US1749450A - Curtain and valance or lambrequin support - Google Patents

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March 4, 1930. STREICH 1,749,450

CURTAIN AND VALANCE 0R LAMBREQUIN SUPPORT Filed Aug. 27, 1928 Patented Mar. 4, 1930 PATENT ()FFICE GORDON R. STREICH, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK (TUR'LAIN' AND VALANCE R LAMBREQUIN SUPPORT Application filed August 27, 1928. Serial No. 302,337.

This invention relates to supports for curtains or other draperies such as valances or lambrequins employed in the decoration of doors, windows and the like, and in hanging decorative curtains from the ceilings of halls or display rooms, or from walls above windows.

Heretofore it hasbeen customary in decorating large windows or in hanging relatively'heavy draperies or valances to provide a wooden frame work having a central portion 1 disposed in a horizontal plane and two depending leg portions atthe ends thereof so as to form a substantially shelf-like structure upon which the draperies were tacked or otherwise secured. Considerable difficulty and expense have .been encountered in this method for the reason that such construction is not only of a permanent nature that is not readily removed without the disfigurement of the walls or woodwork to which it is secured,

. but in addition considerable waste is encountered in sawing the material to the shape de- 7 sired, particularly in the case of doors or 5 windows with arched or irregularly shaped frames. Moreover, if it is necessary to secure a structure of this type to a ceiling, there is danger of disfiguring the paper or other surface by the inherent rugged nature of its attachment thereto.

One of the objects of the present invention is to avoid the difficulties hereinabove men tioned by providing a curtain or valance support constructed of a flat metallic'strip which may be bent to conform to the shape of a door or window frame and which is provided with a row of apertures along each edge thereof, the apertures of one row being adapted to re- :ceive nails or screws for convenient attach- 40 ment to the frame and the apertures of the other row being adapted to receive a series of hooks for rem'ovably suspending a drape from the support.

Another object of the invention is to provide a support of the character described which may be manufactured in certain prescribed lengths and, thereafter, cut to the desired length to order or at the time of hanging the draperies. Still another object of the invention is to provide a support of the type described that may be bent longitudinally in order to permit of its attachment to the wall or ceiling when the door or window is not provided with a frame. or when they extend entirely to the ceiling and also when it is desired to extend the draperies over the wall sufliciently to give the effect of a larger door or window.

A further object of the invention is to provide a support of the character described 0 which will-maintain the draperies against displacement in the desired gathered position. Y I Otherobjects will appear from the followingspecification and appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. l is a perspective View of a portion of a support constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a similar view of one end of the support and illustrating the manner of attachment to the frame of a door or window and also the method of hanging a valance therefrom.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a corner of a room and illustrating the application of the invention to windows of both thesquare and arched type.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the improved support and illustrating the manner of its application when employed to support draperies from the ceiling of a room.

Referring to the drawin s, a curtain or valance support'constructe d in accordance with the invention is shown as comprising a as flat strip l ofaluminum or other suitable deformable material which is provided with rows of apertures 2 and 3 adjacent to the edges thereof (Fig. 1). These strips may be manufactured in prescribed stock lengths, so twelve feet for example, and subsequently cut into shorter lengths to order or at the time of hanging the support.

In practice a desired length of the strip is cut from the strip of stock material and secured to the upper surface of a .door or win dow frame 4 by nails or screws 5 inserted through the apertures 2. The strip is of such Width that when thus secured in position it will extend outwardly from the frame sevlet the drape are desired they will 'be maintained against displacement in a manner pleasing to the eye. I

When the support is secured to a rectangular window frame thestrip lispr'e'ferably cut to such length that when secured to the top ofthe frame its ends will extend -out- War dly therefrom an appropriatedistance. These ends are then bent downwardly at right angles to the intermediate portion of the strip-to form depending legs 8 which are secured to the edges of'the vertical} sides of the frame 4: as illustrated in Fig. 12. lnthis construction the valance or curtain 6 is carried around the corner thus formed and the end hook? inserted into one ofl-the qapertures 2 in the rear edge of the support. j j

When the support is applied to a window having an arched frame, as illustrated at 9 in Fig. 3, the strip 1. i'sbent aroundsthe frame and secured thereto in the manner described in connection with Fig.2. In this case-the strip may be carried down on eachsideof the frame asfar as may be desirable in; order to secure the drapes to the side frame of the window. H

It frequently occursthat the door or window either is not provided with a frame or that it extends entirely to the ceiling and therefore to provide forsuch a contingency the strip 1- isbent longitudinally along amedian line as indicated lat 10 in Fig. 4501s to provide a support of angleiron construction having a flange ll for attachment to the Wall or ceiling'and a-flange 12 extending at right angles thereto to which the drapes are attached. This type of support is of considerable utility hanging draperiesrin larg'e rooms,-halls,-lobbies-and the likeand where-it is-vdesiredto extend the curtains overfthe walls so "as-t0 givetheappearanceof a: door or window of larger size.

- It will be obvious from the :foregoing th'at in a support ofitlre character describedthe're is little or no waste for the reason that a number-of short lengthsofthe str-ipl maybe secured together by bolts *or screws inserted through the apertures Qand 3. I

i The strips maybe manufactured in va'ryingwidths andigages accordingtothe'paralcoves and the like of varying Widths with a' minimum of effort and with waste.

'The""1nvention may be modified 1n conpraetically no struction and arrangement without departing from the nature of the invention as de-.

fined in: the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1.*A'valance'hangerfor use with a window having a top frame and side frames, comprising a metallic strip having an intermediate portion" secured to the uppersurface of said top frame and extending outwardly. therefrom in the 'planethereof, and depending said side frames and extending outwardly therefrom in the plane thereof.

7 '2- A hanger for curtains or valances comprising aflatstrip of deformable material having'a series of spacedapertures along. each edge 'thereof and bent along a longitudinal median line to provide a flange for attachment to a support and a flange extending transversely thereto for attachment to a curtain or valance. f i

3. A valance hangerfor use with a window having a frame, comprising a strip -secured to the outer surface of said frame in}over-v hanging relation thereto and: in the plane of said surface, said strip beingtransversely end portions secured to theouter surfaces .of

deformable toreadily conform to the contour of said curtain when said thereto.

5 4. Areversible valance hanger, comprising a strip having a series of spaced; apertures adjacenteach of its longitudinal edges, either of said edges being attached to a support through its adjacent apertures, and the re maining edgeyoverhanging the support and adapted to receive valance attachingmeans in its adjacent apertures to support a valance.

5. A valance hanger comprising a thin flexiblestrip having a series 'of spaced apertures adjacent each of its longest edges, one of said-edges being attached to the outside of a window frame through its adjacent apertures and the remaining edge receiving valance attaching means in its adjacent apertures tosupport a'valance, said flexible strip be ng bent to conform to the top portion of the window. frame.

6; A valance hanger for attachment to the top-of a window-frame and portionsof the sides adjacent to said top, comprising abendable strip having a series of spaced aperstrip is secured against further deformation under the weight tures adjacent each of its longest edges, said strip being bent to conform to the top and the said side portions of the Window frame, and attached thereto for its entire length through the apertures in one of the said edges, the remaining edge projecting from said Window frame and adapted to receive valance attaching means in its adjacent apertures to support a valance.

7 A valance hanger comprising a flexible strip conformable to the top portion of a curved Window frame, said strip having spaced attachment receiving portions adjacent one of its longitudinal edges, and having spaced valance supporting portions adj acent its opposite edge, and means for securing said strip to the top port-ion of the WindoW frame through said attachment receiving portions.

8. A valance hanger comprising a strip having a series of apertures adjacent each of its longest'edges said strip being symmetrical about its longest median line, either of said edges being mountable on a support through its adjacent apertures.

GORDON R. STREICH.

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