Fabric window covering with rigidified vanes
CA 2135111 C · Owner: Throne, Jason T. · Inventors: Anderson, Richard N.; Colson, Wendell B.; Fraser, Donald E.
Overview
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A window covering is described wherein at least one translucent or transparent sheet is suspended vertically and has a plurality of parallel vanes projecting rearwardly therefrom. The vanes are formed from fabric material which has either been rigidified with a rigidifying compound or rigidified by the formation of a pocket into which a rigid slat is inserted. Variations are provided for varying the flexibility of a hinge defined along a juncture line between the vanes and the fabric sheet.
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- Filed November 4, 1994 and granted January 12, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 4, 2014.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by November 4, 2016.
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