Supports – Brackets – Specially mounted or attached
Reexamination Certificate
2000-02-07
2001-11-27
Braun, Leslie A (Department: 3632)
Supports
Brackets
Specially mounted or attached
C248S201000, C248S261000, C248S544000, C248S251000, C248S267000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06322029
ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to an installation bracket for releasably mounting on a wall or ceiling, a head rail of an architectural covering, especially a covering for an architectural opening, such as a window blind or shade.
Different types of installation brackets have been proposed for this purpose. Usually such brackets have been positioned adjacent the ends of the head rail and, depending upon the length of the head rail, one or more brackets have also been located at intermediate positions along the length of the head rail.
U.S. Pat. No. 2,698,727 shows one form of bracket with an L-shaped main body which is securable to a wall or ceiling. The body has a top wall, a rear wall, and a supporting leg on a forward end of the top wall for receiving a front rim of a head rail. A locking member on the bracket is movable between a first or open position, in which the head rail can be position on, and removed from, the bracket, and a second or closed position, in which the head rail is locked in position on the bracket.
While mounting a head rail on such brackets. the movement of the locking members from the first position to the second position has not always been easy and sure. Also, such locking members have frequently been moved between the first and second positions by person who wanted to remove the head rails of blinds from their brackets or replace the head rails of blinds on their brackets but who were not skilled in installing and removing the head rails of blinds and had not themselves done the original installation of the head rails of blinds on the brackets. As a result, these unskilled persons have found it difficult to remove or replace the head rails of their blinds on such brackets. There has been a need, therefore, for a bracket with a locking member that is easier to open and close but provides secure fixation of the head rail.
In accordance with this invention, an installation bracket is provided, having a generally L-shaped main body with a top wall, a rear wall, a supporting leg on the top wall for receiving a front rim of a head rail, a projection extending forwardly form the rear wall, substantially parallel to the top wall, and a locking member pivotally mounted on the forward projection to swivel in a plane substantially parallel to the top wall between a first position juxtaposed to the rear wall and a second position perpendicular to the rear wall.
This installation bracket of this invention provides an easy and reliable means for securing a head rail in position on a wall or ceiling. The bracket is also very simple and easy to operate by even unskilled individuals.
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Ilic Jovo
Sonnenberg Marko Henry
Braun Leslie A
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Hunter Douglas Industries B.V.
Marsh S
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