MULTIPURPOSE STRUCTURE FOR SUPPORTING DRAPERY TRACKS, VENETIAN BLINDS, OR THE LIKE

摘要

For the purpose of supporting drapery tracks, Venetian blinds, or the like, there is provided an elongated channel. The channel has a pair of opposed side walls and a transverse wall which extends between and interconnects with the side walls, this transverse wall forms a top wall of the channel when it is in operative position, with the side walls which extend downwardly from the top wall in the operative position of the channel. The channel when in its operative position has an open bottom beneath the top wall. A plurality of ribs which are integral with each side wall and project inwardly from an inner surface thereof, these ribs form at the inner surfaces of the side walls pairs of ribs which are respectively situated in common planes but at different elevations. The lowermost ribs which are adapted to form at least part of a support for a drapery track with additional upper ribs which are provided also for this purpose. In addition, a plurality of upper ribs are provided nearer to the top wall than the lowermost ribs for serving a purpose such as supporting blind locks which will determine the position of part of a Venetian blind mechanism within the channel, particularly a Venetian blind mechanism which forms part of a Venetian blind which has vertical slats. In the case of a Venetian blind which has horizontal slats, blind locks are situated in grooves defined between the lowermost pairs of ribs to support in the channel the mechanism which is situated above the horizontal slats of the Venetian blind. A horizontal wall is fixed to and projects from a lower edge of one of the side walls of the channel and carries a connecting means by which the channel can be supported in cantilever fashion from a mounting bracket of the invention In addition, an additional connecting means which is provided on an additional horizontal wall projects from a lower edge of the other side wall of the channel to support the channel from a T-bar type of support which is suspended by cables from a beam.