US708156A - Window-shade hanger. - Google Patents

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N0. 708,156. Patented Sept. 2, I902.

I J. B. MERKEL. WINDOW SHADE HANGER.

(Application filed Nov. 22, 1901.,

(No Model.) I

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES B. MERKEL, OF HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI.

WINDOW-SHADE HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 708,156, dated September 2, 1902.

Application filed November 22, 1901. Serial No. 83,310. (No model.) i

T0 all whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that 1, JAMES B. MERKEL,a citizen of the United States, residing at Hattiesburg,in the county of Perry and State of Mississippi, have invented a new and useful'Window-Shade Hanger, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvementsin window-shade hangers.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of window-shade hangers and to provide an exceedingly simple and inexpensive one adapted to be readily applied to a window and capable of adj ustment to accommodate itself to windows of different widths.

A further object of the invention is to pro vide a window-shade hanger of this character adapted to receivean ordinary spring-roller window-shade and a pole forsupporting lace curtains or other drapery and adapted also to be readily operated to lower the same within convenient reach to permit the curtains or drapery to be removed,replaced,and adjusted or draped as desired.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a window-shade hanger constructed in accordance with this invention and shown applied to a window. Fig. 2 is a detail vertical sectional view. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the brackets. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view showing another form of bracket.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the draw lngs.

l designates a supporting-frame composed of two rods 2 and a central tubular section 3, receiving the adjacent ends of the rods and adapted to permit the frame to be adjusted laterally to vary its width to suit the window to which it is to be applied. The rods are provided at their outer ends with arms 4, terminating in laterally extending pivots or pintles 5, which are arranged in suitable bearings 6, whereby the frame is adapted to swing upward and downward to raise and lower its top portion. The bearings 6 may consist of the screw-eyes shown in Fig. 1, or any other form of bearing may be employed.

The frame, which supports brackets 7 and 8, is held in a raised position by a catch 9, consisting of a horizontal spring or' bar secured at its inner end to the window-frame and provided at its outer endwith a curved bend forming a jaw and receiving and'adapted to conform to the configuration of the adjacent arm 4 of the hinged supporting-frame. The supporting-frame is adapted to be readily swung inward and outward into and out of engagement with the catch when sufficient power is applied, and the outer end of the catch is bent at a slight angle to enable it to be readily deflected when the supportingframe is swung upward. The supportingframe is swung upward and downward by rods 10, provided at their lower ends with rings and having their upper ends bent at right angles to form eyes-11 and to provide arms 12. The eyes are arranged on the top of the supporting-frame, and the arms, which extend outward therefrom, terminate in hooks 13, which are adapted to receive a curtainpole or other suitable device for supporting lace curtains, draperies, and the like. When the hinged frame is swung downward, it rests against a support 14, which is substantially U-shaped, being provided at its outer end with a transversely-disposed portion 15, curved inward to form a seat.

The brackets 7 and 8, which are adapted to support a curtain-shade, depend from the top of the frame and each consists ofa strip of metal having its upper portion doubled on itself to form an eye 16 and secured to the body portion of the bracket by a bolt 17. The bolt 17, which connects the body portion of the bracket and the upper end of the strip of metal of which the bracket is constructed, is adapted to cause the bracket to clamp the supporting frame. The lower end of the bracket 8 is bent upon itself to form a circular bearing-eye 19 to receive the round jour nal of a curtain shade roller. The other bracket '7 has its lower end bent upon itself to form an approximately U-shaped support or bearing 20, which is open at its top and which is adapted to receive the journal of the curtain-roller that is connected with the spring thereof. The journal 21, which is fiattened, is retained in the recess of the U- shaped bearing 20 by a clamp 22, consisting of an approximately horizontal top portion 23 and a hook-shaped lower portion. The top portion 23 extends across the top of the U- shaped bearing and engages a shoulder 24 of the body of the bracket, and the depending hook-shaped portion passes around and engages the bottom of the bracket, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The lower terminal of the clamp is bent outward to enable it to be readily grasped, and the hook-shaped portion is adapted to be readily swung into and out of engagement with the bottom of thebracket. When the clamp is detached, the journal 21 of the curtain-roller is adapted to be readily removed from the bracket through the open top of the bearing, and when the clamp is replaced the journal is securely confined in the bearing.

In Fig. 4 of the drawings is illustrated a modification of the invention, in which the clamp 25 is arranged the reverse of that shown in Fig. 2. In Fig. 2 the bracket is bent to form the shoulder 24, and in Fig. 4 the bracket is provided with an opening 26, through which the top of the clamp extends. The top of the clamp extends forward from the top of the bracket and confines the springjournal therein.

It will be seen that the curtain-shade hanger is exceedingly simple and inexpensive in construction, that it is adapted to support a curtain-shade and lace curtains or similar dra peries, and that it is adapted to permit the same to be readily lowered within easy reach. It will also be seen that the window-shade hanger is adapted to permit the shade, lace curtains, or other draperies of the window to be readily dropped below the top of the window to afford either ventilation or light and to enable the air to pass freely through the top of the window when the upper sash is lowered.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details .of construction within the scope of the appended claims may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention, such as varying the form of the brackets 7 and 8 and permanently securing the same to the supporting-frame instead of making them detachable, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

What I claim is- 1. A device of the class described comprising a supporting-frame designed to be hinged to a window-frame and adapted to swing upward and downward, brackets carried by the frame and adapted to support a curtainshade, and rods forming handles and provided with eyes receiving the frame, said rods being also provided with arms arranged to support a curtain-pole, substantially as described.

2. A device of the class described comprising a supporting-frame provided with arms designed to be hinged to a window-frame at opposite sides thereof and capable of swinging upward and downward, brackets carried by the frame and adapted to support a curtain-shade, rods hinged to the frame and forming handles for operating the same and provided with arms arranged to support a curtain-pole, a catch arranged at one side of the frame in position for engaging the same and adapted to hold the said frame in an elevated position, and a support located below the catch and arranged to receive the frame when the latter is swung downward, substantially as described.

3. A device of the class described comprising a hinged supporting-frame arranged to swing upward and downward, means for holding the frame in an elevated position, brackets carried by the frame, one of the brackets being provided with an eye and the other bracket having a substantially U- shaped bearing portion, and a resilient clamp detachably mounted on the bearing portion of the bracket and extending across the said bearing portion from the exterior of one side and terminating at the inner face of the opposite side, substantially as described.

4. A device of the class described com prisinga frame,a bracket carried by the frame and provided with an approximately U-shaped bearing porti0n,and a resilient clamp extending across the top of the bearing portion of the bracket and having a hook-shaped lower portion engaging the bottom of the bracket, substantially as described.

5. A device of the class described com prising a frame, a bracket carried by the frame and provided with an approximately U shaped bearing portion and having a shoulder at the top thereof, and a resilient clamp interlocked with the bracket at the bottom thereof and having an upper portion extending across the bearing portion of the bracket from the exterior of one side and terminating at the inner face of the opposite side and engaging the shoulder, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES B. MERKEL.

WVitnesses:

N. W. EWING, MARGARET I'I. SULLIVAN.

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