US1124426A - Shade-fixture. - Google Patents

Description

P. HAMBROCK.

SHADE FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.20, 1914.

1,1 24,426, Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

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Witnesses Inventor FREDERICK HAMBROCK, NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHADE-FIXTURE.

Specification of lietters Patent.

Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

Application filed January 20, 1914. Serial No. 813,215.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FREDERICK HAMBROCK, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, county of New York, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shade Attachments, fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming part of the same.

The invention relates to an attachment for roller shades for windows, doors, etc, the object of the invention being to provide a simple inexpensive attachment which may be readily applied to the ordinary roller shade having a bottom stick incased in a hem at the bottom of the shade, and which when in place shall provide means for connecting the shade cord and shall act to hold the shade stick in place and shall serve as a hand piece to protect the shade against becoming soiled.

An illustrated embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 shows in front elevation the lower part of a shade with my attachment applied thereto; Fig. 2 is an'enlarged view showing in elevation one side of the attachment; Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the scale of Fig. 2 showing the attachment applied to the shade as in Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, the shade A shown in Figs. 1 and 3 has the usual bottom stick C slipped into a hem at the bottom edge of the shade in the customary manner, the stick being of the usual form in which such shade sticks are commonly made. that is, a fiat stick having its greatest thickness near one longitudinal edge and tapering off toward the other edge, and being inserted in the hem of the shade with'its thicker edge at the bottom. The attachment B as shown is formed of a metal plate which may be substantially circular in shape before being bent, and which is bent or folded on itself centrally to bring opposite edges together and to leave a space adjacent the fold of sufficient width to receive the thicker edge of the shade stick, the two sides of the attachment being inclined toward each other as shown in Fig. 3. An eyelet E is punched or otherwise formed from the metal centrally of the fold line, in which eyelet is secured a ring D for attachment of the shade cord as shown in Fig. 1.

In applying the attachment to the shade, it may he slipped over the already incased stick at one end and slid along to the desired position. or the attachment may be placed on the shade over the bottom hem and the stick afterward slipped into the shade hem. When in place the sides of the attachment hold against the material of the shade about the stick, thereby holding itself in position and also tending to hold the shade stick against endwise movement relatively to the shade. For more securely p0- sitioning the attachment and preventing relative movement of the attachment, shade, and shade stick. one or more small tacks 6 may be driven through holes in the attachment and into the shade stick as shown in the drawings.

The side plates of the attachment should be of a depth. suiiicient to extend some distance above the upper edge of the shade stick and of a length substantially greater than their depth so that the attachment shall be adapted to serve as a protecting hand piece and to secure a better holding grip on the shade.

My attachment has, as will be seen. the advantages that it may be readily applied to and removed from the shade as desired, and that it provides a convenient means for connecting the shade .cord without damage to the shade or to the stick, and at the same time holds the shade stick in position and protects the shade from finger marks if the shade itself is gripped instead of being operated by the cord.

WVhat is claimed is:

1. An attachment for shades adapted to be placed over the bottom hem of the shade about the incased bottom stick, formed of a metal plate folded on itself to leave a space adjacent the fold to receive the incased shade stick and with its two sides inclined toward each other to grip the shade above the stick, and provided with means for at tachment of a shade cord, the side plates ofthe attachment being of a depth to extend above the upper edge of the shade stick and of a length substantially greater than their depth.

2. An attachment for shades adaptedto be placed over the bottom hem of the shade about the incased bottom stick, formed of a metal plate folded on itself to leave a space adjacent the fold to receive the incased shade stick and with its two sides inclined toward each other to grip the shade above the stick, and having a ring for attachment of a shade cord held by an eyelet punched from the metal at the fold line, the

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