Piston blind cutter
CA 2490780 C · Owner: Shade-O-Matic Ltd. · Inventors: Marocco, Norbert
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
An apparatus for cutting elements of a window covering such elements including at least a head rail the apparatus comprising a holding plate having an opening for holding the head rail in a selected position; a cutting die disposed adjacent to the holding plate and having an opening for receiving the head rail extending therethrough; and a driving means operable to pivot the cutting die relative to the holding plate so as to cut the head rail.
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Filed December 20, 2004 and granted April 10, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 20, 2024.
- Certificates of supplementary protection extend only drug patents, and it isn't classified as one.
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