Patent ID: 7549615
Filing Date: 2009-06-23
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
1. A compression mount for a top rail of a window covering, comprising in combination: a housing with a cavity therein, said housing adapted to be coupled to an end of the top rail of the window covering; a slide sized to fit within said cavity and adapted to translate within said cavity; said slide having an inner side opposite an outer side with said inner side located deeper into said cavity than said outer side, said outer side adapted to abut a side of a window frame; a driver located between said housing and said slide, said driver adapted to apply a force tending to push said slide out of said cavity; wherein said driver includes a spring located between said housing and said slide; wherein said housing has an end at an interior of said cavity, said slide including a central bore extending from said inner side of said slide toward said outer side of said slide, said spring configured as a linear compression spring interposed between said end of said housing and a portion of said central bore of said slide; and wherein said central bore includes a neck therein defining a region of lesser diameter than portions of said central bore on either side of said neck, and wherein a shaft is coupled to said end of said housing and extending up into said cavity and through said central bore of said slide with said shaft passing through an interior of said spring.