Patent ID: 9089236
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: A47H,E04B,E06B,F16M

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 when said driver is activated; a trigger, said trigger adapted to activate said driver, when said trigger is activated, said trigger holding said slide to said housing until said trigger is activated, such that said slide and said housing move together before trigger activation; said driver having a compressed form and an extended form, said compressed form existing before said trigger is activated and said extended form existing after said trigger is activated, with said compressed form corresponding with said slide located deeper into said cavity than said extended form; and said trigger holding said driver in said compressed form until said trigger is activated.