Valance support bracket

Claim 1

A valance support bracket for mounting on a headrail of a venetian blind wherein the headrail has a mounting channel defined by a pair of laterally spaced mutually facing mounting flanges extending longitudinally along an external surface, said valance support bracket comprising a valance support end portion and a headrail mounting end portion, said headrail mounting end portion including a mounting plate having a longitudinal axis and a pair of locking arms defining a pair of generally parallel locking flanges fixed to and spaced from said mounting plate in generally transverse relation thereto, one of said locking flanges having less transverse length than the other locking flange to enable insertion of said locking flanges between the mounting flanges into said mounting channel when the mounting plate is disposed with its longitudinal axis in a first angular orientation of approximately 45° relative to the longitudinal axis of the headrail, said locking arms being further adapted to receive said mounting flanges between said locking flanges and said mounting plate for releasable locking relation with said headrail when the valance support bracket is rotated generally within the plane of said mounting plate to a second orientation wherein the longitudinal axis of said mounting plate is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the headrail, said locking flanges having oppositely directed free ends adapted to frictionally engage the headrail when said valance support bracket is in said second orientation, and a wall fixed to said mounting plate at right angles thereto, said wall being adapted to engage a sidewall of the headrail so as to limit rotation of said support bracket during movement to said second orientation.