US1341025A - Window-shade bracket - Google Patents

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H. W. SMITH. WINDOW SHADE BRACKET. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 11, 1919.

1,341,025, Pz itented May 25,1920.

5 ATTORNEY.

OFFICE.

HERBERT W. SMITH, OF COQN RAPIDS, IOWA.

WINDOW-SI-IADE BRACKET.

Application filed Qctober 11, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT W. SMITH, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Coon Rapids, Carroll county, Iowa, have invented a new and useful Window-Shade Bracket, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide improved means for supporting shade rollers and curtain poles on and relative to a window frame.

A further object of this invention is to provide an improved construction for a shade or curtain bracket adapted to be re movably, replaceably and adj ustably mounted in a window frame without the use of screws, nails or other attaching media.

A further object of this invention is to provide improved means for adjusting a shade or curtain bracket to different windows having elements differently spaced apart.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of elements hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims and illustrated by the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation and Fig. 2 an end elevation of my improved bracket detached and in the original shape before application to a window frame. Fig. 3 1s a horizontal section through a portion of a window frame, illustrating one of my improved brackets in position for practical use, said bracket being shown in plan view.

In the construction of the device as shown the numeral 10 designates an engaging member formed of a single length of spring wire or similar material, and bent at its center to form a spring coil 11. From the coil 11 the material is bent outwardly on diverging lines and thence upwardly to form upstanding engaging arms 12, 13, which terminate in downturned loops or eyes 1 1, 15, respectively. A supporting bar 16 is formed with an eye 17 at one end pivotally engaging one of the eyes 14:, 15 of the engaging member, and said bar preferably is formed of mild steel so that it may be bent, manipulated and arranged as desired. A clip of generally L-shape is provided and is formed of bar metal of approximately the same width and thickness as the bar 16. One leg 18 of the clip overlies the supporting bar 16 and is slidably secured thereto by means of a loop 19 fric'tionally engaging but movable Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 25, 1920.

Serial No. 329,894.

longitudinallyon said bar. The other leg 20 of the clip extends outwardly substantially at right angles and then is recurved to form a terminal portion 21 spaced from and substantially parallel with said outstanding leg 20. The terminal portion 21 ends in an eye 22 near the angle between the legs 18 and 20 of the clip. A curtain pole hook or support 23 is provided and is formed of a length of wire having a downwardly extending end portion engaged within and supported by the eye 22, a horizontal portion above and preferably extending beyond the recurved portion 21 of the clip, and an upstanding stud 24 adapted to receive the hole commonly provided in and near the end of a curtain pole, by means of which the pole and curtain may be supported.

In use the device is mounted in pairs, one on either side of a window, the engaging member 10 of each device being located in a groove between a stop 25 and parting head 26 of a window frame and preferably above the lower sash 2'7 employed in said frame and mounted for vertical sliding movement in said groove. The arms 12, 13 engage frictionally the opposed inner faces of the stop 25 and bead 26 and are held in such position by the spring coil 11. The device may be adjusted to fit windows having grooves of varying widths, by bending manually the material to adjust the angularity of the portions extending from the coil 11, thereby approximating or spreading the arms 12, 13. The engaging member is arranged so that the supporting bar .16 extends outwardly from the window across the inner face of the stop 25, and then the bar 16 is bent intermediate of its ends, substantially at right angles and adjacent the outer corner of the stop 25, so that the remaining portion of said arm, carrying the clip, is arranged approximately parallel with, close to and in front of the inner window frame member. This is done for each of the bracket devices, and in each instance the clips are adjusted lon itudinally of the bar 16 to separate them the desired distance to accommodate the shades or curtain poles to be supported. One of the clips has its outwardly extending leg 20 formed with, a hole 28, and the other with an upwardly opening notch (not shown) of common form, by means of which ends of a shade roller may be supported; and the curtain pole may be carried by the studs 24, so that the curtain is supported slightly in front of the shade.

The brackets may be located at any desired altitude within the length of the groove above the lower sash 27. Either bracket may be released from the frame by manually contracting the arms 12, 13 against the pressure of the spring coil 11.

I claim as my inventionl; A window shade bracket, comprising engaging arms arranged substantially parallel, atensionspring device connecting said arms, a bar pivoted to one of said arms, a clip carried by said bar, and curtain pole engaging means on said clip. 1

2. A window shade bracket, comprising ,7 engaging arms arranged substantially parallel, a tension spring device connecting said arms, a supporting bar pivoted toone of said arms, and a clip slidably mounted on said bar, said clip being provided with shade and curtain holding devices.

3. A window shade bracket, comprising engaging arms arranged substantially parallel, a tension spring device connecting said arms, a supporting bar pivoted to one of said arms, said bar being adapted to be bent and adjusted on an axis parallel with its pivot, and shade and curtain supporting means carried by said bar.

4. A window shade bracket, comprising a one-piece engaging member formed with a spring coil and spaced arms rising therefrom,.a supporting bar secured at one end to one of said arms. a clip slidably mounted on said bar, and shade and curtain holding devices carried-by said clip.

5. A window shade bracket, comprising a one-piece engaging member formed with an adjustable spring coil and spaced arm's rising therefrom, a supporting bar secured at one end to one of said arms, and a clip slidably mounted on said bar, said clip being formed with shade and curtain holding means.

6. A window shade bracket, comprising a one-piece engaging member formed with a spring coil and spaced arms on opposite sides thereof, a supporting bar secured to one of said arms, a clip slidably mounted on said bar, and an upstanding stud carried by-said clip. I I

7. A window shade bracket, comprising porting barsecured at one end to one of said arms, an L-shaped clip having one leg overlapping and slidably secured to said bar, the other leg of said clip extendin outwardly, and an upstanding stud carried by the outwardly extending leg of said clip,

said outwardly extending leg also being formed with means for supporting one end of a shade roller.

Signed at Coon Rapids, in the county of Carroll and State of Iowa, this 20 day of September, 1919.

HERBERT W. SMITIL,

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