Rail for an architectural covering

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9903157
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15026532

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A rail, such as a head rail, for an architectural covering. The rail includes a housing having elongate walls extending along a length of the housing and defining therebetween a width of the housing. A drive shaft is rotatable about a drive axis extending along the length of the housing and is configured to wind and unwind lift cords or blind material of the architectural covering. A spring assist module, e.g. a spring motor has an output shaft rotatable about an output axis with rotation of the drive shaft. The spring assist module is mounted in the housing with the output axis parallel to the drive axis. The spring assist module extends outwardly in a width direction beyond the width of the housing.

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HUNTER DOUGLAS INDUSTRIES B V3071 EL ROTTERDAM

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Dekker, Nicolaas (a/k/a Nico) Rotterdam, NL 4 15
Steenbergen, Ralph Rotterdam, NL 7 36

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