US708280A - Adjustable curtain-bracket. - Google Patents

Description

- Paented'sepf. 2,1902.

L. A. wATTs. V ADJUSTABLE CURTAINBRACKET.

(Appliacicn-med sept. 2e, 1 901.)

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LOUIS A. IVATTS, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GEORGE SCHOTT, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

ADJUSTABLE CURTAIN=BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 708,280, dated September 2, 1902. Application filed September 26, Vi901. Serial No. 76,707. (No model.)

Beit known that I, LOUIS A. WATTS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, county of Hamilton, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Curtain-Brackets and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to curtain-brackets; and the principal object thereof is to provide a simple and inexpensive bracket which will be readily adjustable both longitudinally and transversely of the shade-roller or curtainrod in accordance with the length of the latter or the distance at which it is desired to secure the same from Vthe window-frame or other support.

The invention will hereinafter be lirst fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and then more particularly pointed out in the claims following this descriptionr In said drawings, in which corresponding parts in the several views are designated by like letters of reference, Figure 1 is a plan view of the device embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, partly in section; and Fig. 4 is a front elevation of a window-frame, showing a shade-roller attached thereto by means of my improved brackets.

Referring to the drawings by specific letters of reference, A designates a flat metal base-plate longitudinally grooved or channeled at its lower side, as indicated by the letter C, and having its rface longitudinally slotted, as shown at B,"the said base-plate being designed for attachment to a windowframe or othersupport and represented with lugs orprojections havingscre'w-apertures for such attachment. A slide D is adjustably fitted in said grooved base-plate and locked in desired position by means of a set-screw E, which is preferably screwed into said slide and movable therewith along the slot B, said setscrew having a flat-bottom head adapted to engage the face of the base-plate. The said slide D is provided with a tubular extension or sleeve F,Yprojecting outwardly through the slot B at right angles tothe base-plate, it being apparent that the member D may be easily inserted in place in the base-plate from the under side thereof. An arm or pin G is slidably fitted in said sleeve F, but held from turning and locked at any desired position by means of a set-screw H, entered through the sleeve, preferably at the side adjacent the set-screw E. The arm or pin G is adapted to support the end of the curtain-rod or shade-roller and in the construction herein illustrated is formed with an outer head or enlargement having a suitable socket or openingI therein toY receive the spindle .I of a roller K, which carries the shade L, said spindle being preferably inserted at the side opposite the setscrews E and H to prevent interference thereby with the shade roller or curtain. The opening I may be circular fora rotating spindle, as shown,or angular forastationary spindle, such as those of spring-rollers.

. Itis apparent that the device may be adjusted longitudinally and transversely of the shade-roller by manipulation of the slide D and arm or pin G, respectively, so that rollers of different lengths or of different sizes may be attached in proper position to the windowfr'ame or other support without changing the positions of the brackets.

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

1. An adjustable curtain-bracket comprising a base-plate adapted to be secured to a window-frame or support, said base-plate being longitudinally grooved at its under side and having its face longitudinally slotted, a slide tt'ed in said grooved base-plate having an integral sleeve projecting through said slotted face at right angles, a set-screw locking said sleeve in position, an arm slidably fitted in said sleeve having a head formed to support a roller-spindle, and a set-screw locking said arm in position; substantially as described.

2. An adjustable curtain-bracket comprising a base-plate adapted for attachment to a support, said plate being longitudinally grooved at its under side and having its face longitudinally slotted, an angle-shaped mem- IOO ber having one arm siidably fitted in said I having a fiat base engaging the face of the grooved base-plate and its other arm eXtendbase-plate, and a roller-supporting member 1o ing through the slotted face thereof, said latadjustably secured in the sleeve-arm of said ter arm being in the form of a sleeve and of member, substantially as described.

5 proper external size to permit insertion or de- LOUIS A. WATTS.

taohment ot' the member from the under side Witnesses: of the base-plate, a set-screw screwed into the OWEN N. KINNEY, upper part of the slide-arm of said member H. J. APPLING.

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