Patent ID: 7694468

Claim:
An interior window covering frame assembly comprising: a windowpane generally positioned within an opening of a wall in a first plane; an elongate core substrate having a thickness of less than 5/16 inch, said elongate core substrate having an elongate lateral plate and a flange perpendicularly coupled to said lateral plate, the flange intersecting the elongate lateral plate to provide a first portion and a second portion to provide a cross-sectional t-shape, wherein the first and second portions are generally in the same plane, and wherein said elongate lateral plate is directly coupled to an interior facing wall surface having a second plane that is substantially parallel to the first plane of the windowpane, said elongate lateral plate being directly coupled to the interior facing wall surface in the second plane, and the flange extending outwardly from the elongate lateral plate in a third plane that is substantially perpendicular to both the first plane and the second plane; a connecting channel directly coupled to at least one of a first face of said flange and said first portion of said lateral plate; a window covering directly coupled to said first face of said flange, wherein said window covering is capable of substantially covering said windowpane; and a decorative covering abutting at least one of a second face of said flange and said second portion of said lateral plate.