US732821A - Curtain-pole bracket. - Google Patents

Description

Patented J uly '7, 1903.

HARRY BITNER, OF

CURTAIN-PO BERVVYN, ILLINOIS.

LE BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 732,821, dated July 7, 1903. Application filed March 1 1902. Serial No. 96,239. (No :nodel T all whom it mayiconcern:

Be it known that I, HARRY BITNER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at. Berwyn, in the county of Cook and Stat-e of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Pole Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in curtain-pole brackets, the objects of which are to provide a bracket easy of operation having a lfirm hold upon the curtainpole and also to so construct the bracket that the curtain may pass freely through the same upon the under side of the pole, so that the curtain may be looped directly upon the pole and extend upon both sides of the bracket.

` The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings by means of six figures, of

which- "".Figure 1 is a front elevation of the upper portion of a window, showing a curtain-pole and a pair of brackets supporting the same. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of one ot' the brackets, showing the curtain-pole in section. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal. section of the bracketin line 3 3 of Fig.' 4. Fig. 4 is a top plan .of the bracket. Fig. 5 is a front elevation, and Fig. 6 is a section in line 6 (i of Fig. 2 looking in' the direction of the arrow 6.

Referring to the drawings, the preferred form of the bracket willbe seen to consist of a post or standard A, formed at one end in to `next to the pole.

a base a, adapted to be fastened to the window-casing by means of screws, and at the other end into an arc ct. This post'is shown as made of sheet metal in hollowform open upon the upper side, but presenting a solid appearance from below. A hook B, also arcshaped andp'referablyadapted to substantially complete a circle together with the arc a', is pivoted at b to the post A inside of the latter, so that it may swing upward, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2. This hook is also shown as made of sheet metal trned to form a solid outer appearance and open on the side This form of the post and hook is preferable,because of thesavin g in material and weight, and when the pole is in position the bracket appears as if it were solid, the hollow portions being either upon the up per side, which is not seen, or upon the side next to the pole, which is hidden by the latter.

The manner of inserting the pole in the bracket is illustrated by Fig. 2. The pole is crowded upward against the hook', raising the latter until the two parts are separated sufficiently to allow the pole toslip between. The latter is then drawn forward and down'- ward into the position shown in full lines in Fig. 2, lin which position the weight of the pole and the curtain carried therebytends to draw the hook more firmly into its closed position.

While the particular forni and construction at present preferred has been described minutely, yet it is thought that the same are not material tothe invention broadly considered.

The ad vautages of the invention are, first, the great ease with which the poles may be `placedin the bracket; second, the fact that the weight of the pole itself and of the curtain tightens the clasp of the bracket upon the pole, and, third, the fact that the two parts of the bracket are separated directly beneath the pole, so that a curtain may be placed over the pole itself and may hang down directly therefrom through the lower portion ofthe bracket. The pole and curtain may also be moved freely from side to side by raising the pole sufficiently to loosen the grip of the bracket thereon. This enables the cur* tain to extend beyond the bracket on both sides, and it also makes it possible to use any number of brackets either at the ends of the poles or at any intermediate point thereon, preventing the sagging of the pole and assistingin the holding of the curtain.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-4- 1. Abracket for curtain-poles and the like consisting of a post or standard adapted to abut against the rear side of the pole, and a hooked portion pivoted to said standard back of the center of the pole and extending over in front and beneath the pole whereby the weight of the pole may pull downward upon the hook and tighten its grasp upon the pole; substantially as described.

\ 2. A bracket for curtain-poles and the like consisting of a standard or post having an arc-shaped portion adapted to support the lower rear portion of the pole and a hook pivoted-to the standard back of the center of the pole and extending over in front and beneath rear side of the pole and to extend under the same to substantially the middle thereof and a hook pivoted to the standard back of the center of the pole, extending' over iu front of and returning beneath the pole to substantially the middle thereof whereby the pole rests upon the hook to hold the latter closed and the opening between the hook and the end of the standard is substantially beneath the middle of the pole; substantially as described.

4. A bracketJ for curtain-poles and the like,

consisting of the combination with suitable means of support, of a pole-supporting hook pivoted thereto above the point of the hook upon one side of a vertical plane passing gravity in its normal position for holding the pole.

A bracket for curtain-poles and, the like consisting of a post or standard adapted to abut against the rear side of the pole, and a hooked portion pivoted to said standard back of the center of the pole extending,r over in front and beneath the pole and held in its vclosed position by gravity; substantially as described. Y

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, at Chicago, in the county oi Cook and State of Illinois, this 25th day of February, A. D. 1902.

HARRY BITNER.

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