safety tips

Consider Cordless Blinds and Shades

Levolor cordless blinds and shades are safer for children and pets since the cordless technology replaces the outer lift cords with a spring motor system, reducing the risk of strangulation. The spring motor system allows you to raise or lower the shade with a simple push or pull on the bottom bar. Cordless blinds are a relatively new concept in window coverings! Take advantage of the benefits of cordless blinds and shades by ordering this option on your next custom-ordered product. Cordless products are recommended by The US Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) for homeowners with young children.

General Tips for Corded Blinds

• Keep cribs and playpens away from window blinds with dangling cords.
• Order blinds with wand tilt over traditional cord tilts. Affix a cord pulley or hold down device to the wall, and secure cord tightly through the cord pulley to avoid free, dangling cords.
• Eliminate looped pull cords by cutting the ends and replacing with cord tassels.

Blinds at Risk

Many older blinds and shades, including the following, should be updated with the Window Coverings Safety Council cord repair kits.

• Blinds manufactured prior to 1996 that have more than one cord tied to each tassel, creating a cord loop.
• Blinds and shades manufactured prior to November 2000, where the inner cord can be pull out, creating a cord loop.
• Blinds correctly made with multiple cords, where the cords have been tied together creating cord loops.

Cord Repair Kits

The Window Coverings Safety Council offers cord repair kits to decrease potential cord hazards on blinds and shades manufactured prior to 2001. Call 800-506-4636 or visit www.windowcoverings.org to order your kits and instructions. Each kit includes cord stops, tassels and tie down devices.