Adjustable blind assembly

Claim 1

ADJUSTABLE SUN CONTROL, VIEW CONTROL, AND PRIVACY CONTROL BLIND MEANS PARTICULARLY SUITABLE FOR INSTALLATION BETWEEN THE SPACED DOUBLE GLASS PANELS OF A SEALED THERMAL INSULATING WINDOW UNIT WITH SAID BLIND MEANS BEING OPERABLE INSIDE THE UNIT FROM A POSITION OUTSIDE THE WINDOW UNIT TO LOCATE THE BLIND MEANS INSIDE THE WINDOW UNIT IN THE DESIRED ANGULAR POSITION WITHOUT DISTURBING THE SEALED THERMAL INSULATING CONDITION OF THE UNIT, COMPRISING SPACED PARALLEL SUPPORT MEMBERS HAVING ALIGNED BEARING MEANS SUCH AS APERTURES, BLIND STRIPS LYING BETWEEN SAID SUPPORT MEMBERS, ING OPPOSITE ENDS ADJACENT SAID SUPPORT MEMBERS, PIVOTAL MEANS SUCH AS PIVOT PINS ON SAID OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID BLIND STRIPS LYING IN SAID BEARING MEANS OF SAID SUPPORT MEMBERS SWINGABLY MOUNTING SAID BLIND STRIPS BETWEEN SAID SUPPORT MEMBERS, CRANKS ON SAID PIVOT PINS AT ONE SAID SUPPORT MEMBER, A LINEARLY MOVABLE ACTUATOR MEMBER ADJACENT SAID ONE SUPPORT MEMBER HAVING CAM MEANS SUCH AS SLOTS ENGAGING SAID CRANKS; LINEAR MOVEMENT OF SAID ACTUATOR MEMBER SWINGING SAID CRANKS TO SWING SAID BLIND STRIPS ANGULARLY BETWEEN A POSITION PARALLEL TO A LINE OF SIGHT, A POSITION NORMAL TO A LINE OF SIGHT, AND VARIOUS ADJUSTED POSITIONS BETWEEN SAID PARALLEL POSITION AND SAID NORMAL POSITION; OPERATING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID ACTUATOR MEMBER FOR MOVING SAID ACTUATOR MEMBER LINEARLY INSIDE A SEALED GLASS WINDOW UNIT IN WHICH SAID ADJUSTABLE BLIND MEANS IS CONTAINED, AN OPERATOR ASSEMBLY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID ACTUATOR MEMBER COMPRISING A CHANNEL MEMBER U-SHAPED IN CROSS-SECTION HAVING A WEB PORTION AND EXTENDING FLANGES; AT LEAST ONE SAID FLANGE HAVING SLOTS LEADING TO A ROOT CONSTITUTING PARTIAL BEARING MEANS; SAID CRANK PIVOT PINS LYING IN SAID SLOTS AT SAID ROOTS OF SAID FLANGES; SAID ACTUATOR MEMBER LYING IN SAID CHANNEL MEMBER AND HAVING A BASE SLIDABLY POSITIONED ON SAID WEB PORTION OF SAID CHANNEL MEMBER AND AN EXTENDING STEM LYING PARALLEL TO SAID CHANNEL MEMBER FLANGES HAVING CAM SLOTS ENGAGING SAID CRANKS ON SAID PIVOT PINS; AND A RETAINER MOLDING LYING ON SAID CHANNEL MEMBER FLANGES HAVING AT LEAST ONE EXTENDING RIB LYING PARALLEL TO SAID CHANNEL MEMBER FLANGES ABUTTING SAID CRANK PIVOT PINS CONSTITUTING PARTIAL BEARING MEANS FOR SAID PIVOT PINS IN COOPERATION WITH SAID PARTIAL BEARING MEANS OF SAID ROOTS OF SAID SLOTS IN SAID FLANGE OF SAID CHANNEL MEMBER.