US415680A - George mckean - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

G. MGKEAN.

ADJUSTABLE BRACKET POR CURTAINS.

No. 415,680. l Patented Nov. 19, 1889.

Wmme wvewllofa UNITED 4STATES" PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE MCKEAN, OF CORTLAND, NET YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO E. D. BARKER AND A. Il. OHAPLIN, BOTH OF SAINTE PLACE.

ADJUSTABLE BRACKET FOR CURTAINS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,680, dated November 1 9, 1889.

Application filed June 26, 1889. Serial No. 315,574. (No model.) Y

To @ZZ wil/m it may concern,.- view of one of the brackets and its keeper or Be it known that I, GEORGE MCKEAN, a holder. Fig. 3 is a view of a rectangularbar citizen of the United States, residing at Cortwith the bracket reversed on the frame, and land, in the county of Cortland and State of Fig. 4 represents a horizontal section through 55 5 New York, have invented certain new and one of the brackets and its keeper.

useful Improvements in Adjustable Brackets Like letters refer to corresponding parts in for Curtains; and I do hereby declare the each figure of the drawings. following to beafull, clear, and exactdescrip- A designates a straight bar or rod with tion of theinvention, such aswill enable others preferably a iiat side, which is placed directly 6o 1o skilled in the art to which it appertains to against the side of the casing C of the win make and use the same, reference being had dow-fra1ne, for the purpose of slightly comto the accompanying drawings, which form pressing the bar within the wood and securpart of this specification. ing a long bearing-surface for it, to prevent My invention relates to adjustable brackets the usual rocking or oscillating movement of 15 for window-curtains, and the object is to prothe bracket when the curtain-roll is operated vide an adjustable bracket capable of being upon brackets of this character. At one end set by a sliding bar to suit curtains of varyof this rod or bar is a flat bracket-ear o, ing width, and also to permit the curtain to formed integral therewith, which stands out be shifted laterally toward either side. at right angles to the bar` and forms the 7o 2o To these ends the invention consists in the bracket proper. The ear is centrally perconstruction and arrangement hereinafter forated at c to receive and form a bearing for described, and more particularly pointed out the journal of the roller E. in the claim. B designates an open-backed keeper which It is sometimes necessary or desirable to holds the bracket in position on the window- 2 5 change a curtain from one window to ancasing C. This keeperis closely fitted over the other, and in such cases itis more convenient bar A and is provided at its two ends with to change the roller with its curtain than to perforated ears b, through which it is screwed change the curtain from one roller to anagainst the casing. Then the keeper is other. It, however, the bracket be permadrawn down upon the casing by the screws D 8o 3o nently screwed or nailed to the windowin its ends, the bar is slightly embedded in frame, as in the case of the ordinary bracket7 the wood and held tightly against the casing, which is attached to the face of the Windowpreventing its movement in either direction. frame, it will be necessary to move one or Vhen itis desired to adjust the bar A, the both brackets, if the roller be either longer holding-screws of the keeper are slightly 35 or shorter than that for which they were set; loosened, when the bar is moved and the or if they be set on the inside of the frame, screws are reset. The brackets being in poas is often the case, it will be necessary to sition on the window-casing, with the screws shorten the roller, if too long, or to substitute D partially inserted through the ears of the a new one if too short. In either case much keepers, the roller E is placed between them, 4o time is consumed, and by moving and resetand the ears of the brackets are then moved ting the brackets the window-frame is marred toward each other until both journals of the and defaced. My adjustable bracket avoids roller enter the respective opening in the ears, these diiiiculties and disadvantages, and alwhen the bars A are fixed in position by lows curtains to be easily and quickly changed tightly screwing the keepers down upon the 45 from one window to another. casing.

In the accompanying drawings, which illus- Should it be desirable to shift the curtain trate my invention and form a part of this laterally, the screws D are retracted and the specification, Figure l is a perspective view two brackets and the roller moved together of a pair of brackets in position on the winin the desired directions, and again secured roo 5o dow-frame and supporting between them a by the screws when properly adjusted.

roller and curtain. Fig. 2 is a perspective By making the sliding rodAand thebracket ear a integral these parts are always in proper relative position and there is no danger of their being separated and lost. Moreover, they are more easily and cheaply made and more conveniently applied.v

A further and important advantage of my invention is in forming the barA rectangular in shape in cross-section, so that it may be turned or reversed in the keeper, bringing the bracket-ears on the inner or window side of the case with the curtain near the glass, or allowing it to project from the side of the window-case facing the room. By this construction the bracket may be turned outward or inward, so as to support the roller and curtain in frontof the window-casing, or between the sides of the casing, as may be desired.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

Adjustable curtain-brackets consisting of bars, each having at one end a perforated ear integral with and at right angles to the bar to hold the journal of the curtain-roller, said bars held directly against the side of the casing and slightly compressed within the wood of the window-frame by open-backed keepers closely fitting over the bars and secured to the casing, said brackets being adjustable to and from each other and adapted to be turned to hold the curtain-roll on the inner or outer sides of the windoW-casings by loosening the keeper at one end, as set forth.

ln testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE MCKEAN. Witnesses:

E. ALLEY, B. A.`BENED1CT.

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