Universal shade bracket

A one-piece, universal shade mounting bracket capable of supporting either end of a window shade assembly from a base structure whose mounting surface is above, perpendicular to, or vertically parallel to the axis of said window shade assembly, said bracket including

• an elongated first body section,
• said elongated body section being substantially longer than it is wide, and substantially wider than it is thick,
• a second body section,
• said second body section extending generally perpendicularly outwardly from the elongated first body section at one end of said elongated first body section,
• the thickness of said second body section being dimensionally substantially less than its length or width,
• each of said body sections having aperture means therein constructed and arranged to receive fastening means for securing the bracket to a base structure whose mounting surface is above, perpendicular to, or vertically parallel to the axis of said window shade assembly,
• the end of the elongated body section opposite the end of said elongated body section which is integral with the second body section having first and second pin receiving apertures,
• one of said pin receiving apertures being constructed and arranged to loosely, but restrainedly, receive the round end of a window shade assembly,
• the other of said pin receiving apertures being constructed and arranged to receive the flattened pin of a window shade assembly,
• said pin receiving apertures being so arranged that the flattened pin of the window shade assembly is always disposed in a vertical position irrespective of the orientation of the base surface to which the bracket is fastened.