US1470578A - Combined curtain rod and shade bracket - Google Patents

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Get. 9, 1923.

L. M. MOORE COMBINED CURTAIN ROD AND SHADE BRACKET Filed May 29 1922 IIIOOO';

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LONNIE M. Moons, or norkmsvrnrn, KENTUCKY, assrenon or ONE-HALF To 0. HEWLETT JACKSON, or Hornrnsvrnna, nnnruoar.

COMBINED CURTAIN non Annsrmnn BRACKET.

, Application filed May 29,

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LONNIE M. MOORE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hopkinsville in the county of Christian and State of Kentucky, have invented cer+ tain new and useful Improvements in Combined Curtain Rods and Shade Brackets, of which the following; is a specification.

This invention relates to curtain rod fixtures an more particularly to that class which are adjustable to windowframes and shades of varying dimensions. i

The primary object or" the invention is th provision of a bracket which canbe readily secured in position upon a win'dow'curtain rod without necessitating the use of per nianent fastening means, thereby rendering the bracket adjustable to varying conditions and dimensions of shade rollers.

Another object is the provision of a bracketwhich' isextremely simplein constructiou strong, eflicient in its purpose and which does not interfere with the draperies supported by the curtain rod.

The invention consists in the features of construction and arrangement ofparts described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings. r

In the drawin s Fi 'ure 1 is a vertical front view of a window. frame showing an adjustable curtain rod secured thereto with two brackets in position upon the rod Figure 2 is a rear vertical view of thecurtain rod with the brackets attached;

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional View of the bracket taken uponline 3--8 of the bracket and rod shown in Figure 2; and 1 Figure 4; is a vertical sectional; View of the bracket and represents the manner in which the same is applied and disengaged from the curtain rod;

Referring to the drawings in detail, 1 designates a window frame upon which is 'Fastened an adjustable curtain rod comprising two grooved or channeled sections, 2 and 3, slidable one within the other and main taincd'upon the frame by means of spurs L which dig into the wood under the pull of a spring 5, which is positionedin the groove of the sections 2 and 3 and has its opposite ends connected to the two sections 2 and 3 by means of hooks 6 which are struck up from the two sections on the groove side thereof and extend in opposite directions. .l xtending longitudinally along the rod at 1922. Serial No. 564,320.

either end portion is aseries of holes 7 spaced with respect to each other, and extending through the rodbody. The purpose.

of these holes will be described at some other pointof this description.

As shown in Figure 3, the shade bracket is composed of two resiliently yieldable plates 8 and9, so connected at one portion the purpose of thismember being to prevent any rotational movement of the bracket with respect to the rod. One particular form that this protruding member may assume may be that of a lip struck upfrom the base plate and bent so as to extend beneath the rod. Secured tothe upper end portion of base plate 8 is another resiliently yieldable plate 9 which is so constructed as to be in contact with base plate 8 for a portion of its length and is then bent so as to conform to the rod 2. Thereupon the plate 9 extends downwardly andyieldably engages the outer face of the curtain rod. The lower extremity of plate 9 is then bent as shown at 10, this bent portion yieldably engaging the protruding member 12. Pinsl l are placed on the inner face of plate 9 adjacent the curtain rod and are adapted to engage the openings 7 for the purpose of securing the bracket to the curtain rod and preventing any movement of the same along the rod. These pins also serve to prevent any rotational movement of the bracket with respect to the rod. To initially adjust the bracket upon the rod the plates 8 and 9 are spread apartn plate 8 being placed behind the rod and plate 9 in front of the rod as shown in Figure 4. Since both plates are connected at 13, they straddie the rod and for final adjustment the bracket is pressed downward into place thus CZLUSlHfZ the plates to yieldingly engage the respective faces of the rod. To adjust the tained, the plates are allowed to snap together, thereby causing the pins to engage the proper holes and secure the brackets to and adapted to project beneath the lower a marginal edge of said rod, a roller supporting element disposed on the lower end portion of said base plate, a spring plate having one end fixed to the upper end portion of said base plate and adapted to yieldingly engage the face of said rod opposite to that engaged by the base plate, the opposite end portion of said spring plate being bent towards said base plate to yieldingly engage said protruding member and having on the face next adjacent said rod a pin, projecting toward the base plate and adapted to enter one of the holes.

2. In a curtain fixture, the combination of a rod having a series of holes therethrough with a shade roller bracket, said bracket comprising a base plate slidably associated with said rod and having an intermediate upstruck transverse rib; a roller supporting element disposed on the lower-end portion of said base plate, a resilient member secured for a portion of its length to the upper end portion of said base plate and inspaced re lation to said base plate for the remaining portion of its length, said member strad dling said rod and slidably associated with the outer face of said rod, the free end of said resilient member being bent to engage said upstruck rib and a pin on said resilient member to engage and bedisengageable from the holes on said rod.

3. In a curtain fixture the combination of a rod with a shade roller bracket, said bracket comprising a base plate yieldingly engaging one face of said rod. said base plate having a protruding member struck up therefrom and adapted to project beneath the lower marginal edge of said rod member, a roller supporting element disposed on the lower end portion of said base plate, and beneath said protruding member and extending in the same direction therewith, a spring plate having one end fixed to the upper end portion of said base plate and adapted to yieldingly engage the face of said rod opposite to that engaged by the base plate, and locking means for securing the bracket in any predetermined position along the length of the rod.

4. In a curtain fixture, the combination of a supporting member with a shade roller bracket, said bracket comprising a base plate yieldingly engaging one face of said supporting member, said base plate having a protruding member struck up therefrom and adapted to project beneath the lower marginal edge of said supporting member, a roller supporting element disposed on the lower end portion of said base plate, and beneath said protruding member and extending in the same direction therewith, a spring plate having one end fixed to the upper end portion of said base plate and adapted to yieldingly engage the face of said supporting member opposite to that engaged by the base plate.

5. In a curtain fixture the combination of a supporting member with a shade roller bracket, said bracket comprising a base plate yieldingly engaging one face of said supporting member, a roller supporting element disposed on the lower end portion of said base plate, a spring plate secured to the upper end portion of said base plate and having a portion projecting downward in yield.- able spaced relation to said base plate, both said roller supporting element and said spring plate projecting from the same side of said base plate, and locking means for securing the bracket inany predetermined position along the length of the rod.

6. In a curtain fixture the combination of a rod with a shade roller bracket, said bracket comprising a base plate yieldingly engaging one face of said rod, protruding means on said base plate projecting beneath the lower marginal edge of said rod to prevent a rotational movementof said bracket with respect to the rod, a roller supporting element disposed on the lower end portion of said base plate, and beneath said protruding means and extending in the same direction therewith, a spring plate having one end fixed to the upper end portion of said base plate and adapted to yieldingly engage the face of said rod opposite to that engaged by the base plate, both said roller supporting element and said spring plate projecting from the same side of said base plate, and locking means for securing the bracket in any predetermined position along the length of the rod.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

LONNIE M. MOORE.

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