US845355A - Curtain-support. - Google Patents

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IINTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM HUBERT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN WEIMER, OFCHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CURTAIN-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 26, 1907.

Application i'lled July 5,1906. Serial No. 324.808.

citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Supports, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for attaching bar or short window curtains especially but applicable to curtains and draperies in general, the principal features being brackets which for window use are attachable to the window frame or sash, as desirable.

A further feature of this invention is an improved elastic metallic rod for supporting the curtain.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view or elevation showing the device applied to a window. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the end brackets, both being similar or interchangeable. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the elastic or adjustable rod or cable for supporting the curtain. 1

In the drawings, 9 is the window curtain or shade.

1() refers to one of the brackets as a whole, comprising, specifically, a box-like or rectangular upper part 10a open at its top and provided with three walls having slots 10b, each of which has a lower circular enlargement 10C. Extending downwardly from the boX or upper part is a plate 10d, having screw-holes for attaching the bracket to the window-frame 11 or sash.

The elastic cable or rod for supporting the curtain is made of a steel closely-coiled wire 12a. This cable is attached at its ends to heads 13, each having a socket 13, into which the coil is inserted and attached by solder or otherwise. Each head 13 has a reduced neck 13b and a button or enlargement 13C. These heads are intended and adapted to engage the slots in the brackets 10. By entering the reduced neck 13b in the slot 10h the button will then engage in the larger hole 10C and prevent aocidental disengagement of the hanger.

On account of the cable being elastic it is easily stretched to suit various widths of windows or window-frames. When it is desired to clean the window, the cable, without removing the curtain therefrom, may be detached from one bracket and looped, the head at the free end being inserted into one of the unoccupied notches in the' other bracket, so that both ends of the cable will be attached to one bracket and the curtain will thus be hung out of the way until it is put up again. These brackets may be attached on the sides of the window-frame or on the face of the same, the slots being provided in all three sides of the bracket. The elastic cable so formed will support a light or ordinary curtain, as well as a rod, and, furthermore, will not break when accidentally struck or leaned against or when the curtain is pulled down by children or others, since it will yield to all ordinary pulls and will then return to original position.

I claim* 1. The combination in a curtain-support, of an elastic cable having at the ends thereof heads with reduced necks, and enlarged por tions adjacent to said necks, and a basket having a slot extending in from one edge thereof and terminating in an enlarged hole, the slot being adapted to receive the neck and allow said enlarged portion to enter the enlarged hole.

2. The combination in a curtain-support, of a flexible cable having heads at `the ends thereof, and brackets comprising box-like bodies having a plurality of walls each of which is provided with a slot in which one of the heads is engageable.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this speciiication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM HUBERT.

Witnesses'. v

H. G. BATCHELOR, WM. J. ROBINSON.

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