US2557362A

US2557362A - Drapery rod bracket

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Publication number: US2557362A
Application number: US3595A
Authority: US
Inventors: Abraham I Reitman
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1948-01-21
Filing date: 1948-01-21
Publication date: 1951-06-19
Anticipated expiration: 1968-06-19

Description

June 19, 1951 REnMAN 2,557,362

DRAPERY ROD BRACKET Filed Jan. 21, 1948 1) 24 INVENTOR 31' m4 fl- [a REIT/VAN ATTORNEY Patented June 19, 1951 UNITED STATES TENT OFFICE DRAPERY ROD BRACKET Abraham I. Reitman, Oakland, Calif.

Application January 21, 1948, Serial No. 3,595

2 Claims. 1

The invention relates to brackets designed for the cantilever support of load-carrying elements, and particularly rods carrying drapery or ourtains opposite wall openings.

A general object of the invention is to provide a bracket of the character described which adjustably receives and releasably grips a support respect to an opening at which a pair of the brackets support the rod and drapery mounted thereon.

A further object is to provide support brackets of the character described which are particularly adapted for installation in pairs in hood or cornice boxes, and in adjusted spaced relation.

The invention possesses other objects and features of advantage, some of which, with the foregoing, will be set forth or be apparent in the following description of a typical embodiment and use thereof, and in the accompanying drawings in which, 7

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a rod support bracket embodying my invention and supportedly engaging a rod portion.

Figure 2 is a partly sectional perspectiveview illustrating an operative installation of the present brackets in association with a hood or cornice box at an opening.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary vertical section of the assembly of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a plan section of the assembly of Figure 2 taken at the plane of the line 4-4 in Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a side elevation of the showing of Figure 1.

As particularly illustrated, the structural features of the brackets of my invention are incorporated in like unitary members 9 which each comprise a body Ill having generally fiat parts it and i2 and I3 and Id which are mutually coterminous and angularly related in their order in such a manner that the parts it and, I3 and 14 provide a U-bend I5 at an end of the part it. Preferably, but not essentially, a present bracket body it may be shaped as a one-piece structure of suitable material, as by bending a fiat blank or by molding, to provide it as a relatively rigid element, it being noted that the lines of intersection of the coterminous parts are mutually parallel.

The body It may be fashioned of any suitable metallic or non-metallic material, or materials, having the requisite qualities of strength and stiffness for the duty required of the bracket. All parts of the body H] are presently shown as of like thickness, whereby the body is adapted for shaping in a particularly ready and inexpensive manner from an initially flat blank comprising a single strip of bendable material having its side edges straight and mutually parallel, as in the present structure, or formed to provide decorative side lines for the parts which, however, are generally concealed if the bracket is base I! is provided With screw holes H to pro vide for the mounting of the bracket in an operative position. The U-bend 15, which is provided by the opposed and generally parallel parts l2 and Hi and the connecting part 13, extends to one side of the plane of the base part H, and has its parts l2 and 14 generally perpendicular to said plane and to the part l3. Mutually aligned holes l5 and [8 are respectively provided through the parts I2 and i l at points adjacent the part It, said holes having like cross-sections which are similar to, and slightly larger than, the cross-section of an end portion 2 l of a rod member 2i to be supported from the bracket. The line of the holes 16 and It lies in the plane of the bend and is preferably parallel to the plane of the base I l, whereby the inserted rod portion 2| may be substantially parallel to the plane of mounting of the bracket.

Having a rod portion 2! engaging the holes I6 and iii of a bracket 9, a lateral force applied against the rod beyond it is arranged to provide a more or less positive gripping of the engaged rod portion against axial displacement in the holes to a degree determined by the lateral force which produced the gripping action. For providing such a gripping action, the holes i6 and I3 are enough larger than the received rod por tion to permit such an angular disposal of the rod portion thereat as will engage the rod portion with the right-angle corners provided at the mutually opposite ends and sides of the hole bores. When a U-shaped rod 2| provides the portions 2! as inturned end portions or stems thereof, and carries drapes or curtains D, as in the present instance, the bases I I of a pair of the brackets 9 may be fixed against a horizontal under face 22 of a support member 22 in appropriately spaced relation and with the U-bends I depending from the bases for receiving the rod portions 2|; in this manner, the portions 21' of the mounted rod 2| are arranged to normally extend as cantilever beams from the brackets whereby the combined weight of the extending rod and of the drapes D mounted on the central rod portion 2 I connecting the portions 2 1' provides the described grip of the rod portions 2| in the brackets.

Noting that the release of a rod end portion 2| for its longitudinal adjustment or removal with respect to an engaging bracket may be effected by temporarily relieving it of the weight of the supported rod and drapes, means are preferably provided to insure some frictional action against the inserted rod ends whereby adjustments of the latter may be made only against a resistance which prevents an over-adjustment or an accidental removal of a rod end from a bracket. Accordingly, and as particularly shown, a J-shaped leaf spring I9 is mounted within the space of the U-bend I5 of a bracket 9 to constantly dispose its bend I9 against a rod portion 2! engaged in the bracket. For facilitating the insertion of a rod portion 2| in the holes I6 and I8, the stem portion I9" of a spring I9 is preferably secured to the U-benol side from which a rod portion 2| is to be inserted; accordingly, the spring I9 is mounted on the side I2 in the present structure. It is important to note that the action of the spring I9 is arranged to be relatively light so as not to interfere with the normal functioning of the rod load to secure the rod in set position with respect to the supporting brackets.

It will now be noted that the present member 22, on which brackets 53 are shown mounted, comprises the top member of an open-bottomed drapery hood or cornice box 23 which is mounted on the casing at the top of a framed wall opening, and has a front side 24 and ends 25. The frame at the opening includes a lintel 26 and side members 21, and the casing assembly comprises a head casing member 28 and side casing members 29; as indicated in Figures 2 and 3, the lintel 26 supports a venetian blind assembly 3| from depending brackets or hangers 32. To provide for a maximum in-and-out adiustability of the drapes-carrying rod portion 2| within the cornice box 23, the brackets 9 are mounted on the box top 22 with their U-bend portions I5 disposed inwardly of their bases II which are mounted against the under face 22 of said top.

It is to be particularly noted that the present bracket body form which permits the mounting of a cooperative pair of the brackets on the box top 22 allows their positioning to provide for the extension of the portions I5 within the opening for which the drapes are provided, said opening usually being that for a window or door. On the other hand, if no cornice box is provided, the brackets 9 might be installed by securing their base portions II to and beneath the lintel 26, with the U-bends I5 disposed either inwardly or outwardly of the base portions. It will also be understood that the support rod 2! may be of fixed length to thereby determine the spacing of the cooperating pair of brackets 9, or be of adjustable length for the fitting of its end portions 2| to brackets 9 which have been previously fixed in their mounted position.

While the use of the present brackets 9 is particularly shown for engaging the turned-in end portions or support stems of a drapery-support rod 2|, it will be obvious that a single bracket 9 having its base horizontal may be utilized generally for the adjusted cantilever support of a rod comprising the stem of an arm or hook supporting a load. It will also be understood that a rod portion 2 I and the complementary receiving holes l5 and I8 of a present bracket may have other sections than the circular section particularly shown for them.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the features and advantages of the present drapery rod brackets or hangers will be readily understood by those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains. While I have described a structure and installation which I now consider to be a preferred embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the showings are primarily illustrative, and that such changes and developements may be made, when desired, as fall within the scope of the following claims.

I claim:

1. In a unitary bracket for the cantilever support of a load-carrying rod having an end part of uniform cross-section, a mountin base portion for horizontal disposition, mutually spaced upright portions extending rigidly from the base portion and provided with mutually aligned openings terminating at relatively sharp edges for complementarily and slidably receiving said end part of the rod for a cooperative gripping engagement with said rod part at diagonally opposite edge points of the openings under the influence of the load on the rod, and means on the bracket for constantly and yieldingly urging the seating of the inserted end part of the rod against corresponding side points of said openings.

2. In a unitary bracket for the cantilever support of a load-carrying rod having an end part of uniform cross-section, a mounting base portion for horizontal disposition, mutually spaced upright portions extending rigidly from the base portion and provided with mutually aligned openings for freely receiving said end part of the rod for a cooperative gripping engagement therewith at diagonally opposite side points of the openings under the influence of the load on the rod, and a spring means on the bracket in constant frictional and sliding egagemet with the inserted end part of the rod for yieldingly urging a seating of the latter against corresponding side points of said openings.

ABRAHAM I. REITMAN.

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

Kitcham Aug. 29, 1944