US939815A - Curtain-bracket. - Google Patents

Description

G. B. DUMOND.

CURTAIN BRACKET.

APPLICATION ,IILED APR.13.1909.

939,81 5. Patented Nov. 9, 1909.

A CHARLES B. DUMOND, or WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT,"

CURTAIN-BRACKET. I

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. ,9, 1909,.

Application filed April 13, I909. Seria1 N0. 489,586.

T all whom it may concern:

, ended member of the invention.

Be it known that I, CHARLES B. DUMoND, a citizen or the United States, residing at \Vaterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Brackets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My inyention relates to improvements in what may be termed curtain brackets.

It has for its object to provide for the ad-.

j ustment in place upon Windows of the usual lace curtain or a window shade or both.

It has for a further object to readily adust or accommodate the bracket to window blocks of varying widths, without the use of additional fastenings and with facility as well as expeditiously. i

Other objects of the invention will, beiapparent from the subjoin ed description.

Said invention consists of certain instrumentalities or features substantially as hereinafter fully disclosed and defined byv the claims. In the accompanying'drawings illustratmg thepreferred embodiment of my invention, Figure l is a perspective view of my invention as applied to use. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the bottom hookended member of the invention; Fig. 3 is a broken detached perspective view of the upper hook Fig. 4: is a like view of the upper limb of the lace curtain pole supporting member. Fig. 5 is also a broken perspective view of the lower limb or brace of said curtain pole supporting member, and, Fig. 6 is a sectional view of a modification showing means of adjusting parts of the bracket.

In constructing my invention, I form the same of a member 1, a member 2,- and a member 3, the last-referred-to member forming the support for one end of the curtain po e wardly curved and bifurcated or pronged as at 4.for its ready engagement with the upper edge of the window block or frame 5, said member 1 also having a multiplicity of preferably right-angled openings 6 therein, the function of which w1ll presently appear. Said member has also outstanding The member 1 preferably of. the general outline shown hasits upper end down- 50 laterally therefrom at one edge, an'apertured or eye-ended stud. or bearing 7 to receive the gudegeon or trunnion' of an ordi-' nary window shade roll, as well understood. Said member has also near its upper curved .or hooked end an outstanding downwardly pointed hook orcleat 8, the same being referably formed bypunching up or out from said member, said cleat or hook, as will be readily appreciated more particularly from Fig. 3, incidentally lessening the difiiculty of manufacturing thesame, the function of which cleat or hook will also appear later.

The member 2 has its lower end reversely curved as'relates to the upper end of the member 1, being adapted to engage the lower edge of the window block or head. Said member has connected to itsupper end, preferably as shown at 9, a loop or keeper 10 adapted to" be passed through'any one of the multiplicity of openings 6 of the member 1, as seen in Fig. 1, said connection be:

ing efiected preferably by forming the up per end' of the member 2 with a roll or eye 11 and likewise forming the corresponding end of the loop 10 with eyes and passing the same through slots 12 in the upper end of said member into the roll or eye, a pin or pintle 13 being finally passed through the eye 11 and the eyes of the loop 10 for the retention of these parts in assembled .positionfl It will be seen, by suitably adjusting I the loop 10 through any of the openings 6, that the bracket members 1 and 2 may be relatively extended or contracted to accommodate the brackets or fixture to the window 1 blocks or headsof different depths as circumstances may require.

The member 3 forms a'support for one end of the 'lace curtain pole, as above intimated, and has its horizontal portion or limb formed at the inner end with an upstanding or right-angled hook 14 adapted. to fit flush against the member 1' and adapted to engage the hook or cleat 8 of said member as indicated in Fig.1, said limb of the member 3 having a slot or opening 15 therein, close up to its hook portion 14, to receive and permit the passage therethrough of the cleat or hook 8," thus formin with the latter an interlocking action a twist any possible upward displacement 0 said member, The lower preferably diagonal limb or brace 3 of the member 3 whose upper end is riveted or screwed to the horizontal limb of said member, has

its lower endprovided with a tongue 16 adapted to be received by, and eifect en-i *gagement with the lower end of the loop-10 as clearly shown 1n Fig. 1-, thus also forming are desiderata especially in this class of devices, as will be readily appreciated. Also it is noted, as before explained, that the use of additional fastenings, as nails, screws and the like, are wholly dispensed with in applying the contrivance for use, which also renders the operation expeditious and promotes facility in applying the same, besides being exceedingly simple and relatively inexpensive of manufacture, while it is equally adapted, as above indicated, for use in hanging the ordinary window shade as well as lace curtains upon windows.

In Fig, 6 of the drawings I have shown means for adjusting longitudinally the diagonal brace 3 in which instance said brace is formed in two parts, 3 and 3, the part 3 being slidably mounted on the part 3 and being provided at its lower end with the tongue '16, while 'a similar tongue 16 is formed at its upper end and bent at right' angles to the member 3 and extends through a slot 2) in themember-3 the member 3 being held in its adjusted position by means of a binding screw 3 and in this manner it will be readily seen that the length of the member 3 may be increased or decreased as occasion may require.

1. A device of the character described, comprising hook ended members, one of said members having an outstanding bearing and a multiplicity of open ngs-therein, and the other member having a loop passed through or effecting engagement with. any one of said openings and a pole support having connection with one of said mmbers and with the loop of the other member.

2. A device of the character described,

comprising hook ended members, one of said' members having an additional outstanding downwardly presented hook and the other ings, and

' said upstanding member having aloop, one of said members having a multiplicity of openings adapted to receive said loop and, a pole supporting member having its upper limb provided with a hook at one end for engagement "with said downwardly presented hook, the lower limb of said last-referred to membenhaving engagement with said loop.

3. A device of the character described, comprising hook ended members, one of said members having an'additional downwardly presented hook near its upper end and a multiplicity of. openings therein, and the other member-having a loop connected to its upper end for engagement with said opena pole supporting member having limb provided at one end with an hook and a slot near said hook,

hook receiving said additional downwardly presented hook and said slot also receiving said downwardly presented hook, the lower limbof said pole supits upper upstanding porting member having a tongue for engagement with said loop I i. A device of the character described,

comprising hook ended members, one of said members having an additional downwardly presented hook and a lateral outstanding bearing, also a multiplicity of openings, the other hook ended member having a loop at its upper end for engagement with said openings and depending in front I of the first-referred to hook ended member and a pole supporting member having its lower limb rovided with a tongue for engagement Wlth said loop, the upper limb of the last-referred to member havingan'upstanding hook presented to the first-referred to hook ended member, also a slot at the. base of said upstanding hook, said first-referred to downwardly presented hook being received by said upstanding hook andthe slot of said pole supporting member.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses. Y

' CHARLES B. DUMOND.

Witnesses:

.FRnDERIGK C. BAUBY,

Dom n on MONEFREEL.

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