Safe At Home
There are two unwritten rules in the parent-child relationship: Children will play with and around things they are not supposed to, and parents must do their best to keep their children from getting into danger. As a help to parents, Budget Blinds encourages parents to look for hidden hazards around window areas, particularly the window cords.
Corded window treatments can pose entanglement and strangulation hazard to small children and pets. Budget Blinds encourages new parents to replace window treatments featuring looped cords or treatments manufactured before 2001 with cordless or motorized options to minimize strangulation hazards.
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Cordless Operation
The safest window coverings for children are cordless products. They eliminate the use of potentially hazardous dangling cords. Ask your Budget Blinds Style Consultant about these cordless upgrades today.
Cordless Lift System
This innovative feature allows you to raise and lower window
coverings easily with one hand. Eliminating the need for lift cords
provides added safety and a cleaner look.
Motorization
Using a battery-operated remote control, you can raise, lower, tilt
or open and close your window coverings at the touch of a button.
No hard wiring required.
Spring-assist Clutch
Raise and lower window shades without the use of common cords
with this built-in function.
Sliding Track System
Perfect for vertical products with side-to-side openings and sliding
glass doors, sliding track systems operate without the use of dangling
cords or chains.
Shutters
Shutters are a cord-free product, making it a great option for homes
with small children.
Cord Control
You can live safely with window cords. Be sure to add these cord
control features to all products with cords.
Break-away Tassels and Cord Stops
Designed to break apart under minimal pressure, these special tassels
and cord stops can be a lifesaver should a child or pet become
entangled in the cord.
Continuous Cord Loop System
Dangling cords are kept taut and under control to help prevent
a child from becoming entangled.
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While nothing can replace the careful watch of a loving parent or caregiver, we encourage parents of infants and toddlers to opt for cordless or motorized treatments to eliminate the hazards posed by dangling window cords Tracy Christman |
Cord Safety
Prevent window cord accidents with these handy tips.
- Replace all corded blinds, shades and draperies manufactured prior to 2001 with today’s safer products.
- Move cribs, beds and furniture away from windows.
- Make sure all cord-control features on your window coverings are working properly and meet today’s safety standards.
- Eliminate dangling cords altogether by installing cordless or motorized window coverings.
In a recent study conducted by the Window Covering Safety Council, 88% of Americans surveyed are aware that pull cords on certain window coverings can pose a hazard to young children.† There are many precautions you can take to live safely with window cords.
For more safety tips, visit the Window Covering Safety Council at www.windowcoverings.org.
†Opinion Research Corporation’s Caravan, January 2006.
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