US2451034A

US2451034A - Curtain and curtain hanging means

Info

Publication number: US2451034A
Application number: US734376A
Authority: US
Inventors: Clive W Lanphere
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1947-03-13
Filing date: 1947-03-13
Publication date: 1948-10-12
Anticipated expiration: 1965-10-12

Description

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CURTAIN AND CURTAIN HANGING MEANS Filed March 13, 1947 I 2 Sheets-Shes; 1

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CURTAIN AND CURTAIN HANGING MEANS Filed March 15. 1947 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Her/5 F/e/a'.

IN V EN TOR.

Patented Oct. 12, 1948 on! so srArEs Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in drapery curtains that can be made from any suitable material, and the means for hanging them.

Specifically it relates to a novel type of curtain, and to a new means for hanging them.

One object of the invention is to provide a cur tain and valance of integral construction having the appearance of separate construction.

Another object of this invention is to provide this curtain with a valance that is supported at its upper and lower margins in a transverse direction and also at its ends or sides from the transverse portion towards the window.

A further object is to provide means for hanging such a curtain that is simple adding little to the cost of the usual conventional manner of hanging.

These and other objects will be more fully understood by reference to the drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a diagrammatic front View of a pair of curtains for a window.

Figure 2 is a diagrammatic front view of a panel curtain for a window, shown broken away.

Figure 3 is an enlarged cross section broken away at the lower portion, taken on line 33, of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a top view of the curtains shown in Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a front view of a pair of telescopic curtain rods.

Figure 6 is a top view of the rods shown ure 5.

Figure 7 is a front View of another pair of telescopic rods.

Figure 8 is a top View of the rods shown in Figure 7.

Figure 9 is a view showing the side of a bracket.

Figure 10 is a front view of the bracket disclosed in Figure 9.

Figure 11 is a front View of another bracket.

Figure 12 is a side view of the bracket shown in Figure 11.

Figure 13 is a diagrammatic design of a panel curtain in the process of construction showing top and side wings.

Figure 14 is a diagrammatic design of a pair of curtains in the precess of construction each of said curtains having a wing on one side only.

Figure 15 is a disclosure of the curtain shown in Figure 13 after the wings have been folded, and the curtain hung.

Figure 16 shows the curtains disclosed in Figure 14 after the wings have been folded and the curtains hung.-

in Fig- Figure 17 is a side View of an alternative bracket.

Figure 18 is a front view of the bracket shown in Figure 1'7.

While the design or pattern of curtain used is very important in order to secure the desired valance effect, the means for hanging a curtain as disclosed in this invention are essential to contribute to the valance arrangement.

Figure 1 discloses a pair of curtains 20 and 2! with a dividing line between them indicated at 23. Reference character 2 1 identifies a border of curtain 2!] that can be so woven or colored or both that it is sharply distinguished from a body portion 25. Character 26 indicates a similar design of the opposite border of curtain 2| this curtain having a body 2?. The heads or tops of these curtains are folded over onto the body portions to the points indicated by the

lines

52 and 53 to form

valances

28 and 29 of curtains 2i) and 2| respectively.

While the valance portions can be woven and colored to improve their appearance, actual practice shows that a continuation of pattern i. e. longitudinal pattern, produces a rich effect if the border portions are continuous in pattern and likewise the body portions.

Attention is called to the greater degree of color tone at the top corners in Figures 1 and 2. To render a more uniform color a special type of curtain will be described in another part of this description that does not have these heavier color tones at the top corners. Figures 13, 14, 15 and 16 disclose this type of curtain.

Figure 2 shows a single panel curtain 3t having distinguished borders 3! and 32 and a top folded valance 33.

The method and means for hanging a curtain will now be described. Figure 9 discloses a side view of a bracket 3 Figure 10 shows a front view. This bracket has a body portion 35 and

hooks

42 and 43, extending therefrom. Figure 11 discloses a front view of a similar bracket but in reverse position and Figure 12 shows a side view of this bracket. Character 35 identifies it and characters A l and 35 indicate the hooks, and 31 the body. One design of bracket is sufficient as it is reversible.

Bracket 34 can be attached in a perpendicular position to the trim or wall on the left top side of a window by means of nails or screws or any suitable means (means not shown) passing through holes 38 and 39 in this bracket. Bracket 36 can be similarly attached to the top right side 3 of a window by any suitable means passing through holes 40 and GI in it.

Bracket 34 and bracket 35 have their hooks extending away from each other, the upper hooks holding a rod against a downward pull and the .lower hooks securing a rod against an upward pull.

Rods i and SIA shown in Figure 5 are placed on

hooks

42 and 45 respectively by pressing them downward with the holes 46 and 41 encircling their respective cooperating hooks. Rods 48 and 68A are passed through a rod passageway 49 formed by stitching the lower part of the valance of each curtain to itself transversely as indicated in curtain 2i at 59A and 49B. See Figure 3.

The curtains are then hung by passing the head or top of the curtains with their

curtained rods

48 and 48A upward between the window and the

rods

51 and 51A and then dropping the valance portions downward in front of the last above mentioned rods with the curtains resting on the top of rods 5! and 5 IA.

Rods l8 and 48A are then pressed upward with the holes A9 and 53 in these rods respectively encircling hooks GS and M on brackets 34 and 36 respectively. The larger portions of the curtains nearest the window being heavier than the top valances pull these valances upward thus holding the rods 48 and 58A snugly on hooks dB and 44 respectively.

These suspension means are simple and also prevent shrinkage from laundering interfering with rehanging as the curtains are each held in fixed position by one pair of rods only, i. e. the rods at the lower part of the top valance.

A special design of panel curtain 54 is shown in Figure 13 having

side wings

55 and 55 and a top wing 51.

Figure discloses this panel curtain with the wing 55 folded over to line up at the position indicated by line 55A thus forming a valance 54B. This figure also shows wing 55 folded to a position in alignment with the position indicated by line 56A to form a valance 56B, and top wing 51 folded to a position indicated by line 51A to form a valance 51B. These side wings can be sewed at their edges to hold them in place.

Attention is called to the uniformity of valance design as compared to the heavy tone of the corners at the top of Figures 1 and 2. Reference characters F5, H, 12, 13, M, and '15 identify dotted lines that indicate where the wings in ourtain 54 are sewed to it, after folding. The top wing is held in folded position by rods similar to rods 48 and 38A these rods being at the lower margin of the top valance with this valance hanging from rods similar to rods 5| and 51A (the rods for curtain 54 are not shown).

Figure 14 shows a pair of curtains GI and 62 having side wings 65 and G6 and

top wings

63 and 64 respectively.

Figure 16 discloses wing 65 folded to a position in alignment with the dotted line 65A to form a valance 6113., It shows wing 66 folded to a point indicated by dotted line 66A to form valance 623. The

top wings

53 and 64 are held in folded position at the points indicated by dotted lines 63A and MA by the rods (rods not shown) in the lower margins of the

valances

63B and 64B respectively when these valances hang from the top rods (rods not shown) as do the bodies of the curtains 6i and 62 respectively. Dotted lines 16, 11, 18, 1'9, 80, 8|, 32 and 88 indicate stitching that holds the side wings in folded positions.

Curtains

54, 62, and BI can have rodways (not shown) similar to that shown in Figure 3.

The bracket disclosed in Figures 1'? and 18 has a body 83 and hooks 84 and 85 of integral construction. Reference characters 85 and 8! identify holes in the body for attaching the bracket to the trim of a window or wall, etc.

The novel oppositely positioned hooks shown in this invention not only assure equal distances between the two sets of rods in the valance of the curtain which is important both in appearance and ease of setting the hooks, i. e. bracket, but they also are essential as they hold the rods which in turn hold the top folded wing to form the valance, which affords a curtain and valance of integral construction that have the appearance of separate formation.

The unique folded wings with their two ply structure tend to give the appearance of separate side valances, yet at a very slight addition to the cost of the conventional curtain.

Although a preferred embodiment of this invention is shown and described herein it is understood that modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit of the invention and the scope of the claims.

What I claim is:

1. A bracket for holding curtain rods, said bracket having a body portion, a hook integral with said body portion, said hook projecting downwardly, and another hook above said first mentioned hook also integral with said body portion, said second mentioned hook projecting upwardly.

2. Bracket means for use with a curtain having a rod passageway therein adjacent to one end of the curtain and a plurality of rods for supporting said curtain comprising; rod holding means disposed on each side of a window to which the assembly is to be attached, said means on each side having a rod holding hook projecting upwardly and another hook projecting downwardly, the hooks on each side being in approximate vertical alignment, the rod held by the lower hooks being disposed in the passageway of the curtain, the curtain extending upwardly from the lower rod and passing over the rod held by the upper hooks and then downward, thus forming a valance in front of the curtain proper.

3. Bracket means for use with a curtain having a rod passageway therein adjacent to one end of the curtain and a plurality of rods for supporting said curtain comprising; two brackets, one for each side of a window to which the assembly is attached, each having a rod holding hook projecting upwardly and another hook projecting downwardly, the hooks on each bracket being in approximate vertical alignment, the rod held by the lower hooks being disposed in the passageway of the curtain, the curtain extending upwardly from the lower rod and passing over the rod held by the upper hooks and then downward, thus forming a valance in front of the curtain proper.

4. A bracket for holding curtain rods having hooks of similar design projecting in opposite directions, one of said hooks projecting upwardly and one of said hooks projecting downwardly, said first mentioned hook being disposed above said second mentioned hook, said hooks being in approximate vertical alignment.

5. A bracket for holding curtain rods, said bracket having a body portion and a pair of hooks of similar design, each of said hooks having a portion extending from said body portion andanother portion projecting vertically from said extending portion, said projecting portion having parallel lateral sides, one of said projecting portions projecting upwardly and another of said projecting portions projecting downwardly, said hooks disposed approximately in vertical 5 alignment.

CLIVE W. LANPHERE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the 10 file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Number Bell Nov. 19, 1901 15 Number Certificate of Correction Patent No. 2,451,034. I October 12, 1948. OLIVE W. LANPHERE It is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specification of the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows:

Column 3, line 17, for the word curtained read contained;

and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Ofiice.

Signed and sealed this 8th day of February, A D 1949.

- THOMAS F. MURPHY,

Assistant Commissioner of Patents.