Adjustable valance suspension bracket
AssigneeHunter Douglas Inc.
InventorRichard N. Anderson
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Abstract
An adjustable valance suspension bracket for connecting a valance to a headrail of a venetian blind assembly. The bracket comprises a base portion and a clip portion. The clip portion has thereon valance connection means for connecting to a valance while the base portion has fastening means to fasten with the headrail. The clip is held to the base in one position to support the ends of a valance and a further clip may be held to a further base in a further position to support the valance at a desired distance from the headrail.
Claims10
An adjustable valance suspension bracket for suspending a valance from a headrail of an inverted channel cross-section having front and rear flanges joined by an upper web, said flanges having adjacent the web elongated recesses extending the length of the headrail, characterized in that said bracket has:
- (i) a base including,
- (a) fastening means for fastening said base along said headrail,
- (b) a first dovetail on said base extending parallel to the headrail, and
- (c) a third dovetail extending perpendicular to said first dovetail, and;
- (ii) a clip including,
- (a) a second dovetail for slidably engaging either of said first dovetail or said second dovetail, and
- (b) valance connection means on the end of said clip for supporting a valance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.