US736467A - Adjustable curtain-bracket. - Google Patents

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No. 736,467. PATENTED AUG. 18, 1908. G. W. WIGGINS & G. E. QUITTMEYBR.

ADJUSTABLE CURTAIN BRACKET.

APIPLIOATION FILED MAY 6, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

WITNESSES. Q INVENTORS M MW w? @fi UNITED STATES Patented August 18, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE TV. YVIGGINS AND GEORGE E. QUITTMEYER, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

ADJUSTABLE CURTAIN-BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 736,467, dated August 18, 1903.

Application filed May 6, 1903. Serial No. 155,920. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE W. WIoeINs and GEORGE E. QUITTMEYER, citizens of the United States, residing at Bridgeport, county of Fairfield, State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Adjustable Curtain- Bracket, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to the class of curtainbrackets in which the bracket proper upon one or both sides of the window-casing is made adjustable on an attaching'plate which is permanently secured to the casing.

The invention is especially adapted for use in apartments or tenements built for rent and liable to have frequent changes of occupants, it beingcontemplated that builders of newtencments or the owners of old ones will put up adjustable curtain-brackets, so that tenants having curtains of their own may hang them in the brackets already there without loss of time, without the trouble of putting up new brackets, and without causing the slightest injury to the window-casing, it being a matter of common knowledge to those owning or in charge of tenements that it is a common thing for window-casings to be driven full of nail-holes and frequently to be split and practically ruined by the nailing up of curtainbracket plates by one tenant after another.

It is one of the objects of this invention to provide a complete curtain-bracketthat is, the bracket proper and the attaching-plate which shall be neat and attractive in appearance and may be formed complete from two pieces of sheet metal and at a minimum cost, so that purchasers of curtain-brackets, in additionv to the special advantages of adj ustable brackets, will have additional reason for selecting them, both 011 account of their neat and attractive appearance and the low price at which they may be sold.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a curtain-bracket and an attaching-plate therefor formed from two pieces of sheet metal so shaped that the bracket will be held by friction firmly in any position in which it may be placed in the attaching-plate without additional devices of any sort.

Itis a further object of the invention to provide a curtain-bracket which shall be adj ustable and self-retaining in an attaching-plate and shall also have formed integral therewith a curtain-pole bracket.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in certain constructions and in certain parts, improvements, and combinations which will be hereinafter described and then specifically pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figures 1 and 2 are perspectives illustrating the principle of the invention applied to brackets for the opposite sides of a window-casing; Fig. 3, an end view, on an enlarged scale, illustrating the mode in which the bracket is held by frictional engagement at any position on an attachingplate in which it may be placed; and Fig. 4: is a perspective showing a form of the invention in which a curtain-pole bracket is made integral with an adjustable self-retaining curtain-bracket.

10 denotes the bracket proper, having a short base-plate 11 formed integral with or rigidly secured thereto, brackets for one side of a window-casing being provided with round holes 12, and brackets for the other side of the casing being provided with angular openings 13 to receive the respective ends of a curtain-roller, the fact of both brackets being adjustable enabling us to substitute an angular opening for the angular slot commonly in use.

14 denotes a curtain-pole bracket-'5. a, a bracket to support a pole for lace or other curtains-which is shown as formed integral with the curtain-bracket, although it may of course be formed from a separate piece of metal and riveted or soldered to the curtainbracket. \Ve preferably,however, form the curtain-pole bracket in the form of a strip of metal integral with the curtain-bracket, said strip being given a half-turn, as at 15, and curved downward and then upward again to adapt it to receive and retain a curtain-pole.

16 denotes the attaching-plate, the edges of which are bent outward and then inward to form grooves 17, with overhanging lips 19, which receive the edges of the base-plate. In order to provide without additional expense a reliable means of making the baseplates and the bracket or brackets carried thereby self-locking by frictional contact in any position in which they may be placed, we form a longitudinal convex curve 18 at the mid-width of the attaching-plates, so that the central portion only of the base-plates will bear upon the attaching-plates, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, the edges of the outer sides of the base-plates being forced against the overhanging lips of the attaching-plates, as is also clearly shown in Fig. 3. This convex curve of the attaching-plates springs the baseplates slightly, so that they are gripped firmly between three points of contact, the central portion of the backs of the base-plates being engaged by the curves in the attaching-plates, and the edges of the outer faces of the baseplates engaging the overhanging lips.

The operation of our novel adjustable bracket will be so obvious as to hardly require description. The attaching-plates are secured to the opposite sides of a window casing by screws 20 and need never be moved after being once attached in place. The brackets are then slid into the grooves in the attaching-plates, the base-plates of the brackets being slightly sprung to cause them to enter the grooves, one bracket for each windowcasing being provided with a round hole, the other with an angular opening. As both brackets are adjustable with a light tap of a hammer and will remain securely in any position in which they may be placed, it is obvious that there is not the slightest difficulty in hanging a curtain securely in a moments time and also in adjusting it centrally to the window. The pole-bracket, of course, requires no special adjustment. A curtainpole may be securely locked in place by recurving the upper end of the curtain-pole bracket inward slightly to cause it togrip the pole above the center, as at 21.

Owing to the fact that the longitudinal convexity of the attaching-plate is continuous, the base-plates of the brackets may be made quite short in length without impairing the frictional hold of the parts. Therefore the amount of metal required is reduced to the minimum,-the whole attachment is light, and the brackets may be set much closer together than would be possible if the combined longitudinal convex curve at its mid-width which engages the central portion of the back of the base-plate and forces the outer face of the edges of the base-plate against the overhanging lips, whereby a short base-plate carrying the bracket proper may be locked in any position in which it may be placed lengthwise of the attaching-plate.

2. An adj ustable curtain-bracket comprising a bracket proper having a short baseplate, an opening for engagement by one end of a curtain-roller and a curtain-pole bracket extending therefrom, and an attaching-plate having overhanging lips forming grooves to receive the edges of the base-plate and a continuous longitudinal convex curve at its midwidth which engages the central portion of the back of the base-plate and forces the outer face of the edges of the base-plate against the overhanging lips, substantially as shown, for the purpose specified.

3. The combination with a curtain-bracket having a curtain-pole bracket formed integral therewith and given a half -turn then curved downward and upward to partly inclose a curtain-pole and a base-plate, of an attaching plate having overhanging? lips which form grooves to receive the edges of the-base-plate and a central longitudinal convex curve which engages the back of the attaching-plate and forces the outer face of the edges of the attaching-plate against the overhanging lips, whereby the curtain-bracket and curtain-pole bracket are locked in any position in which they may be placed.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

GEORGE WV. WIGGINS. GEORGE E. QUITTMEYER. Witnesses:

15AvID SoMERs, CARL O. WILLIAMS.

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