US2509521A - Curtain rod or the like - Google Patents

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May 30, 1950 s. w. PEGRAM CURTAIN ROD OR THE LIKE Filed Feb. 2, 1946 INVENTOR.

Patented May 30, 1950 UN ED S TATES T OFF ICE *GURT-AIN non on LIKE Samuel W. Pegrarn, Park Hills, Ky. Application February 2, 1946, SerialNo.*64 5,=197

This inventionrelates to "a curtainrod which is of substantial construction and adapted to support heavy drapes securely. It is of the kind that needs no special anchorage.

One object of the invention is to provide a rod that will not turn or shift on its own axis due to the weight of the drapes. Another object is to provide means whereby the rod may be expanded tightly into a window frame or door frame "with little effort on the part of the installer. A third object is to make it possible to place or remove the drapes without disturbing the position of the rod.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan view of one form of my rod, which I call the toggle type, installed in a window frame or door frame.

Figure 2 is a plan detail of the hinge construction of the drape-holding arms.

Figure 3 is an end view of the same.

Figure 4 is a plan view partly in section, of the toggle type rod installed and about to be tightened, side plates being provided for additional supports.

Figure 5 is a plan view similar to Figure 4 showing the rod tightened and the additional supports installed on the right hand side plate.

Figure 6 is a plan View of the toggle mechanism in tightened or flattened position taken on the line 66 of Figure 5.

Figure 7 is a cross section of the supporting bar and drape holding brackets taken on the line I--1 of Figure 5.

Figure 8 is a cross section of the main supporting bar taken on the line 8-8 of Figure 5. It shows the toggle latch in locked position.

Figure 9 is a perspective view of one of the side plates used between the window frame and the main rod to hold additional supports.

Figure 10 shows in side elevation, taken on the line llll0 of Figure 5, how the additional supports are held by the side plate.

Figure 11 is a perspective view of a channel support or clip attachable to a slide which is in turn attachable to the side plate whereby a rod or rods may be held at some distance in front of the window or doorway.

Figure 12 is a plan view partly in section of a modification in which tightening is obtained by means of a screw rather than a toggle. The toggle is, however, the preferred form.

In the drawings, 20 is a hollow rod of polygonal cross section, preferably square. It comprises two telescoping sections, 2|, the smaller, and 22 the larger. The free end of each section is provided with a rubber suction cup 23 although 2 Claims. (01. 211-105.4)

' these may be nmitt'ed when side plates are to be used. Slidable on the square sections, there are two clips 24, slidable thereon, supporting the drape holding brackets 25 of which there are two in opposed position. These are bent upon themselves with a hinge 13 at the bend, so that the longer forward rod can beiswung out into the room as indicatedin'ddttedline in Figure 1. In this position, the drapes can be conveniently slipped over the extended rod. Their weight is well supported since the square section of the rods 2-1 and =22 :prevents the clips :24 from turning about said rods.

At the *inner end of rod 22 thereis collar 26 bearing a pivot 21 to which 'a toggle "28 is sw'ingably attached. The free end of the toggle *is provided with a latch 29 which fits into a linear series of holes 30 in the top of bar 2|.

To attach the suction cups yieldably to the square bars 2l-22, the following spring-pressed device may be employed although it may not be necessary. The suction cups may be vulcanized directly to the bar ends. However, the construction shown is preferred for fabrication in factories where the vulcanization apparatus is not available. 3| is a stop which is held within the square bars by a punch mark (not shown) applied from the outside. A coil spring 32 presses against it. Against the free end of this spring a solid bar 33 presses and to the free end of said bar, the rubber cup 23 is attached, mechanically or otherwise. The value of the spring pressure is that the spring is just stiff enough to fasten the cup to the window frame securely without mashing it fiat, so that the installer is then easily able to avoid too much pressure.

Sometimes it is desired to hold continuouslength curtain rods (not shown) in front of a window instead of the discontinuous ones 25 which are shown. A continuous rod makes it possible to bring the curtains together and so shut off a View into the room from the outside. To provide such privacy, side plates 34, such as shown in Figure 9 are installed as shown in Figures 4 and 5. Each plate bears a track 35 upon which a slide 36 may be frictionally fitted. This slide has a semicircular cradle 31 at its outer end, which with its corresponding member at the other side of the window frame, may together bear a continuous rod laid therein. For those who wish valances to extend from the top of their drapes, a clip 38 is provided which may be attached to the cradle 31 by means of a lip 39. Two continous rods with drapes or valances thereon may then be supported.

asoaeai In the modification shown in Figure 12, the bars and 52 are preferably circular in cross section and they are connected by an internal solid rod or pipe 60, threaded on its outer surface. A knurled circular nut 4| is provided to space the bars 5! and 52 and to provide pressure on the cups 33. A dowel pin 42 extends through bar 5| and rod 40 to provide a fulcrum.

To install both modifications, it is necessary to telescope the assemblies so that they are slightly shorterthan the width of the window frame, then lift them into place and extend them by operating the lengthening and pressing devices, i. e., the toggle or the knurled nut. The toggle may be preliminarily placed in the position shown in Figure 4 and then flattened to the position shown in Figure 5 to put spring pressure on the suction cups. If the pressure is not enough, the next hole should be selected for the toggle latch to make the bar longer. Any person of common sense can deduce the operation from a casual inspection of the device.

I claim as my invention:

1. A support for curtains and the like comprising a pair of telescoping rods of rectangular cross section, suction cups on the free ends of said rods, and adjustable toggle means intermediate of the rod ends for putting limited pressure on the suction cups in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the rods when the curtain support is fitted into a window frame, doorway or the like, one end of said toggle means being adjustable as to its fulcrum location selectively in a series of openings along the inner one of said rods, the other end being hingedly attached to the inner end of the outer one of said rods.

2. A support for curtains or the like comprising a pair of telescoping hollow rods of square cross section, a collar carried on the outer one of said rods on its inner end, a toggle pivotally mounted on said collar, a latch on the free end of said toggle, the smaller of said rods bearing a row of perforations adapted to receive the latch whereby to adjust the length of the combined rods, a pair of clips slidably mounted near the free ends of the rods and a bent, hinged bracket carried by each clip, said bracket being swingable outwardly to receive curtains or drapes and thereafter to be swung to parallel relation to the joined rods with the curtains.

SAMUEL W. PEGRAM.

REFERENCE S CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 647,986 Roberts Apr. 24, 1900 670,585 Fowler Mar. 26, 1901 794,976 Glickman July 18, 1905 1,191,852 Thomas July 18, 1916 1,639,551 Booth Aug. 16, 1927 1,668,140 Buchheit May 1, 1928 2,032,842 Gould Mar. 3, 1936 2,242,683 Scott May 20, 1941 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 521,156 Great Britain May 14, 19 16

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