Patent ID: 6902141

Claim:
A system for mounting a shade roller including a roller tube having opposite ends, the mounting system comprising: a pair of assemblies each including at least one bearing supported by an elongated bearing support member, the at least one bearing receivable within an interior defined by the roller tube and adapted for engagement therewith to define a support point for rotatably supporting the tube, the support point defining one end of an unsupported length of the roller tube that includes a central portion of the tube, the elongated bearing support member having opposite first and second ends, the bearing connected to the bearing support member adjacent the first end of the bearing support member, the bearing support member receivable within the tube interior to position the bearing at a distance from one of the opposite ends of the tube, the distance being sufficient to reduce the unsupported length of the roller tube such that sagging deflection is limited, each assembly further including an elongated attachment member having opposite first and second ends, the first end of the attachment member connected to the second end of the bearing support member such that the bearing support member extends adjacent at least a portion of the attachment member and substantially parallel thereto, the second end of the attachment member adapted for operably connecting the attachment member to a structure, the attachment member of each assembly including an end plate at the first end of the attachment member, the end plate being secured to an end of the bearing support member, the attachment member further including a top wall secured to the end plate and side walls secured to opposite sides of the top wall, the top and side walls extending substantially parallel to the bearing support member.