US 2005/0126718 A1Published application

Carrier-positioning device for a vertical blind

OwnerTai-Long Huang, Chou-Ho Sunginventors

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Abstract

A carrier-positioning device for a vertical blind includes an end cover attached fixedly to an end of a headrail, and a positioning member connected fixedly to the end cover. The positioning member has a hook end including two hooks, each of which is formed with a vertical retaining slot that has a closed upper end and an open lower end and that engages a respective one of two wheel pins on two opposite sides of a carrier so as to prevent movement of the carrier within the headrail. An operable portion of the positioning member is connected fixedly to the hook end, and has an exposed section that is exposed within a space between two supporting walls of the headrail so that it can be pushed upwardly to remove the hooks from the wheel pins, thereby permitting separation of the carrier from the end cover.

A carrier-positioning device for a vertical blind, the vertical blind including a headrail, a rotating shaft journalled within the headrail, a carrier sleeved movably around the rotating shaft and movable within the headrail along a longitudinal direction of the headrail, and a vertical slat suspended from the carrier, the headrail including a top wall, two sidewalls extending respectively and downwardly from two opposite sides of the top wall, and two supporting walls extending respectively from lower ends of the sidewalls toward each other, the carrier being formed with two fixed horizontal wheel pins that extend respectively and outwardly from two opposite sides thereof, and two wheels sleeved respectively and rotatably around the wheel pins and movable respectively on the supporting walls so as to facilitate movement of the carrier within the headrail, said carrier-positioning device comprising:

an end cover adapted to be attached fixedly to an end of the headrail and including a vertical end wall that has an inner side surface proximate to the headrail;
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a flexible positioning member having a fixed end connected fixedly to said end cover, a hook end opposite to said fixed end, and an operable portion disposed between and connected fixedly to said fixed end and said hook end, said hook end including two hooks, each of which is formed with a vertical retaining slot that has a closed upper end and an open lower end and that engages a respective one of said wheel pins so as to prevent movement of the carrier within the headrail, said operable portion of said positioning member having an exposed section that is adapted to be exposed within a space between the supporting walls of the headrail and that is adapted to be disposed below the rotating shaft so that said operable portion of said positioning member can be pushed upwardly to remove said hooks of said positioning member from the wheel pins, thereby permitting separation of the carrier from said end cover.

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