US1519548A - Shade-bracket rod - Google Patents

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| M. MOORE SHADE BRACKET ROD Filed Sept. 2 1922 Patented Dec. 16, 1924.

UNITED STATES LONNIE M. IJIOORE, OF. HOPKIITSVILLE, KENTUCKY.

SHADE-BRACKET ROD.

Application filed September 23, 1922. Serial No. 590,157.

. T all whom it may concem:

. new and useful Improvements in Shade- Bracket Pods, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to curtain rods and more particularly to such rods as are employed in connection with double windows.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, convenient and effective curtain rod which may be easily adjusted to fit a double window of any width, within the limits of the device, and which may be easily attached to and detached .from the window casing. The invention also contemplates the provision of a. curtain rod of the character described, on, which shade brackets may be ad justably mounted. In order that the invention. may be readily understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the upper part of a double window, showing my improved rod applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof, the window frame or casing being shown in section;

Fig. 3 is a section on an enlarged scale, substantially on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary longitudinal section on an enlarged scale, through one of the supporting arms hereinafter described; and

Fig. 5 is a face view of the supporting arm illustrated in Fig. 4, the rod being shown in section.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the double window is illustrated as comprising the usual side members 1 and middle frame member 2.

My improved rod comprises a central section 3 and two end sections 4, the sections 4 telescoping into the ends of the central section 3 and yieldingly held therein by means of tension springs 5 having their ends ongaged over hooks formed by tongues 6 struck out from the body of the sections 3 and 4. The shape of? these sections and the manner in which the springs 5 and tongues 6 are constructed and assembled is the same as shown in my prior Patent No. 1,470,578, dated Oct. 9, 1923.

In order to attach the central section 8 of my improved curtain rod to the middle frame member 2 of the double window, so that it may be rigidly supported, I provide a pair of supporting arn'is 9, each secured to a sleeve '7 slidably mounted on the central section 3 of the rod and adapted to be secured in adjusted position by means of a set screw 8. The arms 9 carry at their ends, prongs or spurs 10, which are adapted to bite intothe side faces of the middle frame member 2, as shown in Fig. 2, two of such spurs being employed in connection with each arm 9 so as to rigidly hold the same.

Sin'iilar spurs 4 are carried at the inwardly bent ends of the sections 4 and are adapted to bite into the outer faces of the side frame members 1, under the influence of the springs 5.

In order to support shade rollers on my improved curtain rod, I provide four shade brackets 11, 12', 13 and 14. Two of these brackets, 11 and 12, are secured to the central section 3, at a point intermediate the two supporting arms 9, while the other brackets, 13 and 14, are mounted upon the sections 4, adjacent the side frame members 1.

The manner of attaching these shade brackets to'the rod is the same as that described in detail in my above mentioned application. That is to say, each bracket, such as 11, is secured to a base plate 15, which carries at its upper end a resilient clip 16, attached to the plate 15 at one end, as by means of a rivet 17, the plate 15 and clip 16 being arranged to straddle over the rod. The rod sections 3 and 4 each are provided with a series of perforations 19, adjacent the said brackets and each clip 16 carries one or more inwardly projecting studs 18, which are adapted to snap into and engage any desired one of the holes 19. A tongue 20 is preferably struck up from the base plate 15 and is so positioned as to engage under the curtain rod, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. Thus, by disengaging the studs 18 from the holes 19, the said brackets may be adj usted longitudinally of the rod sections and secured thereto at any desired point. It will be understood that all of the: said brackets 11, l2, l3 and 14 are mounted on the rod sections by this same means, as shown in Fig. 3. It will be noted that the sleeves 7 and supporting arms 9 may be adjusted longitudinally of the central section 3, so as to accommodate middle frame members of different widths, the arms being simply pushed into engagement with the opposite sides of the frame members 1, by reason of the tension of the springs 5, which are secured at one end to -the members 4 and at the other end to the fixed central member 3.

What I-claim is:

1. A self alining rod for double windows comprising a straight, substantially rigid central section, means for securing said section to the middle frame member of the window so that it is rigidly supported thereby, said section extending horizontally across such middle frame member and having its ends projecting partially over each window opening, a pair of substantially rigid end sections adjust-ably connected toand in alinement with the projecting ends of said central section to form therewith a continuous rod, lying in a single plane, means for securing the outer ends of the said end sections tothe. side edges of the side frame members of the window, the inner ends of said end sections being supported by said central section,

' a pair of shade brackets mounted on said central section adjacent the securing means,

and an additional shade bracket carried by each of said end sections.

2. A shade bracket rod for double windows comprising a straight central and two end sections, ladjustably connected, and a pair of arms, slidably mounted on said central section, and adapted to engage opposite side faces of the vertical middle frame member of the window.

3. A shade bracket rod for double windows, said rod being provided with a pair of arms adjustable toward and from each other, longitudinally of said rod and having at-their ends spurs adapted to bite into the opposite side faces of the Vertical middle frame member of the window, so as to sup port said rod.

4. A shade bracket rod for double windows, said rod being provided with a. pair I of arms adjustable toward and from each other, longitudinally of said rod and having at their ends spurs adapted to bite into the opposite side faces of the middle frame mem ber of the window, and a pair of shade brackets secured tosaid rod at a point between said arms.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

LONNIE M. MOORE.

(Certificate of (Correction. 0,

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,519,548, granted December 16, 1924, upon the application of Lonnie M. Moore, of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, for an improvement in Shade-Bracket Rods, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 1, after line 112 insert the Words the frame member and secured in position, and page 2, line 2, strike out the Words the frame member and secured in position and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Oflice.

Signed and sealed this 10th day of March, A. D. 1925.

[SEAL-1 KARL FENNING,

Acting Commissioner of Patents,

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