Mounting bracket
AssigneeLouver-Lite Limited
InventorAndrew Greening
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Abstract
A Mounting Bracket A mounting bracket for a window blind including a resiliently deformable friction element, and a hinge assembly, wherein the hinge assembly includes a hinge lever member hingedly coupled to a hinge plate, wherein the hinge lever member has a first configuration in which it lies adjacent to the hinge plate, and a second configuration in which it is angled away from the hinge plate; the resiliently deformable friction element is slidably coupled to the hinge plate and extends from one end thereof; and the hinge lever member exerts a cam action on the resiliently deformable friction element, wherein the resiliently deformable friction element is urged away from the hinge plate as the hinge lever member rotates from its first configuration to its second configuration.
Claims15
A window blind mounting system including a pair of opposed mounting brackets, wherein each mounting bracket includes a resiliently deformable friction element, and a hinge assembly, wherein the hinge assembly includes a hinge lever member hingedly coupled to a hinge plate, wherein the hinge lever member has a first configuration in which it lies adjacent to the hinge plate, and a second configuration in which it is angled away from the hinge plate;
- the resiliently deformable friction element is slidably coupled to the hinge plate and extends from one end thereof;
- and the hinge lever member exerts a cam action on the resiliently deformable friction element, wherein the resiliently deformable friction element is urged away from the hinge plate as the hinge lever member rotates from its first configuration to its second configuration;
- wherein each hinge plate is received within a respective mounting plate, and the mounting plates are configured to mount to respective opposing ends of an elongate spacing member to define a spacing between the opposed mounting brackets, wherein each hinge lever member is configured to couple to opposite ends of a blind roller tube, respectively.
A window blind mounting system including a pair of opposed mounting brackets for mounting a blind substrate carrier, wherein each mounting bracket includes a resiliently deformable friction element, and a hinge assembly, wherein the hinge assembly includes a hinge lever member hingedly coupled to a hinge plate, wherein the hinge lever member has a first configuration in which it lies adjacent to the hinge plate, and a second configuration in which it is angled away from the hinge plate;
- the resiliently deformable friction element is slidably coupled to the hinge plate and extends from one end thereof;
- and the hinge lever member exerts a cam action on the resiliently deformable friction element, wherein the resiliently deformable friction element is urged away from the hinge plate as the hinge lever member rotates from its first configuration to its second configuration, wherein each hinge lever member is configured to couple to opposite ends of the substrate carrier, respectively.
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