Window blind headrail and mounting bracket
US5042553A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 14, 1990 |
| Grant date | Aug 27, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 14, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S160/902
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A window blind headrail mounting a Venetian blind or pleated blind includes a headrail enclosure, preferably of extruded aluminum construction, having integrally spaced headrail hooks and a hook keeper extending from the enclosure edges. A pair of or more universal mounting brackets are alternatively attachable to either a horizontal surface at the top of a window opening or to a vertical wall or vertical top surface of a window frame, dependent upon the type of installation. The brackets thus can be mounted horizontally or vertically on these respective surfaces. The mounting bracket includes a hook extending from each end of a base portion fixed to a window-adjacent surface. One of the hooks of each bracket contains a discrete wave-like leaf spring. After the brackets have been mounted adjacent the window, the headrail is positioned by an installer to have an integral headrail hook guided into the spring-containing bracket hook to compress the spring and allow the other headrail hook or the headrail hook keeper, dependent on whether the brackets are mounted horizontally or vertically, to clear a distal end of the other bracket hook. Upon a slight tilting of the headrail to essent…
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