A cleaning head for cleaning the slats in a window blind includes a manifold for receiving cleaning fluid, a plurality of spaced apart fingers arranged in a row on the manifold and at least one orifice defined in each finger for spraying the cleaning fluid onto the slats. Cleaning pads may be disposed on the fingers to contact the slats. The manifold may be divided to provide a source of vacuum to a second plurality of fingers with apertures defined therein for removal of excess cleaning fluid. Another embodiment of the cleaning head has couplings extending laterally from the fingers, and spacing elements may be interposed between the couplings to vary the spacing between adjacent fingers. Yet another embodiment of the cleaning head utilizes an enclosed compartment with slots defined in upper and lower surfaces for receiving a slat through the compartment.

The present invention beneficially provides an improved method and apparatus for cleaning window coverings. The apparatus comprises a flexible strip and a hanging unit. The flexible strip engages a portion of a window covering and includes a fastening feature to secure the flexible strip to the portion of the window covering. The hanging unit couples with the flexible strip and a support structure, wherein the hanging unit and the flexible strip can support at least part of the weight of the window covering when hanging from the support structure. The method comprises hanging the window covering from a support structure using the apparatus. In one embodiment, the window covering is removed from a window frame, hung from a support structure using the apparatus, washed, rinsed, allowed to dry, and repositioned in the window frame.