A mini blin (mini-blind, miniblind)is a type of non-vertical window blind made of long, narrow slats held together by string and located inside the window. Its slats are not as wide as venetian blind slats. A mini blind has more slats than a regular Venetian blind because its slats are narrow. The slats of mini blinds are less than half the width of regular Venetian blinds. (In the UK these blinds are still known as venetian blinds. They are usually made from 15mm or 25mm aluminium slats, in fact 25mm aluminium blinds are the standard size of slat for aluminium venetian blinds in the UK).The slats are opened and closed by rotating a rod or by directly pulling a string. They are raised and lowered by pulling other strings.