US1569456A

US1569456A - Curtain rod

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Publication number: US1569456A
Application number: US740537A
Authority: US
Inventors: Thomas F Byron
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1924-09-29
Filing date: 1924-09-29
Publication date: 1926-01-12
Anticipated expiration: 1943-01-12

Description

T, F. BYRON CURTAIN ROD Filed Sept. 29, 1924 Jan. 12

AIT NN Patented Jan. 12, 1926.

UNrrED v sTATrs THOMAS F. BYRON, OF CHICAGO, ILLi-fNoIs'.

CURTAIN non.

Application filed September 29, 1924. Serial No. 740,537.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, THOMAS F. BYRON. a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Curtain Rods, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to curtain rods and the like and is fully described in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a partial perspective view of a set of triple rods embodying the inventionl Fig. 2 is a section through one of the rods on the line 2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of theV saine before it is bent;

Fig. t is a perspective view of a roinforcing metal filler strip;

Fig. 5 is an edge View of the preferred form of notch;

Fig. 6 is a front elevation of the same;

Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 3 showing a modified form of the notch;

Fig. 8 is an edge view of the rod shown in Fig. 7; and

Fig. S) is a front elevation of the same.

The device illustrated in Figs. 1 to 6 inclusive comprises a flat sheet metal member 10 rolled or otherwise formed, rolled into a flat C-shape as sliown in Fig. 2. This is provided with a series of

notches

11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 which extend transversely across the rod as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. In this form they are completely cut from the inner portions of the rod so that it can readily be bent substantially at right angles as shown in Fig. 1 at vany one of the points where the notches occur.

The result is that these rods may all be made alike, except for the fact that the rods 10a are made smaller than the rods 10 so that they may telescope therein. This permits these rods to be carried in stock by the retailer in the straight forni and he can ueadily bend them in the completed form as the individual customer requires them.

This means a very great saving in the gmanner of cartons since it will readily be seen that the carton carried to contain three curtain rods bent in the form shown in Fig. 1. is very much larger, costlier and takes up much more space than would the carton which would be carried to enclose an equal number as shown in Fig. 3.'

Moreover, it will vreadily be apparent that a very much smaller number of cartons will be required for the reason that two notched

rods

10 and 10*L by being bent at different notches may be made to serve the purpose of a great many different sizes of curtain rods as shown in Fig. 1, all of which-would otherwise have to be carried in stock completewhen theyv are bent at the factory as is now the customary practice in the manufacture of such rods.

In Figs. 7, S and 9, I have shown a modiiied form of rod 17 in which the notches 18, 19 and the like are placed or clamped in from the inner side of the rod instead of being cut through as in Figs. 1 to 6.

In Figs. 1, 2 and 4 is shown a flat metal strip 2() which may readily be inserted into the hollow rod 10 by being flat therein from the end. This is so placed as to lie on each side of the bend so that after the bend is made it serves as a reinforcing member for the curtain or bend.

As is well known in the art these curtain rods may be put up as a single rod, double for the use of a curtain or a valance, or triple for carrying a curtain or drape and valance. The latter is the form shown in Fig. 1 where there are three parallel rods alllcarried by a single bracket 21 at each enc.

It will also be readily apparent that this arrangement permits three or more of the rods 1() and 10 to be arranged in an alternate series of large and small rods, only the end rods being bent in to receive the brackets.

While I have described and shown by a few embodiments it is to be understood that it is capable of many modiiications. Changes therefore in the construction and arrangement may be made which doY not depart from the spirit and scope of the invention as disclosed in the appended claims.

I claim: v i

1. A metallic curtain rod of flat C-shaped cross-section having a plurality of spaced notches formed near one end of said rod in the Open sides of lthe C t0 facilitate the bending of said rod whereby said rod can readily be selectively bent at any one of a plurality of points t0 provide an angular extension.

2. A curtain rod of flat C-sbaped crossseetion having a plurality of spaced notches cut from the Open sides of the C to facilitate the bending of said rod near its ends to form angular supports therefor, Whereby said rod can readily be selectively bent at any one of a plurality of points to provide an angular extension, and a metal strip adapted to be placed in said rod previous to bending for reinforcing said bend.

THOMAS F. BYRON.