US1326424A - Combined shade-roller and curtain-pole support. - Google Patents

Description

J. A. SCHAUMLOEFFEL. COMBINED SHADE ROLLER AND CURTAIN POLE SUPPORT.

I APELICATION F'uEn APR.19, I919.

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Application filed April 19,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIUS A. SCHAUM- LOEFIEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bufialo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Shade-Roller and Curtain-Pole Supports, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to curtain fixtures and more particularly to combined shade roller and curtain pole supports.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, cheap and efiicient device of this character which requires no fastenin elements for attaching it to a window frame and may be quickly adjusted to fit windows of different widths.

Another object is to provide a fixture of this character which may be struck out from a single piece of sheet metal thereby providing a Very cheap structure and-yet one which is equally as effective as the more expensive ones.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a curtain fixture embodying this invention shown applied, the window frame on which it is mounted being shown in broken lines,

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof,

. Fig. 3 is an end view of the fixture detached, and

Fig. 4- is a transverse section taken on the line 44- of Fig, 2.

In the embodiment illustrated, the fixture constituting this invention comprises two brackets 1, which areexactly alike except that the shade roller supporting arms are equipped one with a round aperture, and the other with a slot in the usual manner to receive the shade roller pintles. Each bracket- 1 is composed of a plate of sheet metal having an arm 2 extending from the upper edge thereof and in the same plane as the body of the bracket, being designed to lie fiat i5 against the front face of the window frame F as is shown clearly in Fig. 1. This arm 2 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. nee. ac, raw.

1919. Serial No. 291,194.

has a lateral extension 3 which projects rearwardly and is designed to rest on the outer edge of the frame F, being of a length corresponding to the thickness of said frame. This extension 3 has a depending rightangularly disposed lip or finger 4: at its free end forming a hooklike structure to engage the upper edge of the window frame. The

- plate 1 is slit transversely to provide frame clamping fingers 5 and 6 whlch are spaced vertically from each other and provided at their free ends with inturned lugs 7 adapted to engage the rear face of the side member of the window frame.

Arranged between the arms 5 and 6 is a strip or bar 8 which extends forwardly in a direction opposite to the arms 5 and 6 and is provided at its free end with a pole receiving aperture 9 as is shown clearly in Fig. 3.

A plate 10 depends from plate 1 and is designed to lie flat against the front face of the window frame in a manner similar to the arm 2 and carries on its outer edge a forwardly extending plate 11 which is apertured to receive a shade roller pintle.

From the above description it will be observed that the roller and pole supports 8 and 11 are positioned in different vertical as well as lateral planes, the plate 11 being positioned inwardly in relation to the plate 8.

From each bracket or plate 1 extends a metal strip which lies in the same plane as plates 1 and 10 on the side edge opposite to that which carries the plates 8 and 11. One of these strips 12 has inturned flanges 13 along its opposed side edges which form guides for the strip 14 carried by the other bracket so that these strips will be telescopically engaged to provide for varying the distance between the brackets to adapt the fixture for use on window frames of varying widths.

Means for adjustably connecting the strips 12 and 14 is shown in the form of a shoe 15 which has a right angular hand grip 16 projecting therefrom, said shoe engaging the outer faces of the flanges 13 and projecting therethrough is a pintle 17 carried by the strip.14. This shoe 15 has inturned lips 18 along its opposed side edges which bear on the-flanges 13 as is shown clearly in Fig. 4, the friction between the two being sufiicient to hold the strips in ad- .justed relation.

When it is desired to move these strips longitudinally relatively to each other to adjust the brackets 1 toward or away from each other, the hand grip 16 is grasped and moved in the direction desired, carrying with it the strip 14 which is guided on the strip 12 between the flanges 13, said strips 12 and 14 being arranged in lapping relation.

From the above description it will be obvious that a curtain fixture constructed as herein described may be easily applied to a window frame without the use of any nails, screws or similar fasteners, and thereby all danger of injury to the frame is avoided, while at the same time, providing for the quick application of the fixture to the frame.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the advantages of the construction and of the method of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains and while I have described the principle of operation of the invention together with-the device which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative and that such changes may be made as are within the scope of the claimed invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A curtain fixture comprising two brackets, each having an upstanding arm with a rearward hook extension, frame engaging arms carried by the opposite edge of said brackets, strips extending laterally from the inside edges thereof, and lying in the same plane as the brackets, said strips being slidable one on the other, means for securing said strips in adjusted position, and

forwardly extending longitudinally spaced arms carried by said brackets and provided with shade roller and curtain pole receiving elements.

2. A fixture of the class described comprising a pair of brackets each composed of a sheet metal plate having arms extending from its upper and lower edges and in the same plane therewith, said upper arm having a rearward extension of a length corresponding to the width of the window frame in connection with which it is to be used, and equipped at its free end with an inturned lip, hoop-shaped arms on one side edge of said bracket for engaging the side edge of the frame, strips extending laterally from the inside edges of said brackets and having cooperating means for holding them in ad]usted relation relative to each other, and a pair of article supporting arms projecting forwardly from each edge of said plates, one of the arms of each pair being spaced inwardly from the other, said arms being in different vertical planes.

3. A curtain fixture of the class described comprising two brackets, each of which is composed of a plate having a strip extending laterally from one side edge thereof and lying in the same plane therewith, frame engaging arms carried by the upper and the opposite edges thereof, a frame engaging plate depending from the lower edge of said bracket, and apertured arms extending from the outer edges of said plate proper and said depending plate.-

In testimony whereof I aflix my signatuie in presence vof two witnesses.

JULIUS A. SCHAUMLOEFFEL. Witnesses: c

ALBERT G. HARDIE, ANTHONY M. KANE.

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