Blind headrail bracket

Claim 1

A bracket for releasably securing a channel section blind headrail to a horizontal or vertical surface, said channel section blind headrail including a web and upwardly extending front and rear flanges, each having an inturned rim at its upper free edge, said bracket comprising: (a) a main body formed as a thin metal component securable to a vertical or horizontal surface; (b) at least one supporting portion on the body, supportingly engageable with one of said rims; (c) a member also formed as a thin metal component and movably associated with the body; (d) at least one supporting part of said member supportingly engageable with the other rim, the member normally holding a first position with respect to the body, and being capable of being forcedly removed to a second position with respect to the body against a resilient force acting to hold it in the first position, in which second position the member cannot engage the other rim; (e) a horizontal part of said member slidably interengaged in a horizontal plane with said body; (f) a thin operating tongue on said member projecting forwardly beyond the front end of the body to the extent that it will extend above and past the front flange of a headrail when mounted on the bracket; (g) at least one supporting part at the rear of said member; (h) a U-shaped portion of said member with first and second legs and a web portion, said legs being angled with respect to the horizontal plane, the first leg being connected near or at one end to said horizontal part of the member and at the other end, through said web portion, to the second leg; and (i) an abutment of said second leg substantially spaced from and positioned to abut a portion of said body to restrain said second leg, whereby, when a pulling force is exerted on said tongue, said legs flex and provide said resilient force.