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US 2001/0011581 A1Published application
Holder for a depending hollow architectural covering
AssigneeHunter Douglas Industries BV
InventorKonrad Welfondr
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Abstract
A holder for suspending a vertical vane or the like in an architectural covering includes a male component connectible to the control system for the architectural covering and a female component connected to a vane of the architectural covering. The male and female components are releasably connected.
Claims58
A holder for suspending a hollow vertical section of an architectural covering, such as a hollow, fabric or plastic louver of a vertical venetian blind, from a carrier of a horizontally-extending head rail;
- the holder comprising:
- a vertically-extending, generally cylindrical, male part having an upper portion, connected to the carrier, and a lower portion;
- and
- a generally inverted U-shaped, female part having a horizontal top member with a pair of parallel, downwardly-extending legs on opposite sides and a downwardly-extending hole through it;
- the facing surfaces of the legs each having a first detent adjacent the bottom of the legs;
- the first detents extending towards each other and being adapted to be inserted through apertures in opposite sides of the hollow vertical section;
- and
- wherein the lower portion of the male part is inserted in, and force fit within, the hole of the female part.
5 more elements
The holder of claim it wherein each first detent has a generally cylindrical configuration with:
- I) its axis being normal to the leg to which it is attached;
- ii) a smooth outer surface;
- and iii) its outer diameter being less, preferably only slightly less, than the diameter of one of the apertures whereby the opposite sides of the hollow vertical section can slide easily apart on the pair of first detents after the first detents have been inserted in the apertures.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.