Ricardo A Ramirez

US Patent:

D591482, May 5, 2009

Filed:

Dec 4, 2008

Appl. No.:

29/328960

Inventors:

Ricardo Ramirez - Westminster CO, US

International Classification:

0202

US Classification:

D 2742

US Patent:

D612581, Mar 30, 2010

Filed:

Apr 29, 2009

Appl. No.:

29/336179

Inventors:

Ricardo Ramirez - Westminster CO, US

International Classification:

0202

US Classification:

D 2742

US Patent:

58765450, Mar 2, 1999

Filed:

Apr 24, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/639906

Inventors:

Paul G. Swiszcz - Boulder CO
Dwight L. Greenough - Northglenn CO
Ricardo Ramirez - Denver CO
Wendell B. Colson - Boulder CO

Assignee:

Hunter Douglas Inc. - Upper Saddle River NJ

International Classification:

A47H 2300
B32B 3110

US Classification:

156201

Abstract:

A fabric for use in an architectural covering device includes a plurality of elongated vanes preferably of tubular configuration having a pair of flaps extending longitudinally along the entire length of the vane. A continuous face sheet material has elongated folds at spaced intervals that are secured along the flaps of the vanes so as to pivotally connect the vanes to the face sheet material at predetermined spaced intervals. The fabric is adapted to be supported with an operational system in an architectural opening so that if the vanes are suspended vertically they are slidably movable laterally of the window opening and pivotally movable about vertical longitudinal axes to extend and retract as well as open and close the covering. An apparatus and method for forming the fabric is also disclosed as well as systems for finishing the endmost vanes in the fabric.