Multipurpose structure for supporting drapery tracks, Venetian blinds, or the like

For use in the support of drapery tracks, Venetian blinds, or the like, an elongated channel having a pair of opposed side walls, which respectively have inner surfaces directed toward each other, and a transverse wall extending between and interconnecting said side walls and forming a top wall from which said side walls extend downwardly when the channel is in an operative position, said channel having an open bottom situated beneath said top wall thereof in said operative position of said channel, and said channel including a plurality of interior ribs extending longitudinally of said channel and fixed to said side walls thereof while extending inwardly from said inner surfaces of said side walls, said ribs at each of said side walls being situated at different elevations when the channel is in said operative position, and said ribs including a plurality of pairs of ribs with the ribs of each pair being respectively situated at said opposed side walls in a common plane, said pairs of ribs including in said operative position of said channel at least two lowermost pairs of ribs, for use in at least the partial support of a drapery track or in the support of blind locks which in turn support one type of Venetian blind, while also including a plurality of pairs of ribs situated higher than said lowermost pairs, closer to said top wall and adapted to be used in connection with another type of Venetian blind, a pair of adjacent ribs at one of said side walls and a pair of adjacent ribs at the other of said side walls respectively situated at the same elevation as said first-mentioned pair of adjacent ribs defining between themselves a pair of grooves, and a plurality of blind locks each having opposed ends situated in said pair of grooves for participating in the location of a part of a Venetian blind in said channel with slats of the Venetian blind situated beneath said channel, each of said blind locks including an elongated plate of substantially rectangular cross section having diagonally opposed bevelled corners for facilitating introduction of said plate at the opposed ends thereof into said grooves.

For use in the support of drapery tracks, Venetian blinds, or the like, an elongated channel having a pair of opposed side walls, which respectively have inner surfaces directed toward each other, and a transverse wall extending between and interconnecting said side walls and forming a top wall from which said side walls extend downwardly when the channel is in an operative position, said channel having an open bottom situated beneath said top wall thereof in said operative position of said channel, and said channel including a plurality of interior ribs extending longitudinally of said channel and fixed to said side walls thereof while extending inwardly from said inner surfaces of said side walls, said ribs at each of said side walls being situated at different elevations when the channel is in said operative position, and said ribs including a plurality of pairs of ribs with the ribs of each pair being respectively situated at said opposed side walls in a common plane, said pairs of ribs including in said operative position of said channel at least two lowermost pairs of ribs, for use in at least the partial support of a drapery track or in the support of blind locks which in turn support one type of Venetian blind, while also including a plurality of pairs of ribs situated higher than said lowermost pairs, closer to said top wall and adapted to be used in connection with another type of Venetian blind, said opposed side walls of said channel having in said operative position of said channel lower edges distant from said top wall, and a pair of horizontal walls fixed to said opposed side walls at said lower edges thereof and projecting laterally from said lower edges, said horizontal walls respectively carrying connecting means for connecting said channel with a pair of supporting structures which serve to carry said channel, a mounting bracket forming one of said supporting structures, said mounting bracket having an outer wall adapted to be mounted at the same elevation as said channel on a stationary building structure and said mounting bracket including upper and lower walls extending inwardly from said outer wall toward said channel with said lower wall of said mounting bracket situated at the same elevation as one of said horizontal walls which project from a lower edge of a side wall of said channel, and said upper and lower walls of said mounting bracket terminating in substantially vertical ribs which project toward each other downwardly from said upper wall and upwardly from said lower wall of said mounting bracket, said one horizontal wall of said channel having adjacent said substantially vertical rib projecting upwardly from said lower wall of said mounting bracket a substantially U-shaped portion the interior of which is directed downwardly and receives a free edge of said substantially vertical rib which extends upwardly from said lower wall of said mounting bracket, and an end wall fixed with said substantially U-shaped portion, and forming an extension thereof in said mounting bracket, said end wall extending upwardly from said substantially U-shaped portion and engaging an inner surface of the rib which projects downwardly from said upper wall of said mounting bracket, said substantially U-shaped portion and end wall forming the connecting means with said one horizontal wall and being connectable with said mounting bracket when said channel is first tilted to situate said end wall in said channel with said free edge of said rib projecting upwardly from said lower mounting bracket wall received in said U-shaped portion so that an upper edge region of said end wall will engage the rib projecting downwardly from said upper mounting wall to connect said channel to said mounting bracket to be supported thereby in substantially cantilever fashion.

For use in the support of drapery tracks, Venetian blinds, or the like, an elongated channel having a pair of opposed side walls, which respectively have inner surfaces directed toward each other, and a transverse wall extending between and interconnecting said side walls and forming a top wall from which said side walls extend downwardly when the channel is in an operative position, said channel having an open bottom situated beneath said top wall thereof in said operative position of said channel, and said channel including a plurality of interior ribs extending longitudinally of said channel and fixed to said side walls thereof while extending inwardly from said inner surfaces of said side walls, said ribs at each of said side walls being situated at different elevations when the channel is in said operative position, and said ribs including a plurality of pairs of ribs with the ribs of each pair being respectively situated at said opposed side walls in a common plane, said pairs of ribs including in said operative position of said channel at least two lowermost pairs of ribs, for use in at least the partial support of a drapery track or in the support of blind locks which in turn support one type of Venetian blind, while also including a plurality of pairs of ribs situated higher than said lowermost pairs, closer to said top wall and adapted to be used in connection with another type of Venetian blind, said channel including an additional rib fixed to and extending inwardly from an inner surface of one of said side walls beneath those ribs of said plurality of pairs of ribs which are higher than said lowermost pairs which are fixed to said one side wall and higher than those ribs of said lowermost pairs of ribs which are fixed to said one side wall, and said additional rib at said one side wall cooperating with a lowermost rib at the other of said side walls for supporting a drapery track.