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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1999
Konrad Welfonder, Bremerhaven, DE;
Hunter Douglas Industries B.V., EL Rotterdam, NL;
Abstract
An end cap and mounting support combination comprising an end cap ( ) disengagably engagable with a support bracket ( ) and one of the end cap and the support bracket being provided with: a laterally open slot ( ) for accommodating an axially extending protuberance ( ) on the other of the end cap and the support bracket; and closing means to prevent the protuberance from escaping from the laterally open slot; wherein the closing means comprises a rotatable locking collar ( ) surrounding the laterally open slot and having a circumferential entrance opening ( ) which can be aligned with the laterally open slot by rotation of the locking collar relative to the laterally open slot from a closed position to an open position, thereby selectively providing access to the laterally open slot through the circumferential entrance opening.