US1422056A - Window-shade fixture - Google Patents

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G. B. HOLLAND.

WINDOW SHADE FIIXTURE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 25,1921.

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WINDOW-SHADE FIXTURE.

Application filed July 25,

To all whom it may concern:

-Be it known that I, GEORGE B. HOLLAND, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Naugatuck, county of New Haven, and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Window- Shade Fixtures, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to shade and curtain fixtures for the windows of a dwelling house and one object is to produce a combination bracket to be used to support the usual shade-roller, curtain rod and overdrapery-rod.

Another object is to provide a windowshade fixture or window-bracket of this nature, which may be cheaply constructed from a single piece of sheet metal, as by stamping and bending, and without the use of complicated toolslor machinery.

A further object is to provide an improved window-bracket of this class which can be quickl} and easily put u and taken down without the use of a high degree of skill, and with the minimum of injury to the wood work of the window easing.

A still further object is to provide a window-bracket, which will be'strong, durable,

and attractive in use, and which when out of use, wil1 occupy only a small space.

With these and other objects in view, there is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, one form in which the invention may be embodied in practice.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top view, with parts broken away,.showing two of the window-brackets in position--attached to the window casing-and holding a shade-roller, curtain-rod, and overdrapery-rod in their operative relation. 7

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the window fixtures when in use, with a shade, a curtain, and over draperies, hanging therefrom.

Figure 8-is a plan view of the'stamped metal blank, from which the right-hand bracket is later bent into shape.

Figure 4 is a similar view of the stamped the left-hand bracket is later formed.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the lefthand bracket.

In the drawings, in which similar reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout the several views,

The numeral 10 represents the window cas- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 41, 1922.

1921. Serial No. 487,493.

ing within which the window 11 is adapted to slide up and down in the usual manner.

The right-hand combination bracket 12, and the similar left-hand bracket 13, are secured to the corresponding sides of the window casing 10 by nails or screws 14, two of which nails or screws, are required for each bracket, and are disposed vertically over one another. These nails or screws pass through the holes 14 in the brackets.

These brackets 12 and 13 may be constructed from various materials, but it is preferred to stamp them out of sheet brass or tin, the thickness of the sheet being sufficient to give the necessary rigidity and strength to the finished brackets.

Each of the brackets 12 and 13, consists of I an intermediate attaching plant '15, and is provided with upstanding arms 16 and 17 respectively. These arms are bent at right angles to the plate 15 and are parallel to one another. The inner arm 16, of the bracket which is much shorter than the outer arm 17, constitutes a support or a journal for the end of the shade roller 23. In the righthand bracket 12, the inner arm 16 is provided with a circular socket or eyelet 18, to receive the cylindrical pintle 19 of the shade roller 23. On the left-hand bracket 13, however, the inner arm 16 is provided with a V-shaped recess, having the two portions 20 and 21 of the \l arranged at an obtuse angle to one another, as clearly shown in Figure 4. In use, this V-shaped recess, receives the fiatgu dgeon or rectangular pintle 22 of the spring-actuated end of the shade roller 23, which carries the shade 24C wound spirally upon it, as clearly shown in Figure 1.

The longer and outer arm 17 of each bracket, is provided with a circular socket ceive the ends of the curtain rod 28. This rod 28 is preferably made hollow, and its ends are secured in position within the eyelets 25 by removable knobs 26, which are preferably spherical, as shown, and have portions 27, adapted to fit within the hollow curtain-rod 28.

A U shaped overdrapery-rod 29 is also employed, being secured in position by fitting its hollow ends 30 over the flat tapered extremities 31 of the brackets 12 and-13. The angle of these tapered extremities 31 is such that when in use they fit tightly in the ends 30 of the rod 29, so as to grip the latter and prevent it from accidentally working loose.

- and before bending into its final shape is clearly shown in Figures 3 and 4, and it will be noted that it contains a minimum amount of material and also presents an ornamental appearance.

Surrounding the shade-roller eyelet 18, the end of the arm 16 is made semicircular and tapers inwardly therefrom to the junction of the attaching plate 15, the latter being provided with pointed, V-shaped tips 32, arranged vertically above and below the symmetrically placed nail or screw holes 14. To further heighten the ornamental appearance, as well as to economize in metal, the outer arm of the bracket is provided with an oval-shaped portion 33, which immediately adjoins the attaching plate 15, and is perforated bythe holes 34 as shown. Beyond the oval-shaped portion 33, the curtain-rod socket or eyelet 25, is surrounded by the circular portion 35 which connects with the straight tapering overdrapery-rod supporting section 31, the latter being terminated by the curved tip end-36.

When it is desired to use the brackets, they are first nailed or screwed in position on both sides of the casing 10, as shown in Figures 1 and 2. The shade 24, the shirred curtain 37 and the overdraperies 38, 39, and are then arranged upon the shade-roller, curtain-rod, and overdrapery-rod respectively-the latter then being readily inserted in the brackets 12 and 13. The removable knobs 26 are next fitted within the ends of the curtain-rods 28. The parts are now completely assembled.

It will be evident from the foregoing description that the use of brackets constructed in' accordance with the present invention. will cause the window coverings to hang evenly and uniformly. This is due to the fact that the shade-roller, curtain-rod and overdrapery-rod are suspended from two supports instead of six as in the usual hanging fixtures for the windows of a dwelling house.

t will also be apparent-considering one side of the window casing onlythat ,the devices usually found in three separate sup ports, have been combined into a single unitary bracket, which may be put up or taken vdown in about one third of the time formerly required. This, of course, eliminates the excessive number of attaching screws employed with the usual form of hanging fixtures, and thereby undue injury to the woodwork of the casing is avoided.- Moreover, when the parts are in their operative relation, it will be noted that the entire structure forms a rigid frame-work, which includes the right-hand and left-hand brackets, the shade-roller, the curtain-rod, and the overdrapery-rod.

This frame-work remains rigid even after having a hollow or a conical end instead of.

the flat-tapered extremity 31 of the arm, as illustrated.

While there has been disclosed in this specification, one preferred form in which this invention may be embodied, it is understood that this form is shown for the purpose of illustration only, and that the invention is not to be limited to this specific disclosure, but the invention may be modified and embodied in vanious other forms without departing from its spirit;

in short, the invention includes all the modifications coming within the scope of the following claims. 1

Having thus full tion, what is claime as new, and for which it is desired to secure Letters Patent, is:

1. A combination bracket for supporting a shade-roller, a curtain-rod, and an overdra ry-rod, said bracket comprising a U-s aped member, having two arms and a base, one of said arms having an opening for receiving the intle of a shade-roller, and the other arm having an opening to receive the end of a curtain-rod, said last named arm also having a tapered extension adapted to fit within the hollow end of an overdrapery-rod, said bracket also having an intermediate section provided with screw or nail holes for attachment to the casing of a window. 2; A combination bracket for supporting a shade-roller, a curtain-rod, and an overdrapery-rod, said bracket comprising a U-shaped member, having two flat parallel arms and a base, one of said arms having an opening for the pintle of a shade-roller, and the other arm having an ope to receive the end of a curtain-rod, said ast named arm also having a portion adapted to fit wishin the hollow end of an overdraperyro 3. A bracket for window fixtures, com prising, in combination, a shade-roller supporting section and a curtain-rod and overof ornamental appearance adapted 'to fit .into the hollow end of an overdrapery-rod.

described the inven drapery-rod supporting section, said last named section having a tapered extremity for supporting one end of a shade roller ing for receiving the end of a curtain rod and a second arm having a flat tapered exand an integral tapered portion beyond said tremity with straight edges for supporting opening adapted to fit into said tubular 10 one end of a U-shaped tubular drapery rod. overdrapery-rod.

5 5. In a sheet metal bracket for window In testimony whereof, I have affixed my fixtures, an arm for supporting a tubular signature to this specification. overdrapery-rod, said arm having an open- GEORGE B. HOLLAND.

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