Patent ID: 6141827
Filing Date: 2000-11-07
Classification: A47H,E04F,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A carrier slide for window coverings, the carrier slide being adapted to slide along a track having two inner lateral walls and a bottom wall with an inner face and an outer face, the carrier slide comprising:a main body including at least one compartment defined therein, at least one vertical hole defined in an upper end thereof and communicated with said at least one compartment, and at least one transverse hole defined in an upper side thereof, the main body further including two lateral sides, a receptacle defined below said at least one compartment and communicating with said at least one compartment through a narrowed passage,at least one vertical roller assembly including a first roller rotatably received in said at least one compartment and having a vertical axis, the first roller having a diameter greater than a width of the main body and smaller than a width of the track so as to be in a rolling contact with the inner lateral walls of the track, and a first axle pin extended through said at least one vertical hole for rotatably supporting the first roller, the first axle pin including an enlarged head for preventing disengagement of the first roller and a snapping end that is passable through said at least one vertical hole and the narrowed passage and rotatably retained in the receptacle, andat least one horizontal roller assembly including a second roller rotatably attached to one of the lateral sides of the main body and having an axial hole extended in a direction transverse to a longitudinal direction of the main body, and a second axle pin extended through the axial hole of the second roller for rotatably supporting the second roller, the second axle pin having an enlarged head for preventing disengagement of the second roller, the second roller being in a rolling contact with the inner face of the bottom wall of the track.