US1243139A - Curtain-rod fixture. - Google Patents

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J. R. COE,

v CURTAIN ROD FIXTURE. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 14, 1911.

1,243,139. Patented Oct. 16, 1917.

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ATTORNEYS JAMES R. COE, 0F WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

CURTAIN-ROD FIXTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

latented Oct. 16,1917.

Application filed February 14, 1917. Serial No. 148,588.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JAMES R. Con, a citizen of the United States, residing at Waterbury, county of New Haven, State of Connecticut, have invented an Improvement in Curtain-Rod Fixtures, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to construct a curtain-rod fixture which shall be simple and inexpensive to produce, neat and at tractive in appearance, adapted to be attached without other tools than a screwdriver or a hammer and without the necessity for special mechanical skill, and which will removably, but securely, retain the curtain-rod at a convenient distance from a window or door casing and will avoid the use of threaded parts and lateral spring of a bracket in attaching or removing the rod.

These objects I attain in the following manner, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1, is a broken elevation illustrating my novel fixture in position, as in use;

Fig. 2, a section on the line 22 in Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 3, a perspective view on an enlarged scale showing a bracket detached and also, in dotted lines, the blank from which the bracket is formed;

Fig. 4c, a detail perspective view showing one end of a curtain-rod and a cap, detached, and

Fig. 5, is a perspective view showing one end of a rod and a cap in position in a bracket, as in use.

10 denotes a curtain-rod which may be tubular or solid as preferred, and 11, caps ordinarily drawn from sheet-metal which slide over the ends of the rod and are provided at their open ends with flanges 12. These caps may be left plain as shown in the drawing or provided with ornamental heads as preferred. The brackets are formed from blanks cut from a strip of sheet-metal and bent to a modified S-shape, there being no waste whatever except the punchings from two holes which are indicated by 13 and 14. These holes are suitably located to receive a screw or nail driven downward obliquely into the casing when the formed bracket is attached. The blanks are separated from the strip by a curved cut made simultaneously with the punching of the holes. The efiect of the curved out is ther explanation.

to provide each blank with a. convex curve '15 at one end,'which gives a finish to the next operation completes the formation of the bracket by imparting to the blank a modified S-shape. The bracket now comprises a back plate 17 and a hook 18 continuous with each other. The back plate is curved so that the central portion thereof will stand away from the casing in the attached position, the points of contact of the bracket with the casing being the spurs at one end of the back plate and a bearing 19 at the other end. The back plate and book are connected by a curve 20, hole 13 being now in the outer face of'the curve and hole lt being in the back plate considerably below hole 13 and below bearing 19 so that an attaching screw or nail will pass downward obliquely through the holes and into the casing as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The back of the hook bears against the central portion of the back plate which acts to brace and strengthen the hook, and to retain a rod carried by brackets on opposite sides of the easing, at sufficient distance from the casing to permit free movement of curtains upon the rod. The ends of the hooks are bent inward slightly to partly inclose the caps at the ends of the rod, and are re-curved outward for ornamental appearance and for convenience in inserting and removing the rod.

The operation will be obvious without fur- Briefly, the curtains, not shown, are placed upon the rod in the usual manner, caps are placed on the ends of the rod and the caps carrying the rod and ourtains, are then pressed downward into the hooks, the ends of which yield slightly to receive the caps and then spring over the caps to retain caps, rod and curtains in position, the flanges on the caps retaining the rod against lateral movement. To remove the curtains, the rod is simply lifted out from the hooks, using the slight degree of force required, to overcome the resilience of the ends of the hooks.

Having thus described my invention, I claim I 1. An improved curtain rod fixture comprising a supporting bracket of approximate S-shape formed of sheet metal and provided With a bowed back plate having a hook attached thereto by a bend'at the top, the boW of said back plate causing the middle portion to stand away from a Window casing, the Walls constituting said bend be- 'ing apertured for the passage offastenings to secure the bracket. Y

2. An improved curtain rod fixture comprising a supporting bracket of approximate S-shape formed of sheet metal and copies of this patent'may be obtained for five centsea'ch, by addressing the Commissioner of latents,

provided With a bowed back plate having a hook attached thereto by a bend at the top, the boW ofsaid back plate causing the middle. portion to stand away from a Window casing, the Walls constituting said bend being apertured for the passage of fastenings to secure the bracket, the lower edgeof the back plate being provided with spurs.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

7 JAMES R. ooE.

Washington. 1L0.

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