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US 9,677,330 B2Granted
Arrangement for a component housing for use in a rail of a window covering
AssigneeHunter Douglas Inc.
InventorsRichard N Anderson, Eugene W Thompson, Robert E Fisher, II
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Abstract
The base and cover of a component housing are releasably assembled to each other with yokes on one of said base and cover, with at least one of said yokes flexing to slide over and snap around a respective boss on the other of said yoke and cover.
Claims12
An arrangement for a component for use on a rail of a window covering,
- comprising:
- a component housing, comprising a cover and a base, one of said cover or said base including a first end wall and a second end wall opposite said first end wall;
- an elongated rod defining an axis of rotation, said elongated rod configured to extend through said component housing along said axis of rotation;
- a first boss projecting outwardly from said first end wall;
- a second boss projecting outwardly from said second end wall;
- first and second opposed cantilevered yokes projecting from the other of said cover or said base, said first cantilevered yoke defining a first opening and being configured to engage said first boss when said cover is installed relative to said base, said second cantilevered yoke defining a second opening and being configured to engage said second boss when said cover is installed relative to said base;
- wherein:
- at least one of said first boss or said first cantilevered yoke defines a ramped surface;
- when said cover and said base are brought together, said first cantilevered yoke flexes outwardly away from an interior of said component housing in a direction parallel to said axis of rotation due to said ramped surface such that said first cantilevered yoke rides along an exterior of said first boss and then snaps back towards said interior of said component housing to receive said first boss in said first opening of said first cantilevered yoke;
- and
- when said cover and said base are brought together, said second cantilevered yoke receives said second boss.
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