Removable blind hanger brackets

Abstract

A pair of brackets for hanging a window blind which are both easy to install and to remove and which can be used to facilitate cleaning the blind. Each bracket includes a four-sided structure which, except for its being open on both its top and one of its vertical sides, is generally in the shape of a rectangular prism. Each bracket, which is a mirror image of the other, can be fabricated as single, unitary piece from sheet metal. Folded downwardly from the upper edge of a vertical side panel in this structure is an external flap. The bracket is installed with the use of a single screw whose shank is slip fitted into a slot formed in this flap. Since both the flap and the screw head are hidden behind the vertical side panel, neither the flap nor the screw head can interfere with the subsequent placement of a window blind mounting bar in the bracket. Alternately, prior to hanging the blind, the brackets can be held in place on the distal ends of its mounting bar; and both brackets then slip fitted simultaneously onto their respective mounting screws. To clean the blind, it and both brackets are removed as a unit and taken to a convenient outdoors location where the blind can be washed with running water. Screws or other fasteners protruding from the outside wall of a building spaced apart and oriented for receiving the brackets can be used to temporarily mount this unit and facilitate cleaning the blind.