in which the vertical blind system has been installed to adjust each vane as he or she chooses to block out the sunlight or for privacy in the present invention the breakage of the pendant member or stem clip presents only a minor problem because the service technician can easily remove the cartridge assembly 50 and replace it with a new one this is accomplished by removing the vertical blind from the pendant member and pulling outwardly on the pendant member area thereby causing the retaining clip to expand and release the cylindrical journal 63 from its grasp at the same time the circular top of the toothed crown ring disengages itself from the circular bearing 12 the installation steps are the reverse of the removal steps the broken assembly is discarded and a new replacement assembly is snapped back in place as previously discussed the vertical louver is reinserted and the job is done all in a few seconds fig5 also shows the frame 2 separate from the cartridge assembly 50 the two pointed arrow indicates the proper positioning of the two when they are combined with one another fig4 shows the entire carrier assembly in place the front elevational view in fig1 shows both.