A 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.
Claims14
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.
A window blind frame comprising a pair of angled frame members 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, the second connector being angled relative to the first connector;
- each connector includes a locating arm, a friction plate and a stop surface;
- each friction plate defines a pair of opposed surfaces and each surface carries thereon a respective outwardly projecting deformable rib;
- and each locating arm further includes at least one further outwardly projecting deformable rib;
- and wherein each frame member includes a body portion which defines a first channel and a second channel;
- the friction plate of each corner bracket connector forms a friction fit within the first channel via the deformation of the or each outwardly projecting rib within the second channel;
- and the locating arm of each corner bracket connector is located within the second channel defined by each frame member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.