Patent ID: 6283427
Filing Date: 2001-09-04
Classification: E06B,Y10S

Abstract:
Supporting means for supporting a screening device in a frame structure with frame members comprising top and bottom members (1) as well as side members (2, 26) and lining an opening in a building, in particular a door or a window, comprising: a first pair of bracket members (6; 106; 206; 306; 406; 24, 29) for mounting on each of a pair of opposed parallel frame surfaces (2, 26) of said frame structure and a second pair of coupling members (7; 107; 207; 307; 36) each provided with first engaging means (17; 117) engageable by engaging means on said screening device (120), each of said bracket members (6; 106; 206; 306; 406; 24, 29) and each of said coupling members (7; 107; 207; 307; 36) further comprising second engaging means (11-16; 111-116; 33-34; 39-42) for releasable sliding engagement of one of said pair of coupling members with one of said pair of bracket members; each member of one of said first and second pair being provided with a resilient member (9; 109; 209; 309; 409; 31, 32) engageable with an abutment (19; 219; 319; 38) of a member of the other of said first and second pairs to retain a bracket member and coupling member in mutual engagement, characterized in that the bracket members (6; 106; 206; 306; 406; 24, 29) of said first pair are identical standard members for mounting on said opposed frame surfaces (2, 26), each comprising a relatively flat front part protruding from said frame surface (2, 26) in the mounted position of said bracket member and having a substantially smooth external surface, said second engaging means (11-12; 111-112; 33-34) being formed by a pair of opposed parallel side edges of said front part, and that each coupling member (7; 107; 207; 307; 36) is formed as a substantially flat brick-shaped member provided with an open recess limited by at least one leg portion (13-14; 113-114; 313-314; 41-42) forming engaging means (15-16; 215-216; 315-316; 39-40) engageable with said engaging means on the bracket members.