US2525048A

US2525048A - Support for bathroom curtains

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Publication number: US2525048A
Application number: US23525A
Authority: US
Inventors: Siff Bertram
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1948-04-27
Filing date: 1948-04-27
Publication date: 1950-10-10
Anticipated expiration: 1967-10-10

Description

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SUPPORT FOR BATHROOM sua'mms Filed April 27, 1948 INVEN TOR. BEA MAM 5/?- BY f4? iv.

Patented Oct. 10, 1950 f OFFICE 2,525,048 S-UPPORTFOR BATHROOM oUaTAiNs w Bertram Siff, New York, l

Application April 27, 1948, Serial No. 23,525

2 Claims. 1

This invention relates to new and useful inprovements in supports for bath room curtains, or the like, and it has for its object to provide means whereby said curtains will screen the bath tube at all times and thus facilitate a persons entry int and out of a bath tub without at the same time exposing the bath room floor to a spray of Water.

Another object of my invention is to provide a device for the above purpose which is inexpensive to manufacture and which may be easily detached when, for instance, a tenant moves from an apartment, as it will furnish no integral part of the appurtenances of a building.

The device consists of a couple or more bars hinged together and a pair of overlapping cur tains, as will be hereinafter further described.

If snapfasteners are used for attaching bath room curtains to my devised curtain rods, the female parts'of said snapfasteners may be furnished with said rods for those who prefer to make their own curtains.

It is to be understood that my device may be made of any suitable material, such as metal, plastic or a combination thereof.

' With the above and other objects in view, this invention consists of the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming part of this application, and in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of my device.

Figure 2 is a front elevational view of same, with curtains attached, and showing my device connected to the conventional'curtain rod.

Figure 3 is a top plan View of Figure 4.

Figure 4 is an elevational view showing a modification of my device with parts broken off.

Figure 5 is a section taken on the line 5-5 in Figure 2; while Figure 6 is a detail elevational view showing a h nge joint of my invention, and

Figure 7 is an elevational view showing as a modification a telescopic feature.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the numeral Iil indicates the conventional bath room curtain support.

A substantially rectangular main bar it is provided with a hinge [4 about centrally thereof,

so that it may be'easily taken down and collapsed in case of removal by a tenant, or housecleaning.

Means, for instance, as shown herein, metal straps i5 and it are secured to the bar II in order to detachably connect said bar to the conventional support [0, as one strap l5 enters into an eyelet ll in the other strap [6 and is next bent upon itself, as may be seen in Figure 5.

Two rectangular side bars l2 and I3 are arranged one upon each side of the main bar II and rigidly secured to the latter by short rods 18.

A plurality of members I9 bent upon them selves into a substantially rectangular shape are adapted to slide on the rectangular bars 12 and I3; said members I 9 are, however, upon their inner sides formed with a central open space 2| to permit them to slide over the short rods l8; roller bearings 26 are mounted at the top and bottom of the members 9 to facilitate the movement of the latter on the side bars 12 and I3.

Snap fasteners 29, or the like, are secured to the members l9 and adapted to connect the bath room curtains to the latter; the male parts 36 of said fasteners 24! are secured to the members [9 and the female parts 3! to the curtains.

It will be apparent from Figure 2 that the bars 12 and i3 overlap each other, upon each side of the main bar ll, thus also permitting the bath room curtains 28 and 28' hung on said bars to overlap each other accordingly.

In Figures 3 and 4 have been shown a modification to the effect that if my device is to be used where the stationary curtain support has a bend or curvature, my device is formed with correspondingly shaped dove-tailed end portions as shown at 22 and 32, in Figure 4, while a rod 24 is inserted vertically through a hole 23 in said dove-tailed parts.

Stop brackets 35 are arranged at each end of the rods I2 and [3 to restrict the movements of the rollers l9.

In Figure '7 is shown means for elongating the main rod I l, which is hollow.

Said means consists of a bar 34; slidably disposed within the bar I I, as suitable arrangements, or changes are made, if necessary, to obtain such telescoping operation.

It is obvious that changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangement of the several parts, as shown, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of the invention, and I do not, therefore, wish to limit myself to the exact construction shown and described herein.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

1. Device for the support and manipulation of bath room curtains comprising, in combination,

2. A device, as claimed in claim 1, and wherein said bar is provided with a hinge upon its lower surface for collapsing the bar.

BERTRAM SIFF.

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

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,416,733 Matson May 23, 1922 2,152,474 Groves Mar. 28, 1939 2,185,305 Marchand Jan. 2, 1940 2,320,308 Silverman May 25, 1943 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 114,907 Great Britain Apr. 25, 1918