Pivot mount for roller shade

A pivot mount for a roller blind, the roller blind having a roller tube for the receipt of blind fabric thereon, the roller tube having first and second ends that are releasably securable to first and second end brackets, the first and second end brackets being releasably securable to a structure to enable the blind to be mounted thereon, the blind having a roller tube motor received in the first end of the roller tube with an end of the motor exposed, the pivot mount comprising:

• a pair of yokes secured to the first end bracket, said yokes generally horizontally oriented and having generally horizontally oriented throats, and
• an axle member releasably securable to the exposed end of the roller tube motor, said axle member comprising a roller tube bracket having a pair of spindles extending from opposite sides thereof, at least a portion of said spindles retainable within said throats of said yokes when said axle member is generally horizontal, receipt of at least a portion of said spindles within said throats hanging the first end of the roller tube from the first end bracket while permitting the roller tube to pivot about the first end bracket in a generally vertical plane.

A mount for a roller blind, the roller blind having a roller tube for the receipt of blind fabric thereon, the roller tube having first and second ends that are releasably securable to first and second end brackets, the first and second end brackets releasably securable to a structure to enable the blind to be mounted thereon, the blind having a roller tube motor secured to the first end of the roller tube with an end of the motor exposed, the mount comprising:

• a spring clip releasably securable to the first end bracket, and
• an axle member releasably securable to the exposed end of the roller tube motor, said axle member comprising a roller tube bracket having a pair of spindles extending from opposite sides thereof, said spindles including a leading edge for contacting the spring clip when said spindles are moved toward said first end bracket, contact of said leading edge of said spindles causing said spring clip to move from a rest position to a displaced position, when in said displaced position said spring clip permitting said spindles to be received within openings in the first end bracket such that when positioned within said openings said spindles permit said spring clip to return to said rest position thereby preventing the withdrawal of said spindles from said openings.