US2651489A - Curtain rod bracket elevator - Google Patents

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Sept. 8, 1953 CURTAIN ROD BRACKET ELEVATOR Filed May lO, 1949 MINIMUM! T INVENTOR. @0D/ef .E 5

g fiiiqmmu Il R. E. BELL 2,651,489 f;

Patented Sept. 8, 17953 CURTAIN ROD BRACKET ELEVA'IOR` Ralph E.V Ben, Sturgis, Mich., assignor to Kirsch Company, Sturgis, Mich., a corporation of Michigan Application May 10, 1949, Serial No. 92,315

Claims.

This invention relates to supporting brackets of the type used for supporting rods which are used for supporting draperies or curtains. Heretofore it has been customary in the trade to supply brackets which are not adjustable vertically This has resulted in many instances in the necessity for relocating the supporting brackets when the draperies or curtains either stretched or shrank after cleaning. The relocation of these supporting brackets has been both costly and a Source of considerable annoyance to lretail merchants who supply both the curtain or drapery xtures and the draperies.

An object of this invention is to provide such a bracket which may be easily adjusted vertically without the use of tools to make allowance for changed dimensions in draperies or curtains after cleaning and which anchors the rod support rmly in adjusted position. v

Another object is to provide such a bracket which is inexpensive and which may be easily installed in such a way that it is unnecessary for the merchant to service the bracket and draperies or curtains after installation.

Another object is to provide such a bracket which may easily and simply be made from sheet metal stampings.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from` the preferred form of the invention which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which y Fig. 1 is a partial perspective view showing the improved bracket installed in curtain or draperysupporting position;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the supporting bracket;

Fig. 3 is a detailed sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a perspective' view of the curtain rod Supporting member, and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the locking member.

The improved curtain rod'bracket consists of an attaching member which has a base and a spaced wall, which is vertically slotted, and a Supporting member fora curtain rod which is slidably disposed in the slot and has a wedging surface thereon which is engaged by a spring clip which is slidable in the slot and is provided with means for engaging the wedging member to wedge the curtain rod support in adjusted position.

The improved bracket is particularly useful in connection with window treatments where the valance or cornice conceals the'upper portion of the draperies or curtains and in Fig. 1 the bracket,

which is generally indicated at I, is shown mounted on a window casing or cornice return 2, which supports the face member 3 of the cornice. The bracket is behind the face 3 of the cornice and supports a curtain rod 4 on which a curtain or drapery 5 is suspended with its head concealed by the face of the cornice 3.` The rod 4 is supported by a similar bracket at the other end, which is not shown, and may be either a straight supporting rod, a rod of C-shaped cross section or a transverse rod.

The bracket I has a wall-engaging member S which has an attaching base 1, which may be suitably secured to a window casing or cornice return 2 which may be attached to the wall or cornice return 2 by suitable screws or other attaching members 8. The wall-engaging member has awall 9 which is spaced from the base 1 and which is provided with a slot I0 which extends vertically when the bracket is in curtain-supporting position.

As shown in the drawings, the wall-engaging member may be, and preferably is, a section of curtain rod having a C-shaped cross section.

An adjustable curtain-supporting member, shown generally at i I, is slidably disposed in the slot Iii. It has a base I2 which is wider than the slot I0, which is preferably formed of sheet metal. Narrower slanting, wedging members I3 are formed on the base I2, which is preferably sheet metal, in which case the members I3 may be struck up by suitable forming dies. The portions I3 extend from adjacent the ends of the plate toward the other end and are narrower than the slot I0 so that they may project therethrough, as is shown in Fig. 3.

The members I3 extend upwardly from the face Y of the plate I2 a distance greater than the thickness of the Wall 9 and terminate in rod-supportengaging portions I4, which are provided with tapped holes l5 to receive machine screws I6 for attaching rod supports Il which are provided with bases I8 wider than the slot and suitably cupped supporting members I9 in which the ends of the rod 4 are placed.

In the form of invention Shown the rod supporting members I'I are standard rod supporting members of the type which are employed to support C-shaped cross sections in standard drapery hardware practice. It will be obvious that lother rod supporting members could be employed.

The adjustable member II is slidably disposed in the sloty I0 with the plate I2 and the' base I8 embracing the edge of the wall 9 which liesV adjacent the slotv I IJ. V-"I he adjustable member Itis thus held against movement to or away from the wall but is slidable to adjusted vertical position.

To anchor the slidable member ll in adjusted position a spring clip 2U is provided. It is formed of spring sheet metal and consists of a body 2|, which is wider than the slot l and is bent to form a semi-cylindrical engaging member for the outer face of the wall 9 adjacent the slot. The convex side of the body 2| is faced to engage the wall and thus provide an easily slidable member.

Spring tongues 22 extend from the sides .of the body 2| of the spring member or clip 28. These spring tongues extend generally inthe direction of the convexity of the body 21 and beyond the convexity where they terminate in wedging members 23, which are preferably formed `as semi-ey.- lindrical members with their convexity pointing in the direction of the onvexity of the body 2|. The members 23 are Wider than the slot so that the member 20 may be slidably inserted in the slot as shown in Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 with the body 2| thereof outside the slot and .engaging the -Wall 9 while the wedging members 23 lie inside the wall 9 with the tongues 22 extending through `.the slot.

In `order Ato hold the .slidable member `ll in adjusted position, the member 22 is moved to the position shown in Fig. 3 so that one of the wedging -members 23 engages the slanting wedging surface i3 on the plate l2 which clamps the base I8 .of the rod support l1 against the `outer face Vof the Wall 9.

In order to adjust the member H it is only necessary to move it upwardly from this position, which is shown vin Fig. 3, .to disengage the wedging action of the portion I3 with the wedging member 23. The member Il can then be moved to desired position and the member 2e can be easily moved along the slot, where it is retained by the spring action so that it will not fall Vfrom the wall-engaging member 6.

No tools are necessary to make such vertical adjustments of the support as may be desired for compensating for changes in Vdimensions of curtains or .draperies after cleaning. Simple iingertip adjustment is all that is necessary.

The preferred form `of the invention has been described. It will be apparent, however, that other forms of the invention may be employed without departing from the invention and there is no intention of `confining the claims to the specific form of the invention shown and described herein. It is intended only to be limited by the appended claims.

I claim:

l. An adjustable curtain rod supporting bracket comprising a wall engaging member havin g an attaching base and a wall spaced therefrom and having a slot therein, an adjustable member slidable in said slot comprising an inner plate wider Athan said slot and disposed between said attaching base and wall and having a struckup portion narrower than said slot extending from adjacent one end of said plate toward the other end thereof to a rod support engaging portion and forming a slanting wedging surface, a rod support having a base wider than said slot secured to said rod support engaging portion, a spring clip slidable in said slot and having a body wider than said slot disposed on said wall on the face opposite said attaching base adjacent said slot and having a pair of spring tongues narrower than said slot extending therefrom and Athrough said slot, .each terminating in a wedging member wider than said slot, one of which is. adapted to engage the slanting wedging surface of said inner plate to fix said adjustable member on said Wall engaging member.

2. An adjustable curtain rod supporting brack et comprising a wall engaging member having: an attaching base and a wall spaced therefrom. and having a slot therein, an adjustable member slidable in said slot comprising an inner plate wider than said slot and disposed between said attaching base and wall and having a portion narrower than said slot extending from adjacent one endof said plate toward the other end thereof lto a rod lsupport engaging portion and forming a slanting wedging surface, a rod support having a base wider than said slot secured to said rod support engaging portion, a spring clip slidable in said slot and having a body wider than said slot disposedpon said wall on the face opposite said attaching base adjacent said slot and having ya pair o f spring tongues narrower than said slot extending therefrom and through said slot, each terminating in a wedging member wider than said slot, one of which is adapted to engage the slanting wedging surface of said inner plate to fix said adjustable member von said wall engaging member.

3. An adjustable curtain rod supporting bracket comprising a wall engaging member having an attaching base and a wall spaced therefrom and having a slot therein, an adjustable member slidable in said slot comprising an inner plate wider than said slot and disposed between said attaching base land wall and having a struck up portion narrower than said slot extending from adjacent one end of said plate toward the other end thereof to Aa rod support engaging portion and forming a slanting wedging surface, a rod support having a base wider than said slot secured to said rod support engaging portion, a sheet metal spring clip slidable in said slot and having a body wider than said slot formed `as a semi-cylinder disposed with its convex side on said wall on the face opposite said attaching base adjacent said slot and having a pair of spring tongues narrower than said slot extending therefrom and through said slot, each terminating in a formed semi-cylindrical wedging member wider than said slot with the concave side engaging said wall and one of which is adapted to engage the slanting wedging surfaeeof said inner plate with its convex side to fix said adjustable member on said wall engaging member.

4. An adjustable curtain rod supporting bracket comprising a wall ,engaging member having an attaching base and a wall spaced therefrom and having a slot therein, an adjustable member slidable in said slot comprising an inner plate wider than said slot and disposed between said attaching base and Wall and having a portion narrower than said slot extending from adjacent one end of said plate toward the other end thereof to a rod support engaging portion and forming a slanting wedging surface, a rod support having a base wider than said slot secured to said rod support engaging portion, a sheet metal spring clip slidable in said slot and having a body wider than said slot formed as a semicylinder disposed with its convex side on said Wall on the face opposite said attaching base adjacent said slot and having a pair of spring tongues narrower than said slot extending there'- from and through said slot, each terminating in a formed semicylindrical Wedging member wider than said slot with the concave side engaging said Wall and one of which is adapted to engage the slanting wedging surface of said inner plate with its convex side to fix said adjustable member on said wall engaging member.

5. In a curtain rod supporting bracket a spring clip comprising a body formed as a semi-cylinder with the convex side forming a sliding support engaging surface, a pair of spring tongues narroWer than said body extending from the sides of said body beyond the convex side and normal to the axis of said semi-cylindrical body, each terminating in a wider semi-cylindrical member with the convexity thereof extending in the same direction as said convex side of the body and with its axis parallel to the axis of said body, said clip being adapted to be inserted siidably in a slot in a support having a slotted Wall with the body and semi-cylindrical members of the tongues disposed with their axes across said slot and on opposite faces of the Wall with said tongues in the slot.

RALPH BELL.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 880,941 Waldorf Mar. 3, 1908 1,739,057 Bock Dec, 10, 1929 1,820,646 Boss 1 Aug. 25, 1931 2,185,385 Rose Jan. 2, 1940 2,185,648 Reedy et a1. Jan. 2, 1940 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 398,574 Great Britain Sept. 21, 1933

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