US1110111A - Window curtain and shade bracket. - Google Patents

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0. W. COOPER. WINDOW CURTAIN AND SHADE BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.18,1913.

1 1 1 O, 1 1 1 Patented Sept. 8, 1914.

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OSCAR W. COOPER, OF TUXEDO, NEW YORK.

WINDOW CURTAIN AND SHADE BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented Sept, 8, 1914.

Application filed December 18, 1913. Serial No. 807,375.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Oscar: VJ. CoornR, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Tuxedo, in the county of Orange and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lVindow Curtain and Shade Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is designed to afford simple, inexpensive but effective means whereby the usual window shade rollers (for light and dark shades) and a curtain pole may be supported upon and between triplex brackets, one on each side of the window frame, in such manner that variations in the length of the shade rollers may be compensated for without injury to the wood work, as hereinafter more fully set forth,the invention consisting in the specific arrange ment and construction of parts described and claimed, and a distinctive feature being the formation of the basic structure of each triplex bracket out of a blank of sheet metal, portions of which are upset or bent over to form the bracket arms and attaching members.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view of the sheet metal blank for the left hand tripartite bracket; Fig. 2, a view of the sheet metal blank from which my right hand tripartite bracket is formed; Fig. 3, is an isometrical perspective of the left hand bracket; Fig. l, an isometrical view of the right hand bracket; Fig. 5, a detail in side elevation showing more clearly the application of the brace used to reinforce the curtain pole bracket arm. Fig. 6 is a detail showing a modification.

It will be seen by reference to Figs. 1 and 2 that the blanks for the right and left hand tripartite window curtain fixtures or brackets are practically the same except that the blank for the left hand bracket (usually) is formed with shade roller trunnion slots at, open at the top for the insertion of the flattened trunnion at the left hand end of the ordinary shade roller. Each consists of an elongate strip A, of sheet metal having the lateral securing extensions a, a, and the intermediate lateral extensions a, a, which form the shade roller, bracket arms when bent over at right angles to the longitudinal strip as shown in Figs. 3 and l. In order to position the shade roller bracket arms a, a, and stifien the structure the parts a (H, of the blank adjacent to the said bracket longer than the upper shade roller arms a, a, are bent backward at right angles lengthwise of the strip, as shown in the last three figures of the drawings; and the upper portion of the blank is bent forward to form the curtain pole bracket arm a with the pole socket a For the purpose of reinforcing the curtain pole bracket arm a against the weight of the pole, curtain, &c., a brace 0, is secured to the underside of said arm a and the upright portion a, of the blank, and this brace b, is the only separate piece incorporated in the structure, the basic part or standard and the bracket arms being all formed of one piece of metal. The lower shade roller bracket arms a", ordinarily used for the dark shade, are slightly arms a, used for the lighter shade or blind, so as to afford clearance for the two shades. The lateral securing extensions (4, a, are formed with a series of screw slots or recesses s, s, to accommodate the shank of a screw, tack or other securing device, a screw being used by preference, so that by loosening the same the bracket may be adjusted laterally to meet requirements of length of shade roller and re-tightened without injuring or marring the wood work as is inevitable where a separate hole has to be made therein for each adjustment. It is obvious that in lieu of the series of recesses s, 8, each lateral securing extension a, may be formed with a longitudinal slot 8, as indicated in Fig. 6; or any other well known mechanical expeclient may be resorted to for the purpose of rendering said securing extensions a, adjustable in such manner that each bracket, considered as a whole, may be adjusted laterally for the purpose designated.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,

1. A tripartite window shade and ourtain pole bracket of the character designated comprising a strip of sheet metal having lateral extensions forming means of attachment and lateral extensions forming shade roller bracket arms bent over at right angles to the length of the strip, the upper portion of said blank being bent over to form a curtain pole bracket and socket, and a brace secured to the underside of said pole bracket and to the adjacent upright portion of the blank as and for the purpose described.

2. A tripartite window shade and curtain pole bracket of the character designated, comprising-a strip of sheet metal having lateial extensions forming means of attachment and lateral extensions forming shade roller bracket arnis bent over at right angles to the length of the strip, the portions of the blank adijacent to said shade roller bracket arms being bent inward to position said bracket arms forward and stiffen the structure, and the upper portion of said blank being bent ever to form a curtain pole bracket and Copies of this patent may be obtained for OSCAR W. COOPER.

lVitnesses ALICE T. COOPER, ALICE E. COOPER.

five cents each, by addressing the *Lommissioner of Patents,

Washington, Ii. ii.

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