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US3644962A
US3644962A US868752A US3644962DA US3644962A US 3644962 A US3644962 A US 3644962A US 868752 A US868752 A US 868752A US 3644962D A US3644962D A US 3644962DA US 3644962 A US3644962 A US 3644962A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47H—FURNISHINGS FOR WINDOWS OR DOORS
    • A47H1/00—Curtain suspension devices
    • A47H1/04—Curtain rails
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47H—FURNISHINGS FOR WINDOWS OR DOORS
    • A47H1/00—Curtain suspension devices
    • A47H1/02—Curtain rods
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47H—FURNISHINGS FOR WINDOWS OR DOORS
    • A47H1/00—Curtain suspension devices
    • A47H1/02—Curtain rods
    • A47H2001/0215—Curtain rods being tubular

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  • a curtain rod which is rigid in the vertical plane has support- [56] References cued ing wings and guide means for curtain suspension members ex- UNTED STATES PATENTS tending from both sides. 3,5 16,1 13 6/ l 970 l-lachtel ..16/94 6 Claims, 8 Drawing Figures Patented Feb. 29, 1972 3,644,962
  • the invention relates to a curtain rod which can be freely suspended. By being freely suspended it should be understood that the rod can be suspended over substantial spans without supporting means between its ends.
  • the rod may be secured to the walls at its ends by any suitable support means.
  • One such means is disclosed in my copending application 6411 filed Jan. 28, 1970.
  • curtain tracks are set into the ceiling of a room or fastened directly thereto. They in fact reach a high position, but are often unsuitable for modern and old room arrangements and decorations.
  • curtain supporting rods comprising a circular cylinder or tube or a wooden pole are also known. Rings which hold the curtains so as to be movable back and forth slide on to the tube or wooden pole.
  • Such curtain supporting rods would, in some cases, be suitable for modern interior decoration, but they have a number of disadvantages which render them unsuitable for modern usage:
  • the object of the invention is to provide curtain supporting rods which fulfil the requirements of old and modern interior decoration, are inflexible particularly in a horizontal and vertical direction, but which make it possible, nevertheless, to benefit from the advantages of modern curtain tracks and suspension members.
  • the curtain rod is highly inflexible in a vertical plane in an operative position and in that supporting faces having guide means, in the vicinity of their free ends, for curtain suspension members extend therefrom on both sides.
  • the dimensions of this curtain support are in cross section considerably larger than the curtain suspension members in use.
  • FIG. 1 shows a cross section of a first embodiment of a broken-away curtain supporting rod shown in perspective
  • FIG. 2 shows the same cross section through a second embodiment
  • FIG. 3 shows the same cross section through a third embodiment
  • FIG. 4 shows a cross section through a fourth embodiment having curtain hooks and support means
  • FIG. 5 shows a cross section through a fifth embodiment
  • FIG. 6 shows an enlarged detail of a sixth embodiment
  • FIG. 7 shows a cross section through a seventh embodiment
  • FIG. 8 shows a cross section through an eighth embodiment.
  • a curtain rod 11 as shown in FIG. 1, comprises a hollow tube 12 of quadrangular cross section when seen in its operative position. As can be seen, the tube 12 is placed diagonally so that the corner 13 is at the top, the corner 14 at the bottom, and the comers 16 and 17 are located on the same level on the left and right. In the tube 12 there is provided a hollow space 18 which can be filled with a reinforcement made of wood, foam material or the like. A first supporting wing 19 which is integral with the tube 12 and a vertical guide rib 21 extends to the left from the comer 16.
  • Another vertical guide rib 24 is supported on this wing 22, extends above and below the latter and has an undercut groove 26 by which the guide rib 24 can be supported.
  • the supported guide rib has the advantage that it makes smooth guiding possible. Even when the curtain rod 11 is cut at a particular point, the guide rib 24 also absorbs the impact caused by cutting.
  • a supported guide rib 24 also makes it possible for the tube 12 and the supporting wings 19 to be made of metal which does not have such good running properties as a guide rib 24 made of plastics material.
  • the tube 12 and the supporting wings 19 and 22 can for example be manufactured in an aluminum color and the guide rib in a golden color, thereby producing a particularly decorative effect.
  • the guide rib 21 is only integral with the supporting wing 19 if the entire curtain rod 11 is made of plastics material.
  • a core 27 can be made of a wooden rod or a metal tube. This core 27 is enclosed by a moulded plastics material and has a shape similar to the embodiment shown in FIG. 1. In addition there are provided an upward projecting rib 28 and a downward projecting rib 29. Moreover, there is considerable stiffness in flexure in the vertical plane whereas, as in the first embodiment, the supporting wings 19 and 22 offer considerable resistance to flexure in a horizontal plane and also have points of attachment for guiding means, as shown for example by the guide ribs 21 and 24.
  • the core 27 has a trapezoidal shape, and can again consist of wood or metal. It is enclosed by an injection-moulded trapezoidal rod 12.
  • the side 31 of minimum surface area points upwards, whereas the sides, 32 and 33 are relatively large.
  • a lower side 34 can be omitted and the core 27 inserted from below so that it is visi ble.
  • the supporting wing 19, the sides 32, 31 and 33 and the supporting wing 22 can be produced as one integral piece and the side 34 as a base plate to be attached additionally.
  • the curtain rod is cross shaped.
  • the horizontal ribs represent the supporting wings l9 and 22.
  • a downward projecting rib 36 bears a guide means in the form of a guide rib 37 while a holding rib 39 is moulded to an upward projecting rib 38, said holding rib fitting together with the upper part of the rib 38 into a T-shaped recess 41 of an iron section 42 which is driven into a wall and secures the curtain rod 11 by means of a screw 43.
  • the supporting wing 22 extending to the right bears an inner track 44, the upper wall 46 of which is an extension of the wing 22 and the vertical walls 47 and 48 support at their free lower ends horizontal ribs 49 and 51 between which a runner groove 52 is left open.
  • the new curtain rod can be used together with front runners 53, outer rollers 54 and with the inner track 44 having inner rollers or runners.
  • the inner track 44 can also be used as a double outer track because outer rollers 54 can be guided, for example, along the wall 47 and rib 49.
  • the rod consists of two semidome sections 56 and 57, the sides 58, 59 and 61, 62 of which are integral with the supporting wings.
  • the two semidome sections 56 and 57 are spot welded at 63 and 64 and have a strip of metal 66 extending transversely through the hollow space 18 and as far as between the sides 58, 61 and 59, 62.
  • the sides 58 to 62 have flanges 67, 68, 69 and 71 projecting upwards or downwards.
  • the whole construction can be covered in a plastics coating 72.
  • the semidome sections or their sides do not need to be coated with a plastics material. They can for example, be made of a lightweight metal which is advantageous from the aesthetic point of view. In this case it is possible to use the guide rib 24 both for connecting the two semidome sections together and, at the same time, acting as a guide means for curtain hooks.
  • the rod 12 is made of a plastics material while the core 27 takes the form of a metal tube or a wooden insert.
  • the ribs 28 and 29 are indicated by broken lines to show that they can be omitted.
  • the supporting wings 19 and 22 can be seen again, with their guide ribs 21 and 24.
  • Two cores 27 in the form of wooden rods with a boxshaped cross section are inserted in a vertical direction. These cores 27 are covered by a plastics coating 72.
  • the cores 27 can also be integral in the vertical direction.
  • a curtain rod of a design intended to be suspended over substantial spans without supporting means between its ends by providing high resistance to flexure in the vertical plane comprising a quadrangular cross section arranged in a generally diamondlike orientation in which diagonally opposed cornets are at the same horizontal level,
  • a curtain rod as claimed in claim 1 wherein in the operative position at least one vertical rib extends from a vertical corner.
  • a curtain rod as claimed in claim 1 having a wooden core around which a coating, said supporting wings and said guide means are injection molded.

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USD311979S (en) 1989-10-02 1990-11-06 IMPEX-Barneveld B.V. Support channel for a drinking system for small animals
USD384471S (en) * 1996-03-06 1997-09-30 Jervis B. Webb Company Conveyor track
USD399629S (en) 1997-02-19 1998-10-13 Robert Kubsik Conveyor track
EP1270838A1 (fr) * 2001-06-20 2003-01-02 Technal Cloison à ossature de profiles en aluminium garnis d'un tasseau de bois et installations architecturales pourvues de tels profiles et cloisons à effet retardateur de feu
US20040159345A1 (en) * 1997-05-21 2004-08-19 Ted Gower Track mount for flexible impact resistant enclosure
USD584545S1 (en) * 2007-10-16 2009-01-13 Okamura Corporation Table leg
USD590185S1 (en) * 2007-10-16 2009-04-14 Okamura Corporation Table
USD647607S1 (en) * 2008-05-27 2011-10-25 Ibiden Co., Ltd. Particulate filter for diesel engine
USD663488S1 (en) * 2010-03-10 2012-07-10 Lubing Maschinenfabrik Ludwig Bening Gmbh & Co. Kg Pipeline
WO2013083462A1 (fr) * 2011-12-08 2013-06-13 Patrice Richard Ensemble de support de rideau comprenant une barre de rideau, et element de support correspondant

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GB844845A (en) * 1955-11-23 1960-08-17 Freda Doreen Johnson Improvements relating to curtain rails
FR1299195A (fr) * 1961-07-24 1962-07-20 Leistenfabrik Guenter Eisel Tringles de rideaux
FR1472419A (fr) * 1966-03-16 1967-03-10 Chape
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GB844845A (en) * 1955-11-23 1960-08-17 Freda Doreen Johnson Improvements relating to curtain rails
AT206606B (de) * 1957-08-26 1959-12-10 Erwin Ebner Gardinen-Führungsschiene
FR1299195A (fr) * 1961-07-24 1962-07-20 Leistenfabrik Guenter Eisel Tringles de rideaux
FR1472419A (fr) * 1966-03-16 1967-03-10 Chape
US3516113A (en) * 1967-03-25 1970-06-23 Wilhelm Hachtel Projecting rail

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USD311979S (en) 1989-10-02 1990-11-06 IMPEX-Barneveld B.V. Support channel for a drinking system for small animals
USD384471S (en) * 1996-03-06 1997-09-30 Jervis B. Webb Company Conveyor track
USD399629S (en) 1997-02-19 1998-10-13 Robert Kubsik Conveyor track
US20040159345A1 (en) * 1997-05-21 2004-08-19 Ted Gower Track mount for flexible impact resistant enclosure
US8393055B2 (en) * 1997-05-21 2013-03-12 Ted Gower Track mount for flexible impact resistant enclosure
EP1270838A1 (fr) * 2001-06-20 2003-01-02 Technal Cloison à ossature de profiles en aluminium garnis d'un tasseau de bois et installations architecturales pourvues de tels profiles et cloisons à effet retardateur de feu
USD584545S1 (en) * 2007-10-16 2009-01-13 Okamura Corporation Table leg
USD590185S1 (en) * 2007-10-16 2009-04-14 Okamura Corporation Table
USD647607S1 (en) * 2008-05-27 2011-10-25 Ibiden Co., Ltd. Particulate filter for diesel engine
USD663488S1 (en) * 2010-03-10 2012-07-10 Lubing Maschinenfabrik Ludwig Bening Gmbh & Co. Kg Pipeline
WO2013083462A1 (fr) * 2011-12-08 2013-06-13 Patrice Richard Ensemble de support de rideau comprenant une barre de rideau, et element de support correspondant
FR2983691A1 (fr) * 2011-12-08 2013-06-14 Patrice Richard Ensemble de support de rideau comprenant une barre de rideau, et element de support correspondant

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NL6910609A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1970-06-09
CH512223A (de) 1971-09-15
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