Patent ID: 7676989

Claim:
A modular spring support mounting arrangement for a sash window spring counterbalance arrangement, the modular spring support mounting arrangement being adapted to be fitted within a window jamb channel and to support and secure springs within the window jamb channel; the modular spring support mounting arrangement comprising: a plurality of coiled ribbon springs, at least a first spring support mounting element and a second spring support mounting element, each for supporting a respective coil spring, the first spring support mounting element including a pair of interengagement projections which extend normally from the spring support mounting element and are laterally spaced apart, and the second spring support mounting element including an interengagement fitting which engages the pair of interengagement projections to in use securely interconnect the first and second spring support mounting elements together; and at least one of: the interengagement fitting and interengagement projections define and provide a pair of shoulder supports having a surface on which a respective coiled ribbon spring sits in direct contact therewith directly supporting said one of the coiled ribbon springs, and the interengagement fitting and interengagement projections together perform a dual function of connecting together said spring support mounting elements and supporting the respective coiled ribbon spring directly thereon.