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Child-Safe Blinds

Bob enters the front child's bedroom where Dave Wahtera meets him to discuss blinds. Dave has installed Graber's new Crystal Pleat child-safe blind. Bob notes that there are no cords on these blinds, eliminating the possibility of cord-related accidents. Instead, a rubber pulley system at the top allows the blinds to be pulled up or down. The blinds also feature a specially insulated washable polyester fabric, ideal for a child's room.
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Child-Safe Blinds

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" And in the two front bedrooms we're treating all the windows alike they would terrorists here to tell us a little bit about. These what kind of blinds are they did these are cordless blinds from grain vertical crystal -- is an amazing they're cordless you have to -- about. Accidents in the home involving children there's a lot of tragedies how they work right we've done away with the strings and inside we have a rubber pulley system. For smoothness and quietness and what's this product. And and senator yeah this is the best insulating blind you can get it Africa's neglected along its polyester and it's really terrible. In Washington and wrinkles went right -- right great -- terrific thanks a lot."

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