of the first and second rails selectively in the first and second lateral directions; wherein the second rail is configured to be translated in the first and second lateral directions manually by a user; and wherein the motor drive and the first rail are together configured to translate the second rail in the first lateral direction by the first rail pushing the second rail in the first lateral direction.







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