US736559A - Combined shade and curtain support. - Google Patents

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No. 736,559. V PATENTED AUG. 18, 1903.

G. S. SNELL;

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CHARLES SUMNER SNELL, OE LEWISTON, MAINE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN H. WEBER, OF LEWISTON, MAINE.

COMBINED SHADE AND CURTAIN SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 736,559, dated August 18, 1903. Application filed April 27, 1903. Serial No. 154,482. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES SUMNER SNELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lewiston, in the county of Androseoggin and State 5 of Maine, have invent-ed certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Shade and Curtain Support; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, suchas will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in combined shade and curtain supports.

The object of the invention is to provide a I bracket or support of this character which can be quickly applied to a window-casing without the use of screws or nails and which can be used as a support forboth a shaderoller and curtain-pole or for the shaderoller 2o alone.

A further object is to provide a supporting device of this character which will be simple, strong, and durable, inexpensive, and well adapted to the use for which it is designed.

Vith these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the upper corner of a window-casing, showing the application of the device. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the same, showing the 3 5 manner of fastening the bracket to the casing. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the blank from which the bracket is formed. Fig. 4 is a detail side view of the curtain-rod-supporting hook, and Fig. 5 is a horizontal section through the bracket on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2.

In the drawings, 1 denotes the shade-roller bracket, 2 denotes the attaching bar or plate,

and 3 denotes the curtain-pole-supporting hook or hanger.

The shade-roller bracket 1 and the attaching plate orbar 9 are preferably formed in one piece, the bracket 1 being arranged near the lower end of the bar 2 and bent outward at right angles to the same and is of the cus- 5o tomary shape or form, having in its upper outer'end a slot or hole 4 for receiving the casting on the outer end of the shade-roller. The bracket 1 is further provided in its side with two pairs of horizontally-disposed slits 5, arranged one above the other, and the metal 5 5 between each pair of slits is bent or struck out to form alined openings into which is adapted to be inserted the stem or shank 6 of the curtain-pole hook or hanger 3, which may be of any suitable shape or fancy design, the form shown in the drawings consisting of the vertically-disposed shank 6, provided near its lower end with a shoulder 7, which is adapted to rest upon the upper edge of the bent-out metal between the upper pair of slits 5 to limit the downward movement of the shank in said slits.

The upper end of the shank 6 is curved outwardly, and on the end of said outwardlycurved portion is formed a depending semi- 7o circular-shaped supporting-arm 8, ending in a fancy turn, or, if desired, this end may be provided with an ornamental design.

The attaching bar or plate 2, on which the bracket is integrally formed, is provided on its lower end with an inwardly-turned pointed teeth 2, which is adapted to be driven into the side of the window-casing. The upper portion of the bar 2 above the bracket 3 is bent forwardly or outwardly away from the face of the casing, as shown at 9, the object of which is to provide space for ornamental molding, which is sometimes used for window-casings. The upper end of the bar is bent rearwardly to form a horizontally-disposed upper attaching-arm 10, provided on its inner end with a downwardly-turned point 2 which is adapted to be driven into the upper edge of the window-casing, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, and by means of which and the point 0 2 the bracket is attached to the casing.

In a shade and curtain bracket as herein described it will be seen that a bracket and means for hanging the same have been provid ed which possesses many advantages over 5 similar supports nowin use, among which are the quickness with which the same may be attached or detached, doing away with the use of nails or screws, thereby avoiding defacement of the window-casings, as the small indentures caused by the attaching-points are hardly perceptible. Further, the means for attaching the brackets are always at hand and in readiness for hanging the same. It will also be noticed that when the curtain-pole support is not wanted it can quickly be removed from the bracket and the same used simply as a shade-support.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

'Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A combined shade and curtain support consisting of a shade roller bracket, having formed therein vertically-alined openings, and a curtain-pole support provided with a vertically-disposed shank adapted to engage the vertically-alined opening in said bracket, to support said hanger, a vertically-disposed attaching-bar formed integralwith said shaderoller bracket, the upper portion of said bar being offset or bent outwardly from the lower portion thereof and formed with a rearwardlybent attaching-arm, having a downwardlybent pointed tooth adapted to be driven into the upper edge of a window-casing and an inwardly-projecting pointed tooth formed on the lower end of said bar and adapted to be driven into the face of said window-casing, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES SUMNER SNELL.

\Vitnesses:

WV. B. SKELTON, W. H. STURM.

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