US 12,264,535 B2
Elongated support member and a cover for being connected to the support member
Gaius Henry Guest, Kungsbacka (SE); Benjamin Nykvist, Smålandsstenar (SE); Patrik Rosdahl, Bjuv (SE); and Anders Sundelin, Mölndal (SE)
Assigned to BLINDSPACE AB, Smâlandsstenar (SE)
Appl. No. 16/634,139
Filed by BLINDSPACE AB, Smâlandsstenar (SE)
PCT Filed Aug. 21, 2017, PCT No. PCT/EP2017/071056
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 25, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/037834, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0208464 A1, Jul. 2, 2020
Int. Cl. E06B 9/323 (2006.01); E06B 9/17 (2006.01); E06B 9/42 (2006.01)
CPC E06B 9/17015 (2013.01) [E06B 9/1703 (2013.01); E06B 9/323 (2013.01); E06B 9/42 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cover arrangement for housing at least part of an extendable or movable covering, the cover arrangement comprising:
a housing defining a space for enclosing at least part of the covering, the housing having a first leg, a second leg, and a web connecting a first end of the first leg and a first end of the second leg, the housing having an open end between a second end of the first leg and a second end of the second leg;
a support member attachable to the second end of the first leg of the housing; and
a cover pivotably attachable along a first edge to the support member by a pivot arrangement so that the cover is pivotable between a closed position in which the cover closes at least part of the open end of the housing and an open position;
the pivot arrangement comprising
on the support member, when viewed in cross-section,
a base portion,
a support member projection attached at a first end of the support member projection to the base portion, the support member projection being arranged inside of the housing,
and
a tip portion having a first end attached at a second end of the support member projection,
the support member projection defining, with the base portion, a receptacle, the tip portion extending toward the first end of the support member projection so that the tip portion and the support member projection form a channel having an open end facing an interior of the receptacle and a bottom at an intersection of the tip portion and the support member projection, and on the cover, when viewed in cross-section,
a web portion, and
a cover projection, the cover projection being curved and having a cover projection free end, the cover projection free end being retained in the channel at least when the cover is in the open position and extending further into the channel toward the bottom of the channel as the cover is pivoted from the closed position to the open position.