Corner bracket
AssigneeLouver-Lite Limited
InventorsAndrew Greening, Antony Barnes
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Abstract
A corner bracket for a window blind frame, the corner bracket including a central body portion and extending from the central body portion a first connector and a second connector, wherein the second connector is angled relative to the first connector; each connector includes a locating arm, a friction plate and a stop surface; wherein each friction plate defines a pair of opposed surfaces and each surface carries thereon a respective outwardly projecting deformable rib; and wherein each locating arm further includes at least one further outwardly projecting deformable rib.
Claims12
A corner bracket for a window blind frame, the corner bracket including a central body portion and extending from the central body portion a first connector and a second connector, wherein the second connector is angled relative to the first connector;
- each of the first and second connectors include a locating arm, a friction plate and a stop surface;
- wherein each of the friction plates defines a pair of opposed surfaces and each of the opposed surfaces of each of the friction plates carries thereon a respective outwardly projecting deformable rib;
- and wherein each of the locating arms further includes a first outwardly projecting deformable rib carried by a first surface of the respective locating arm and a second outwardly projecting deformable rib carried by a second surface of the respective locating arm;
- and wherein each of the friction plates is spaced from the respective locating arm to define a gap between the friction plate and the respective locating arm.
A window blind frame comprising a first and a second angled frame member each having adjacent ends which are joined together by a corner bracket, wherein the corner bracket includes a central body portion and extending from the central body portion a first connector and a second connector, wherein the second connector is angled relative to the first connector;
- each of the first and second connectors include a locating arm, a friction plate and a stop surface;
- wherein each of the friction plates defines a pair of opposed surfaces and each of the opposed surfaces carries thereon a respective outwardly projecting deformable rib;
- wherein each of the locating arms includes a first outwardly projecting deformable rib carried by a first surface;
- and wherein each of the friction plates is spaced from the respective locating arm to define a gap between the friction plate and the locating arm;
- and wherein each of the frame members includes a body portion which defines a first channel and a second channel;
- the friction plate of each of the corner bracket connectors forms a friction fit within the first channel via the deformation of the outwardly projecting ribs of the respective friction plate;
- and the locating arm of each of the corner bracket connectors is located within the respective second channels defined by each of the frame members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.