1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to an assembly used for the louvers of vertical window blinds and particularly to a hanger assembly used for displaying the louvers of vertical window blinds in a selling exhibition where a consumer chooses for different styles.
2. Description of Related Art
In order to allow a consumer to easily choose the louvers of window blind with different materials or in different colors, a business owner generally overlaps vertical louvers with the same size, shape, color and design, and arranges them into a group of louvers and uses a suspender to hang it on a display rack for the consumer to choose.
In order to make better hanging of the louvers of vertical window blinds effective for display, a hanger assembly for displaying the louvers of vertical window blinds is disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,446,932 and 6,164,617, in which the hanger unit comprises a hanging assembly, in which a pin assembly and a suspension portion is provided at a top end of the hanging assembly and a fixing portion is provided extending from a bottom end of the hanging assembly; a opening is formed passing through the suspension portion and two protuberances or a support plate is provided in parallel on the fixing portion around under the opening and exactly against a top end of the vertical louvers, and a locating hole is formed at a bottom end of the two protuberances or support plate; the pin is made of an elastic rubber into a head and body extending from a bottom end of the head, in which an external diameter of the head is larger than an aperture of the hanging hole of the group of louvers and several fixing parts protruding equidistantly on the body of pin. The pin passes through the hanging hole of the louvers so that the head of pin is definitely located outside one side of the vertical louvers, and the end of pin passes through the locating hole of hanging assembly so that the hanging assembly is definitely located outside the other side of the group of louvers. With the protuberances (or the support plate) and the elastic part that work with each other, the vertical louvers may be securely hanged on the hanger unit.
Although the conventional hanger assembly may easily hang the vertical louvers and definitely locate the vertical louvers, at the time of shipment, the hanging assembly protruding out of the groups of louvers occupies more space and increases the cost of stock and shipment and when being shipped or carried, the groups of louvers crowd and collide with each other, causing the hanging assembly to be damaged.
Consequently, because of the technical defects of described above, the applicant keeps on carving unflaggingly through wholehearted experience and research to develop the present invention, which can effectively improve the defects described above.
In this invention, a hanger assembly for displaying the louvers of vertical window blinds is provided. The group of louvers comprises a plurality of overlapping louvers, and a hanging hole is formed passing through an end towards a major axis of the group of louvers. The hanger assembly comprises a hanging member and a connection member, in which the connection member is provided passing through the hanging hole of the group of louvers, in which one end is formed at a predetermined position of the hanging member and the other end is provided with at least a stopper that is corresponding to an extreme outside of the group of louvers to locate the group of louvers in the hanging hole of hanging member to axially wiggle.
According to this invention of the hanger assembly for displaying the vertical louvers, the group of louvers is pivoted onto the connection member with the combination of the connection member and hanging hole. At the time of shipment, the hanging member may be housed in the group of louvers so that the group of louvers may be neatly placed in a box, preventing the hanging member from being damaged by collision during shipment, and the louvers may be easily hanged on a shelf for display by the hanging member.
Now, the present invention will be described more specifically with reference to the following embodiments. It is to be noted that the following descriptions of preferred embodiments of this invention are presented herein for purpose of illustration and description only; it is not intended to be exhaustive or to be limited to the precise form disclosed.
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The group of louvers 10 comprises a plurality of overlapping louvers 11, and a hanging hole 12 is formed passing through an end towards a major axis of the group of louvers 10.
The hanger assembly mainly comprises a hanging member 20, a connection member 30, and a contractive membrane 40.
The hanging member 20 mainly comprises a suspension portion 21, from which a connection portion 22 integrally extends downwards. In the embodiment, the suspension portion 21 is in a form of hook. The connection portion 22 is a rectangular slab through which a round connection hole 221 is formed passing.
The connection member 30 is pivoted onto the connection hole 221, comprising a first fastener 31 and a second fastener 32 that are made of adequately rigid metal or plastics, in which the second fastener 32 may be a rivet or a screw. In the embodiment, the screw is taken for example; the first and second fasteners 31 and 32 are respectively provided with first and second heads 311 and 321 and first and second bodies 312 and 322; the first and second heads 311 and 321 in external diameter are respectively larger than hanging hole 12 of the group of louvers 10 in aperture and the first and second bodies 312 and 322 on external diameter, in which a tapped hole 313 is formed at a bottom end of the first body 312 and an external thread 323 is formed on the second body 322.
The contractive membrane 40 wraps around a surface of the group of louvers 10, and the first and second heads 311 and 321 and the connection portion 22 are respectively outside two ends of the membrane 40.
In order to further make apparent the structural features, applied skill and manners, and expected effects according to this invention, what are applied in this invention are in detail described, and it is thus believed that this invention is thoroughly and concretely apparent, as described below.
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The major structure and function of the hanger assembly disclosed in this invention is approximately the same as that in the first preferred embodiment of this invention, and what is slightly different is in that the connection member 30 is an organic-whole single member provided with a head 33 and at last a leg pillar 34 that extends axially from the bottom of head 33 adequately and is pivoted onto the connection portion 22.
At the time of assembly, the leg pillar 34 is made to pass from the rear of connection portion 22 through the connection hole 221, the contractive membrane 40, and the hanging hole 12, sequentially. The leg pillar 34 protrudes outside the front of the group of louvers 10 and is provided with a transformed section (not shown) that may be bent to form a stopper 341 definitely locating the group of louvers 10 between the hanging member 20 and the stopper 341.
Practically, the leg pillar 34 may be in the form of hollow plastic column, of which the stopper 341 may be formed and enlarged after being applied with a hot stamping. The round leg pillar 34 may be still provided with a smooth surface so that the group of louvers 10 may axially wiggle along the leg pillar 34.
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At the time of assembly, the leg pillar 35 is made to pass through the contractive membrane 40 and the hanging hole 12, and a transformed portion 351 of the pillar 35 that protrudes outside the group of louvers 10 is formed. The transformed 351, after being applied with the hot stamping and thus enlarged, is formed with a stopper 352 that protrudes outside the contractive membrane 40 corresponding to the surface of vertical louvers 11 extremely outside the group of louvers 10 and the group of louvers 10 may axially wiggle along the leg pillar 35. In the embodiment, the leg pillar of the connection member 30 may also be made of an adequately rigid metal, of which the transformed portion 351 that protrudes out of the group of louvers 10 may be further bent to form the stopper 352.
Here, the features and attainable expected effects of this invention are described again below.
In this invention, the connection member is provided at one side of the hanging member, of which a predetermined portion passes through the hanging hole; the smooth surface of the connection member is used to make the group of louvers axially wiggle along the predetermined portion of the connection member, and the hanging member may be further housed in the group of louvers so that the group of louvers may be orderly placed in the box for easy packing and shipment; the contractive membrane is used to wrap around the surface of group of louvers, preventing the surface of group of louvers from being scratched.
While the invention has been described in terms of what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention needs not be limited to the disclosed embodiment. On the contrary, it is intended to cover various modifications and similar arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims which are to be accorded with the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and similar structures.