Hidden mounting bracket for a venetian blind or window covering headrail
OwnerDonald W. Luotoinventor
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Abstract
A mounting bracket (16) for a window covering (10) headrail (12), the latter having an open top defined by flanged edges with recesses (24, 26). The bracket (16) has a back plate (28), top plate (30), and forwardly/downwardly extending spring arm plates (46,48) joined by a cross bar (50). In assembly, the bracket is mounted to a wall surface and the headrail (12) is locked onto the bracket by interaction of the spring arm plates, the greater part of the bracket being hidden within the headrail.
Claims6
A wall mounted bracket for releasable securement to a headrail having an open surface defined by a pair of spaced apart edges formed into flanges each having a recess, comprising:
- a generally L-shaped body having unitary back and top plates, a lower edge portion being formed to extend in the same direction as the back plate;
- first and second arms integral with the top plate extending along opposite sides of said plate and each having an internal recess adjacent the backplate and hooklike means adjacent an outer end;
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- elongated spring means having an end secured to the top plate edge opposite the back plate extending downwardly and forwardly away from the back plate, a said spring means include first and second spared apart arms extending away from the top plate and a cross bar interconnecting the outer ends of the said arms;
- said bracket on assembly receiving one headrail edge flange within the internal recesses, the other headrail edge flange lockingly engaged with the hooklike means, and the outer end portions of the spring means being anchored within the headrail.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.