(19)
(11) EP 0 862 881 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
12.12.2001 Bulletin 2001/50

(43) Date of publication A2:
09.09.1998 Bulletin 1998/37

(21) Application number: 98301279.0

(22) Date of filing: 18.02.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A47H 1/144, E06B 9/323, A47H 1/13, E06B 9/266
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 19.02.1997 EP 97200473
14.07.1997 EP 97305177

(71) Applicant: HUNTER DOUGLAS INDUSTRIES B.V.
3071 EL Rotterdam (NL)

(72) Inventor:
  • De Beijer, Justinus Lambertus Theodorus
    6026 VK Maarheeze (NL)

(74) Representative: Allen, William Guy Fairfax et al
J.A. KEMP & CO. 14 South Square Gray's Inn
London WC1R 5JJ
London WC1R 5JJ (GB)

   


(54) Mounting system


(57) A bracket (10) for mounting the head rail (50) or bottom rail of a window covering product, having: a body portion with a mounting aperture and opposed edges adapted to engage the rail; and fixing means (52) engaging the mounting aperture and adapted to affix the body portion to a building structure. The mounting aperture is associated with a convex curved surface (21) of either the body portion or the fixing means, thereby allowing the body portion and the rail supported thereby to be adjusted in position and at an angle determined by the position of respectively either the fixing means or the body portion relative to the convex curved surface.
The convex curved surface can be formed on the body portion, and the mounting aperture can be in a circumferentially elongate slot in the curved surface.
Alternatively, the fixing means can comprise a support member that is preferably tubular and has: the convex curved surface on one side; means on the other side to affix the support member to a building structure; an elongate slot in the convex curved surface; and a bolt passing through the mounting aperture in the body portion and the elongate slot in the support member and engaging a nut located within the support member.






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