Patent ID: 7063124
Filing Date: 2006-06-20
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
1. A system for securing a flexible shade fabric to a rotatably supported roller tube for winding receipt of the flexible shade fabric onto the tube comprising: at least one insert member defining an elongated body having opposite first and second side edges extending longitudinally along the body, and at least one elongated prong connected to the body in a recess defined in the first side edge of the body, the prong being pivotable from a first position in which the prong is located within the recess to a second position in which a terminal end portion of the prong extends from the recess to beyond the first side edge of the body; and a channel including opposite first and second side walls defined by the roller, the channel dimensioned for receipt of an end portion of the flexible shade fabric, the insert member receivable within the channel to engage the end portion of the shade fabric between the roller tube and the insert member, wherein pivoting of the at least one prong to the second position results in contact between the terminal end portion of the prong and the first side wall of the channel and drives the body toward the second side wall of the channel to compress an end portion of a shade fabric between the body and the channel.