US2315033A

US2315033A - Cornice for windows

Info

Publication number: US2315033A
Application number: US469271A
Authority: US
Inventors: James E Adair
Original assignee: COLORGRAPHIC Inc
Current assignee: COLORGRAPHIC Inc
Priority date: 1942-12-16
Filing date: 1942-12-16
Publication date: 1943-03-30
Anticipated expiration: 1960-03-30

Description

March 30,1943. J. E. ADAIR CORNICE FOR WINDOWS Filed Dec. 16, 1942 Patented Mar. 30, 1943 COR'NICE FOR WINDOWS J s E- da h a 1 1-, assignor to Co o graphic Incorporated, a corporation oflllinois Application December 16, 1942, Serial No; 469,271

2 Claims.

The present invention has for itsobiect to produce adevice or "boxing for concealing the .upper part of a window curtain or shade which shall be simple and novel in construction and attractive in appearance, which can be made cheaply, and which can easily be mounted in its position of use so as to be a good fit for a window of any width over a considerable range of widths.

A further object of the present invention is to make it possible to manufacture the aforesaid devices or boxings without using any materials of which there is apt to be any scarcity during the time of war and to apply or mount them by employing only a few small screws or the like.

The various features of novelty whereby my invention is characterized will hereinafter be pointed out with particularity in the claims; but, for a. full understanding of my invention and of its objects and advantages, reference may be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a front view of a device embodying my invention, in a flattened condition, portions between the ends being broken away; Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the device applied to a wall; Fig. 3 is a rear view of the central member of the device; Fig. 4 is a section on line 44 of Fig 3, on a larger scale and showing the bracket element projecting rearwardly; and Fig. 5 is an edge view on a much larger scale than Fig. 1 of one end of one of the main wings or boards.

All of the parts of my improved devic lend themselves to the successful use of a stron cardboard material and, since this is a material that is inexpensive and available at all times in large quantities, the detailed description will be limited to a structure made from this material. It will be obvious, however, that other materials may be employed, when available.

The device consists of two board members I of any desired size. Boards about two and onehalf feet long and five or six inches wide will be suitable in most cases. Cooperating with these boards is a combined coupling member and center piece 2. This member consists of a piece of cardboard folded upon itself and transformed into a thin flat sleeve or shell by gluing the marginal portion at one folded over end against the side of the other part of the sheet with a spacer 3 interposed between them. If the spacer is composed of material about as thick as the boards, the boards may be inserted into opposite ends of the flat sleeve or shell thus produced and be held therein by friction. The coupling member is preferably made more than twice as long as the widthof one of the boards and the vertical dimension .of the cavity in thecoupling member is preferably made only a little greater than .Such width, in order to give a fairly rigid connection between the three pieces.

On what is the rear side of the hollow coupling member is a tongue 4 partially severed from the rear wall thereof, so that it may be swung out and stand at right angles to that wall as shown in Fig. 4. This tongue is partially cut through on transverse parallel lines 5 toward the free end, from the outer face, to facilitate the bending down of a flange 6 to be secured to the window casing A behind the device; the width of the flange depending upon the efiective length of arm desired.

Each of the board members I is slit part way through the same along parallel transverse lines I, from the rear side, for some distance of the outer end of the board. This facilitates the bending of the outer ends of the boards back along smooth curves as indicated in Fig. 2. In order to secure the outer ends of the boards to the window casing, I score the boards transversely, as indicated at 8, at a short distance from the end edges. The narrow sections 9, outwardly from the lines of scoring, may be turned inwardly so as to lie flat against the window casing.

The flange portions 9 of the boards are preferably provided with holes to receive suitable fastenings to attach them to the window casing. These holes may be simply round holes such as indicated at I0 at the left hand ends of Figs. 1 and 2, or they may be key hole slots such as indicated at the right hand ends of Figs. 1 and 2. Screws I2, with washers under their heads may be inserted through the holes II]; it being necessary to remove them if the cornice is to be taken down. Screws l4 cooperating with the key hole slots, on the other hand, need not be disturbed in order to detach the cornice. In the case of the tongue 4, the position of the fastening cannot be determined until the user decides how much of the arm 4 shall be turned down to form the flange. Therefore it will usually be preferable to leave this arm without a hole or holes, as the user can insert one or more thumb tacks through the flange when he ascertains where the bend, to form the flange, must be made.

By making the boards, and also the coupling sleeve, sufficiently long, the fixture can be used on the widest windows ordinarily i found in houses. For narrower windows, sections are simply cut off at the inner ends of the boards to give to the device the proper over all length,

It will be seen that when the three parts of the device are assembled and secured in their positions of use, the device serves its intended purpose, even though made of card board, as well as a wooden or metal structure.

It will also be seen that because cardboard can successfully be decorated by ordinary printing processes, my improved device can be supplied in a great variety. of. colorings and designs more beautifulthan and at a much lower cost than is possible in the case of wood or metal.

While I have illustrated and described with particularity only a single preferred form of my invention, I do not desire to be limited to theT-I.

exact structural details thus illustrated, and de-. scribed; but intend to cover all forms and arrangements which come within the definitions of my invention constituting the appended adapted to be entered into opposite ends of the center section and be frictionally held therein, a tongue on the'rear side of the center section for attachment to a supporting surface, said tongue being slit part way through the same from the outer side on parallel transverse lines toward the free end.

2. A device of the character described composed of cardboard, comprising a flat sleevelike center section, two long board-like end sections adapted to be entered into opposite ends v of the center section and be frictionally held therein, a tongue on the rear side of the center section for attachment to a supporting surface, said tongue being slit part Way through the same fromthe outer side on parallel transverse lines 7 toward the free end, and each board-like memher being slit part way through the same from the rear side and toward the outer end along parallel lines transverse to the length of the device to facilitate bending the outer end portions of said member rearwardly into a curved shape.

' JAMES E. ADAIR.