Patent ID: 6712115
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: E06B,G02B

Abstract:
A headrail comprising:a. an elongated base having a front edge, a rear edge, a top surface and a bottom surface, a left edge and a right edge, the left edge and the right edge each extending from the front edge to the rear edge; b. a front wall attached to the front edge of the base and extending above the top surface, the front wall having a front wall edge above and substantially parallel to the base, an inside surface facing the base, and an elongated tab extending from the inside surface, the tab spaced apart from and substantially parallel to the front wall edge; c. a semicircular rear wall having a front edge with a slot in which slot the tab of the front wall rests, the rear wall having a rear edge and an exterior surface, the rear wall further comprising a rear wall tab on the exterior surface and spaced apart from and substantially parallel to the front edge of the rear wall; d. at least one bracket having a top leg with a hook that is engaged with the rear wall tab, and a side leg which is attached to and substantially perpendicular to the top leg and having a shoulder on which the rear edge of the rear wall rests such that there is a gap between the rear edge of the base and the rear edge of the rear wall through which gap a roller shade material may pass; and e. a spring extending between the side leg of the bracket and the front wall, the spring retaining the tab of the front wall within the slot in the rear wall.