US2650053A - Curtain rod bracket carrier - Google Patents

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Aug. 25, 1953 l. LUNDSTROM 2,650,053

CURTAIN ROD BRACKET CARRIER Filed July 28, 1950 2 Sheets-sheaf 2 Patented Aug. 25, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Ida. Lundstrom, St. Louis, Mo.

Application July 28, 1950, Serial No. 176,436

1 Claim.

1 My present invention relates to curtain rod .bracket carriers, and, more particularly to a carrier with which a pull-cord is used to raise the carrier.

vAn object of the invention is to provide a carrier which is of the most simple mechanical nature, inexpensive in manufacture, and highly efiicient for the purpose designed.

Another object of the invention is to provide a carrier, used in pairs, that will support on the front face thereof any of the conventional hook on or push on types of curtain and traverse red supporting brackets.

A further object of the invention is to provide a carrier having opposed pull-cord guide means at its upper and lower ends and to the rear thereof.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a carrier which will not scratch, or mar the face of a window casing when raised and lowered.

With the above and other objects and advantages in mind, attention is called to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application, and in which like characters of reference are employed to designate like parts throughout the same.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a view in perspective of a carrier embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a view in perspective of the carrier looking at the opposite side thereof.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the carrier.

Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the carrier.

Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the carrier.

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the carrier, and showing a curtain rod bracket detachably secured to the front face thereof.

Fig. '7 is a rear elevation of the carrier.

Fig. 8 is a front elevation of a window casing with portions thereof broken away, showing a pair of carriers supporting curtain rod brackets, and a pull-cord riding over stationary brackets for raising and lowering the carriers; the broken lines showing the carriers in lowered position.

Fig. 9 is a side elevation showing the carriers in their upper positions in solid lines, and in a lowered position in broken lines.

In the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred form of curtain fixture supporting carrier to be used in pairs for supporting curtain fixtures.

The carrier, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2, comprises a flat rectangularly shaped body member [0 havin a plurality of longitudinal closed end slots l l arranged in spaced parallel relation. Upper and lower flanges l2 and I3, preferably integral with the body member in project rearwardly from the upper and lower ends of the body member at a suitable angle thereto. flange 12 is shown as having a pull-cord receiving-opening M midway the side edges thereof and to which flange the .end of the pull-cord is adapted to be anchored. The lower flange [3 also is shown as having an opening 15 in alignment with the opening it. However, this opening may be eliminated as it is not used excepting when the end of the cord may be anchored to the lower flange, when desired, although there is no advantage in doing so. The opening I5 is mainly the result of a punch operation in the dies for making the carrier.

The upper flange i2 is provided with a pair .of pull-cord guide openings designated l6 and I1 and arranged on opposite sides of the cord receiving opening 14. The lower flange I3 'is also provided with a pair of pull-cord guide openings t8 and 19 which openings are in vertical alignment with the pull- cord openings 16 and 11, respectively.

The lower flange I3 has its rear edge portion terminating in an upwardly and forwardly inclined wall 20 which is bent rearwardly, as at 2|, and then continued downwardly, as at 22 parallel to the wall 20 for a short distance to provide a socket member designated, generally, as 23 to receive the upper end portion of a felt, or similar window casing engaging member 24 which projects below the socket and the lower flange [3 to prevent the carrier from scratching the surface of the window frame when raised and lowered by means of a pull-cord.

As clearly shown in Fig. 6, the reference numeral 25 designates, generally, a conventionaltype of curtain rod bracket which is secured to the front face of the carrier by means of a pair of suitable fastening devices, such, for instance, as headed screws 26 provided with nuts 21. The screws pass through openings in the foot, or base of the bracket 25, pass through a selected slot, or slots II in the body member ID and the nuts engage the rear face of the body member ID. The bracket 25 'may be adjusted up or down on the face of the carrier body member 10, as is manifest, due to the slotted openings H.

The carrier herein described will overcome certain practical objections to, and defects in, curtain fixtures, wherein the brackets 25 are stationary and fixed directly to the window casing. My pull-cord carrier allows any type of the conventional curtain rod brackets 25 to be secured to the front face thereof.

To show how my carriers are actually used in The upper connection with curtain fixtures, I have, for purpose of illustration, shown in Figs. 8 and 9, a window casing designated 28, a pair of curtain rod bracket supporting carriers, the pull-cord designated 29 from which the carriers are suspended from the ends thereof, curtain rod brackets 25 secured to the carriers, and pull-cord supporting brackets designated 30 over which the pull-cord rides for raising and lowering the carriers which support the curtain fixture. For the sake of clarity in the drawings, the curtain rod, or if desired a traverse rod, is shown in dotted lines 31 in Figs. 8 and 9 in the lowered positions of the carriers only. The curtain rod bracket supporting carriers are shown in full, or solid lines in their uppermost positions, and in a lowered position in dotted lines.

The left end of the pull-cord 29 is anchored to the upper end of the carrier at the left side of the window frame and rides over guide means in the pull-cord supporting bracket 30 at the upper left corner of the Window frame. The cord then spans the gap between the bracket 30 and a like bracket secured to the upper right corner of the Window casing and ride over a guide in the right hand bracket. The cord then descends therefrom and passes through the guide openings l6 and I8 in the right hand carrier. The cord then is turned upwardly and passes through the guide openings [9 and I! in the right hand carhold the carriers and the curtain fixture supported thereby in such position.

By simply pulling on the looped, or buckle provided end of the pull-cord, raising operation of the curtain fixture supporting carriers is effected. Whereas, releasing pull on the cord, lowering of the curtain fixture supporting carriers is effected.

It is to be distinctly understood that the form of my invention, herein shown and described, is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and that the invention is subject to various forms and modifications which come within the scope and spirit of the appended claim.

What I claim is:

A curtain rod bracket carrier comprising an elongated body having a plurality of longitudinal slotted openings arranged in spaced side by side relation through which opening fastening devices may pass for securing a curtain rod bracket to the outer face thereof, the upper end of the body terminating in a rearwardly directed flange having a plurality of spaced pull-cord receiving openings, the lower end of the body terminating in a rearwardly directed flange having a plurality of pull-cord receiving openings arranged in axial alignment with the pull-cord receiving openings in the upper flange, the lower flange terminating in a channeled member disposed at an angle to the lower flange, and a felt strip held in a clamped position by the channeled member and projecting beyond the lower open end thereof and beyond the lower plane of the lower flange.

IDA LUNDSTROM.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 155,522 Lake Sept. 29, 1874 324,959 Root Aug. 24, 1885 667,111 Beam Jan. 29, 1901 800,429 Davis Sept. 26, 1905 924,431 Corken June 8, 1909 2,091,895 Turner Aug. 31, 1937 2,229,898 Pastva Jan. 28, 1941

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