US2047238A - Curtain pole - Google Patents

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July 14, 1936. Q Q WALLACE 2,047,238

CURTAIN POLE Filed July 1'7, 1934 Mg 14' I-EIQQDIL wail! .1 5%- 6. 0' WJZZQGQ ATTORNEY Patented July 14, 1936 UNITED STATES eATENT OFFICE" V l, 2,047,238 a CURTAIN POLE Charles'Orvile Wallace, Cheyenne, Wyo. Application July 17, 1934, Serial No. 735,636

1 Claim.

This invention relates to window fixtures especially adapted for ofiices and similar establishments and has for the primary object the provision of a device of the above stated character 5 which may be readily install-ed to a window or its frame by the occupant and supports a window shade bearing the occupants name, occupation or other information, curtains and draperies for the window and an illuminating means suitably shaded, thus shading and decorating the window and eliminating the necessity of the occupant having the expense of placing desired information on the window panel as customary.

With these and other objects in view this in- 5 vention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention,

reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view illustrating the fixture.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view showing the means of supporting the shade, curtains and the shading medium for the illuminating means. I

Figure 4 is a perspective view illustrating a shade bracket.

Figure 5 is a similar view showing a bracket for supporting the light fixture.

Figure 6 is a similar view showing a supporting arm for curtain and drapery poles.

Figure '7 is a detail sectional view showing a modified form of my invention wherein the curtains may be supported within the window frame.

Figure 8 is a fragmentary perspective view of the bracket employed in my modified form of invention shown in Figure 7.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral I indicates a window frame of a window to which is secured brackets 2 for supporting a shade roller 3 carrying a shade 4, the latter may have applied thereon in any suitable manner, the name, occupation or any other information relative to the occupant of the building or room to which the shade is installed.

Elongated brackets 5 having angularly related portions are secured to the frame I adjacent the brackets 2 and extend outwardly and upwardly from the window frame and have adjustably and removably secured thereto plates 6 arranged horizontally and apertured to receive a combined drapery and curtain pole l. The pole l is constructed from a single length of material bent upon itself to form parallel portions for supporting over the window curtains with its end portions projecting beyond the brackets 5, as clearly 5 shown in Figure 1 to support draperies. By referring to Figures 1 and 3 it will be seen how the curtains and draperies as well as the shade 4 are associated with the Window. As shown by Figures 2 and 3, the plates 6 have central longitudi- 10 nally arranged slots or openings 6' therethrough for the reception of the bolts that pass through any one of the apertures in the brackets 5. These bolts 5 are engaged by wing binding nuts 50, which contact with the plates 6 to hold the same 15 on the brackets at proper lateral positions with respect to said brackets and likewise at desired vertical angles on the brackets.

Brackets 8 are secured to the window frame I adjacent the brackets 2 and 5 and each include 20 a split sleeve-like portion 9 connected by a bolt Ill having threaded thereon a wing nut ll. The split sleeves 9 receive a tubular member l2 which extends transversely of the window I above the shade roller 3 and may have draped thereon cur- 25 tains l3 to be arranged upon the outer face of the shade 4. The tubular member has connected intermediate its ends a curved arm l4 also of tubular formation carrying at its free end a loop-shaped tubular member l6 and also a down- 30 wardly curved extension ll forming a support for an electric light fixture I8. The extension i1 is in communication with the arm I4 and the latter is in communication with the tubular member I2 for accommodating the electrical 35 conductors for the fixture l8 and said conductors extend to one end of the tubular member I2 and are connected with a conventional type of separable electrical fixture I9 which may be connected to an electrical extension cord leading 4 from an electrical output so as to furnish the electric lamp 20 carried by the fixture H! with electricity. The loop-shaped element l6 forms a support for a light shade 2|, the latter prefr erably being made of fabric hemmed, pleated and so provided to accommodate itself to the element l6 and artistically draped about the electric lamp.

A device of the character described will efficiently support a shade, curtains, draperies and a shaded illuminating means to a window providing a device which is artistic as well as of commercial value to the occupant of a building or a room of said building wherein the occupants name, occupation and other information 5 can be displayed through the window either in day time or at night time, the electric lamp providing illumination for the printed matter upon the shade at night time besides providing illumination for the room or the window. A device of this kind can be easily installed to a window and removed therefrom should the occupant change locations and obviates the necessity of the occupant going to the expense of having his name and other information applied to the window panels.

As shown in Figures 7 and 8 substantially L- shaped brackets 23 may be mounted to the tubular member l2 and are provided with elongated slots to receive a curtain rod 24 on which the curtain l3 may be draped. The brackets 23 dispose the rod 24 within the window frame and due to the slots of the brackets the rod 24 may be easily adjusted upwardly and downwardly.

Having described the invention, I claim:

A window fixture, comprising a pair of brackets, each constituting a flat rectangular member, which is secured at one of its ends to the window frame, and which has a half twist to provide an angle extension and said extension having a series of spaced apertures therethrough, plates having openings adjacent to the ends thereof for curtain poles and having elongated slots between said openings, pivot elements passing through one of the apertures and through the slots in said plates and binding elements on said pivots for forcing the plates into frictional contact with the brackets.

CHARLES ORVILE WALLACE.

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