Patent ID: 7410277

Claim:
A shade leveling device comprising: a ball head bolt with a spherical portion, a shaft portion, and radially outward-facing threads disposed on the shaft portion, a diameter of the spherical portion greater than a diameter of the shaft portion, the radially outward-facing threads on the shaft portion structured to engage a finial; a seat ring having a first opening with radially inward-facing threads, the radially inward-facing threads of the seat ring structured to engage the radially outward-facing threads of the shaft portion of the ball head bolt; an attachment device having a second opening, the second opening structured such that the shaft portion of the ball head bolt may be inserted through the second opening and not contact the attachment device; and a spring having a third opening, the spring structured to prevent the spherical portion of the ball head bolt from contacting the attachment device when the shaft portion of the ball head bolt is inserted through the second opening and the third opening.