Break-away bracket for mounting window covering components
AssigneeNewell Window Furnishings, Inc.
InventorsGlenn Emrick, James L. Daniels, W. Kenneth Saylor, Drew A. Schubert
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Abstract
A break-away bracket for mounting and supporting window coverings has a mounting base and one or more break-away segments. The segments are interconnected end to end along frangible connections and extend from the mounting base. Each of the one or more break-away segments has a support element extending from one end. A most distal one of the support elements is exposed for supporting or mounting window coverings. Upon removal of the most distal one of the break-away segments or removal of more than one of the segments, a next adjacent one of the support elements becomes exposed for supporting or mounting window coverings.
Claims26
A mounting bracket for supporting window covering components, the mounting bracket comprising;
- a mounting base;
- and
- a support section extending from the mounting base, the support section having a first unexposed support element extending from the mounting base, at least a most proximal break-away segment removably attached to the mounting base along a most proximal frangible connection, and an exposed support element, wherein at least a part of the most proximal frangible connection defines a shape of the first unexposed support element.
A mounting bracket for supporting window covering components, the mounting bracket comprising:
- a mounting base;
- a first unexposed support element affixed to the mounting base;
- and
- a plurality of break-away segments interconnected end to end along respective frangible connections and extending from the mounting base, each of the plurality of break-away segments having a support element extending from one end, and wherein a most distal support element is exposed, and wherein when a most distal one of the plurality of break-away segments is removed, the most distal support element is also removed and an adjacent unexposed support element becomes exposed.
A mounting bracket for supporting window covering components, the mounting bracket comprising:
- a mounting base for attaching the mounting bracket to a surface;
- a segmented support section that extends from the mounting base and that has at least a distal segment removably attached to a portion of the support section along a frangible connection;
- an exposed support element formed integral with and extending from a distal end of the distal segment;
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- at least one unexposed support element having a periphery that is at least partly encompassed by the frangible connection and that becomes exposed upon removing the distal segment along the frangible connection.
A mounting bracket for supporting window covering components the mounting bracket comprising:
- a mounting base;
- at least a most proximal break-away segment removably attached to a portion of the mounting base along a most proximal frangible connection;
- at least a first unexposed support element extending from the mounting base and having a periphery, wherein at least a portion of the most proximal frangible connection encompasses the periphery of the first unexposed support element;
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- an exposed support element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.