US1380848A - Curtain-pole support - Google Patents

Description

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APPLICATION FILEDIDEC. 3| I920.

Patnte June 7,19%.

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CURTAIN-POLE SUPPORT. i

To all whom t may concern Be it known-that I, STANLEY W. STACK, a

citizen of the United States of America and a resident of Chicago, in the county of (dook, State of Illinois, have invented certain new Vand useful Improvements in Curtain-Pole Supports, of which the following is a specification. Y

This invention relates to that class of swinging supports for window curtains f .which are adapted toV be lowered-to a convenient position in a replacement or other like operation ofthe curtain, and the present v improvement has for its object To provide a simple and efficient structural formation and associationof partsV whereby a ready and convenient release of the swing- -v ing carrying arms of the support is attained,

and with which said arms are secured and' held in their upright position in a firm and substantial manner, all as will hereinafter more fully appear. v

In the accompanying drawing the general arrangement of parts in the present invention.

Fig. 2, is a detail front elevation of a carrying arm and its supporting bracket.

Fig. 3, is a detail horizontal section on line 3-3 Fig. 2.

Like reference numerals parts in the different views.

Referring to the drawing, l, l, designate companion bracket members secured near the mid-height of a window frame and to the vertical side rails of the same, and provided at their outer ends with heads or enlargements having a detail construction as followsz- 2, 2, designate a pair of vertical ribs formed on the inner face of eachl bracket member 1 in equally spaced relation from a centrally disposed pivot orifice in the bracket end, and adapted to provide a receiving and holding channel for an individual supporting arm of the fixture.

3 designates a stop lug formed on the outer vertical rib 2 aforesaid, a distance below the pivot orifice aforesaid, and adapted to provide a holding stop for an individual pole supporting arm of the fixture.

t designates a shell or casing secured to the inner face of a bracket member l in concentric relation to the pivot orifice of the same and adapted to house and guide the releasing mechanism hereinafter described.

indicate like Specification of Letters Patent.v .y Patented ngz-5192i. l* l Application filed December 3, 1920. Serial No. 427,955. l l I 5 designates the pair of supporting-bars orr arms carrying at upper ends the usualV curtain pole 6 attached to said arms in any usual removable manner. Said arms Vare of any usual form in cross-section, preferablythe rectangular form shown in Fig.` 8, and are pivotally attached at theirother ends to their l by means as centrally through the shell or casing 4; andV has at its free end an enlarged' operating and guiding head 8, Vand intermediate its length is formed with a stop shoulder 9vby means of which its outward movement is limited.

l0 designates a coiled spring arranged between the head f8 .of the vpivot stud- 7 and an Figure l, is a perspective view illustrating l adjacent face ofy a bracket l and adapted'by its resiliency to move the pivot stud inwardly and maintain a supporting arm 5 in place in the holding socket formed by the aforesaid vertical ribs 2 of the bracket.

In use, the operator presses outwardly on the heads 8 to move the arms 5 out of engagement with the vertical ribs 2, after which said arms and the curtain pole 6, can be swung down into a convenient hori- Zontal position, illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. l, and in which position the part's are supported by the stop lugs 3 aforesaid. In moving the parts back to a normal upright position, it is only necessary to push the same upwardly until the arms 5 come into vertical alinement with the holding channels between the ribs 2, at which point the springs 9 automatically act to move the arms into holding engagement with said recesses.

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

1. In a curtain pole support of the type described, a swinging arm adapted to carry a curtain pole at one end, a bracket member adapted for attachment to a window frame and having an expanded pivot head at its free end provided with a vertical holding channel in one face for holding engagement with said arm and with a pivot orifice central of said channel, a pivot stud for the said channel and With a stop lug at one Yside of said channel, a pivot stud for the pivotal connection of the arm to the bracket, and means for effecting manual disengagement of the arm from said channel.

3. In a curtain pole support of the type described, a swinging arm adapted to carry a curtain pole at one end, a bracket member adapted for attachment to a Window frame and having an expanded pivot head at its free end provided With a vertical holding channel in one face for holding engagement With said arm, a casing secured to the opposite Jface of the bracket, a headed pivot stud secured to said arm and extending through said shell and bracket, and a spring associated With said stud and adapted to maintain said arm in the holding channel of the bracket.

4. In a curtain pole support of the type described, a swinging arm adapted to carry a curtain pole at one end, a bracket member adapted for attachment to a Window frame and having an expanded pivot head at its vfree end provided Withv a vertical holding channel in one face for holding engagement with said arm and with a stop lugY at one side of said channel, a casing secured to the opposite face of the bracket, a headed pivot stud secured to said arm and extending through said shell and bracket, and a spring associated With said stud and adapted to maintain said arm in the holding channel of the bracket.

5. In a curtain pole support of the type described, a swinging arm adapted to carry a curtain pole at one end, a bracket member adapted for attachment to a Window frame and having an expanded pivot head at its free end provided With a vertical holding channel in one face for holding engagement VWith said arm, a casing secured to the opposite tace of the bracket, a headed pivot stud secured to said arm and extending through said shell and bracket, said stud having an operating head at its free end and a stop shoulder intermediate its length, and a spring associkated With said stud and adapted to maintain said arm in the holding channel of the bracket. v

Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this 30th day of November, 1920. v

STANLEY W. STACK.

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