FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a retaining bracket structure, and more particularly,
a retaining bracket structure for a cordless continuous folding blind, the retaining
brackets thereof can securely collect and locate the continuous folding blind.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention is related to a retaining bracket structure for a cordless
continuous folding blind, including a continuous folding blind attached to the underside
of an upper beam, and a pair of flexible retaining brackets wherein the flexible retaining
bracket, of plastic materials, is made up of a pressing plate protruding at the middle
section thereof, a pair of C-shaped clamping arms symmetrically extending at both
sides of the pressing plate thereof, and a pointed hook bending inwards at each end
of the C-shaped clamping arms thereof; whereby, the continuous folding blind collected
from bottom to top is clipped tight at the pressing plate and the C-shaped clamping
arms there-between, and confined at the C-shaped clamping arms and the pointed hooks
therein for secure location. Thus, even under the swing of strong wind, the retaining
brackets thereof can securely collect and locate the continuous folding blind at a
desirable position without easily getting loose or detached there-from in use.
[0003] Please refer to FIG. 1. A conventional retaining structure for a continuous folding
blind is made up of an upper beam 10, a continuous folding blind 11 attached to the
bottom of the upper beam 10 thereof, and a flexible clip 12 having a cavity 121 defined
thereon. When the continuous folding blind 11 is collected to the desired position,
the flexible clip 12 is applied and pushed from one side of the continuous folding
blind 10 to clamp the gathered slats of the folding blind 10 at the cavity 121 therein
for location thereof.
[0004] There are some drawbacks to such conventional retaining structure of a continuous
folding blind. Most of all, the flexible clip 12 is separately applied onto the continuous
folding blind 11 from outside. Once under the swing of strong wind, the flexible clip
12 is easily detached from the continuous folding blind 11, disarraying the collected
continuous folding blind 11.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0005] It is, therefore, the primary purpose of the present invention to provide a retaining
bracket structure for a cordless continuous folding blind, including a continuous
folding blind attached to the underside of an upper beam, and a pair of flexible retaining
brackets wherein the flexible retaining bracket, of plastic materials, is made up
of a pressing plate, a pair of C-shaped clamping arms symmetrically extending at both
sides of the pressing plate thereof, and a pointed hook bending inwards at each end
of the C-shaped clamping arms thereof; whereby, the continuous folding blind collected
from bottom to top is clipped tight at the pressing plate and the C-shaped clamping
arms there-between, and confined at the C-shaped clamping arms and the pointed hooks
therein. Thus, even under the swing of strong wind, the retaining brackets thereof
can securely collect and locate the continuous folding blind at a desirable position
without easily getting loose or detached there-from in use.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0006]
FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a conventional retaining structure of a cordless continuous
folding blind in use.
FIG. 2 is a perspective exploded view of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the present invention in operation.
FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the present invention in collection.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0007] Please refer to FIG. 2. The present invention is related to a retaining bracket structure
for a cordless continuous folding blind, including a continuous folding blind 20,
and a pair of flexible retaining brackets 30 wherein the continuous folding blind
20 is attached to the underside of an upper beam 21. The flexible retaining bracket
30, of plastic materials, is made up of a pressing plate 31 protruding at the middle
section thereof, a pair of C-shaped clamping arms 32 symmetrically extending at both
sides of the pressing plate 31 thereof, and a pointed hook 33 bending inwards at each
end of the C-shaped clamping arms 32 thereof.
[0008] Please refer to FIG. 3. To collect the continuous folding blind 20, the slats of
the continuous folding blind 20 thereof are gathered from bottom to top till a desirable
position is reached. The pressing plate 31 of the flexible retaining bracket 30 is
applied from the front side of the continuous folding blind 20 to abut against the
upper side of the collected continuous folding blind 20. The C-shaped clamping arms
32 disposed at both sides thereof are bent downwards respectively to extend backwards
at the underside of the collected continuous folding blind 20 thereof with the pointed
hooks 33 thereof clamping in reverse at the top of the collected continuous folding
blind 20 from the rear side thereof. The collected continuous folding blind 20 is
then clipped tight by the pressing plate 31 and the C-shaped clamping arms 32 thereof
and confined at the C-shaped clamping arms 32 and the pointed hooks 33 therein for
secure location as shown in FIG. 4. Thus, even under the swing of strong wind, the
retaining brackets 30 thereof can securely collect and locate the continuous folding
blind 20 at a desirable position without easily getting loose or detached there-from
in practical use.
1. A retaining bracket structure for a cordless continuous folding blind comprising:
a pair of flexible brackets, each of the pair of flexible brackets having: a) a pressing
plate located in a center thereof; b) two clamping arms having a C-shape, one of the
two clamping arms is connected at a first end thereof to each of two opposing sides
of the pressing plate; and c) two pointed hooks, one of the two pointed hooks is located
on a second end of each of the two clamping arms and protruding inwardly toward the
first end of each of the two clamping arms, wherein each of the pair of flexible brackets
is removably connected to a folded blind section being a predetermined length of the
cordless continuous folding blind, the pressing plate and the two pointed hooks are
located on a top of the folded blind section and the two clamping arms extend around
a bottom of the folded blind section.
2. The retaining bracket structure according to claim 1, wherein the pair of flexible
brackets are made of a plastic material.