How do Window Blinds work? The mechanism that allows this to work is at the very top. The cord lock allows the blinds to be held up by pinching the lift strings between two rollers. The tilting of the ...

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WEEHAWKEN — The death of a toddler who strangled in a window shade cord spurred a huge recall today, even as the industry crafts a better standard to make window coverings in American homes safer for ...

This article is part of “Death by Delay,” a series on how consumer product hazards have cost lives. Window blinds, curtains and shades can injure or kill young children if the dangling cords are ...

A new safety standard will take effect Saturday limiting the manufacturing of corded blinds in response to fears they could injure or kill children by strangulation. Starting Dec. 15, most products ...