US1963802A - Bracket for curtain and valance supporting extensible rods - Google Patents

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l. PEKTER 1,963,302

E SUPPORTING EXTENSIBLE RODS June 19, 1934.

BRACKET FOR CURTAIN AND VALANC Filed July 21, 1933 NVENTOR BY I ATTQRNEYJ Patented June 19, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BRACKET FOR CURTAIN AND VALANCE SUPPORTING EXTENSIBLE RODS 1 Claim.

This invention relates to improved curtain and valance supporting extensible rods and brackets for the support of said rods, and it is the purpose of the invention to aiford extensibility of the rods so as to accommodate window frames of different widths, the rods comprising tubular and solid telescopical sections, such as will render them more suitable and durable, certain ends of the tubular sections merging into solid portions which engage with and are supported by one of the brackets.

Another purpose is to provide brackets for the support of the rods, each bracket being formed from a single piece of sheet metal being a die stamped job, said bracket therefore comprising a base adapted to be secured by cars and screws to the window frame and including lateral apertured ears for the reception of downwardly extending extremities of the solid portions of the rod sections, thereby supporting the rods in position.

It is to be understood that the particulars herein given are in no way limitative and that while still keeping within the scope of the invention, any desired modification of details and proportions may be made in the construction of the appliance according to circumstances.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts to be hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawing and claimed.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a View in front elevation of the extensible telescopical rod sections as supported by two brackets to be mounted on a window frame, the rods to support curtains and a valance.

Figure 2 is a plan view of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a View in perspective showing a single piece of metal which has been formed by a die stamp job.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the one piece bracket showing the ears as having been bent laterally for the support of the curtain and valance rods.

Figure 5 is a detail view of one of the rods.

Referring to the drawing 1 identifies each bracket, which is formed from a single piece of sheet metal and comprises a base 2 having ears 3 for the reception of fastening means as identified at 4 for securing the base to a window frame.

In forming the bracket the base is first die stamped, out and punched in one operation as shown in Figure 3, the sheet metal having been cut at 6 to form the ears 3 as well as the ears 7, there being two sets of the latter, which are punched at 8 in the same operation. The openings formed by the punch operation at 8, that is when the ears 7 are bent laterally, are adapted to receive portions of the valance and curtain supporting extensible rods.

Each of the valance and curtain supporting rods comprise a solid elongated section 9 and a tubular elongated section 10. One end of the solid extensible rod section is bent at 11 to extend laterally toward the window frame then bent again at 12 to extend downwardly parallel with the window frame adapted to enter the openings of the ears 7, thereby supporting the solid extensible rod sections.

The tubular rod section 10 at one end has brazed or electrically welded therein at 14 a solid rod portion 14a. This rod portion is bent at 15 to extend laterally toward the window frame, and then again at 16 to extend downwardly parallel to the window frame and to enter the openings of the ears '7 of the other bracket.

Previous to mounting the rods on the brackets the curtains and the valance are first mounted on the tubular sections of the rods, and then the solid sections of the rods are inserted telescopically into the tubular sections, subsequently to which the rods are mounted on the brackets, as is shown in Figures 1 and 2 and as shown in dotted lines in Figure 4, the brackets having been previously fastened to the window frame in the usual location. 35

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed is:

A supporting bracket for combined curtain and valance rods, comprising normally a one piece die stamped plate, with cuts extending from the upper and lower edges of said plates and converging toward the center of the plate, dividing the upper and lower portions of the plate with three ears each, middle ears and end ears, the former extending in the same plane aligned with the body of the plate, and having apertures to receive fastening means to hold the bracket in place, the other of said ears being bent laterally at right angles from the plate to assume horizontal positions in parallelism when the plate is fastened to a support, said lateral horizontal ears being in pairs at the top and bottom of said plate and having apertures to receive vertical ends of curtain and valance rods.

ISIDORE PEK'I'ER.

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