US1083082A - Window-shade bracket. - Google Patents

Description

, E. GIBBONS.

WINDOW SHADE BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 22, 1913.

1,083,082, Patented Dec. 30, 1913.

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of this character which may be easily and EDWARD GIBBONS, OF FALL RIVER, MASS ACHUSETTS WINDOW-SHADE BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed April 22, 1913.

- "Patented Dec. 30, i913.

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Serial N 0. 762,840.

T allwlwmit may ll are provided with openings for the recep- 13c it known that I, Enwann 'GIHHOXR, a I tig n of trunnions formed upon the arms 9 citizen of the United States, residing at Fall provided upon the upper bifurcated portion River, in the county of Bristol and State of t 01' a catch 10.. This Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in 'indow-Shade Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improve- I casing to be forced by the catch 10 throu h ments 111 window fixtures for supporting the opening 4 and 'into engagement with e shade rollers and curtain poles, the object I facqof the casing, the peculiar shapeof the of the invention being to provide a device teeth 11 causing the same to enter the casing at an angle to the said casing and also causing the entering point 7 of the ffing be drawn tightly'within the u er or longitudinal edge of said casing. e openinigfi is arranged directly between theflarms 9 of the catch 10, so, i necessary, andas illustrated in Fig. 4 of the'drawings an additional securing element in the orm of a' tack 12 may be inserted into thesaid ,openprovided with an inturned areuate'sharpened tooth l1, and the said tooth is adapted when upoirthe frame of any ordinary window and sustained thereon by elements directly connected with the fixture, the Said elements being so arranged as to obviate nailing the fixture as well as permitting the easy removal of the fixture.

\Vith the above recited objects in view,

and others which willappear as the nature of the invention is more fully understmd, the improvement resides in the construction, combination and arrangement 01 parts set forth in the following Specificat ion and fallwithin the scope of the appended claims.

quickly positioned tack. contacting with the arms 9 swinging of the catch. ever, it has been found mation of the teeth 11 prevents thedirect outward movement of the catch, and furthermore, the ears 8 exerting a tension against the fixture in applied positron upon a window casing a shade roller and a curtain pole, Fig. 2 is a top plan view ofthe same, the dotted lines illustrating the various positions orangles which the pole supporting bracket may assume, Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view on the line 3, and illustrating a removable attaching element which cooperates with the hinged latch for'retaining the fixture upon the casin 7 t Referring now to the drawing in detail, the numeral 1 designates an ordinary window casing and 2 my improved fixture or bracket which is adapted 'tobe arranged upon the casing. The bracket comprises a flat body member 3 which is provided adjacent its lower portion with a pair of spaced openings e and 5 respectively, and at its top with inturned fingers 6 which have their extremities downturned and sharpened to provide knife points 7 which areadapted to enter the upper or horizontal member of the window casing. The body, diametrically op posite the opening 5, is formed with integral ears 8, the said body being constructed of resilientmaterial. permitting the ears to exert a tension toward each other. The ears 1 dental swinging movement of the said arms in either direction.

inner edge of formed upwardly curved arm 13, the same being disposed at a right angle to the body, and the upper portion of the body is proreception of the trunnion of said roller 15.

an extension 16 and the end of this extension is curved upon itself to provide a socket 17 for the reception of one of the angular ends 18 of a guard The opposite angular end 20 of said rod is projected upwardly, or in an opposite direction to the angular end 18 of the said rod, and the end 20 is adapted to receive the sleeve 21 of a curved curtain pole support 22. By so constructing the rod 19 and proriding the pole support with the sleeve 20 and the bracket 2 with the socket 17, it will be noted that the rod 19 may be swung to am desired .angle with relation to the bracket and also that the support 22 may be rotated to any desired angle with relation er 6 toing' to within the casing, the head of the and efiec: uvely preventing the accidental outward 7 From practice, howm that the employment,

in the drawings: Figure 1 1s a perspective of a tack is not essential, as the roundedforev the outer sides of the arms prevent the acci- Arranged upon what may be termed the bracket 2 is an integrally,

vided with a suitable opening 14.- for the v pole supporting rod 19.. l

the bracket is positioned upon the window .95 The upper edge of the body is provided with that'the extending portion of the-catch may easily grasped and the said bracket "T. swung" outwardly to bring its tooth out of 'ceive curtain poles of varying lengths.

thero'd 19,50 it will be noted that the support may be adjusted toward or away from; the-casing 1, andalso adjusted to riat is to befunderstood that there is suilicient frictional; engagement between the angular ends 18 and 20 of the rod 19 and the bores of the sleeve and socket to prevent the accidental swinging movement of the rodwith relation to-the bracket and to the curtain pole'support, but if desired,'and as illustrated by the dotted lines in Fig. 'l of the drawings, both thesocket 17 and the sleei e 20 may be provided with threaded openings for the reception of threaded retaining elements'in, the nature of thumb screws. It will be noted that the end of the catch 10 is disposed at suitable distance below the bracket 2, when the said catch is swung to bring its tooth into engaging position, so

engagement with the casing without the employment of a tool. It will be further noted that the tooth 11 is arranged centrally of,-ofi

directly between the fingers 6, so that the bracket is secured upon the casing at three distinct points,- and whereby wabbling, longitudinal or lateral movement of the bracket, when secured upon the casing, is

entirely overcome.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawin s,

I i advantages thereofwill, it is thought, be

the simplicity of the device, as well as tie perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which such inventions appertain without further detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is; 1; A bracket for the purpose set forth comprising a body having its outer portion formed withofiset fingers which terminate in angular sharpened points, a catch memberhing'edly connected with the body, said bracket member havin ranged arcuately of ll 6 bracket and which is arranged centralof the entering points of the fingers of the bracket.

2.. A bracket support for window casings comprising a flat body having its upper pora tooth which is arbracket and having itsjend disposed below the end of the bracket, and the said catch havin a centrally arranged inwardly curved sharpened tooth that is adapted to enter the'iacc of the casin after the of the fingers have been Forced within the upper edge of the casing.

3. A removable bracket for window casings comprising a. flat body having one of its ends provided with angular fingers which terminate in angular sharpened points, the-said bracket adapted to have its body arranged against the casing and to have its points enter the upper edge ofithe casing, said bracket being proiided upon its sides with out-turnedfingers, a catch having trunnions received b'ythe fingers, said fingers adapted to exert a tension upon the catch, he said catchhaving on entering tooth which is adapted to engage with the face of the casing, and the said catch when in catch engaging posit-ion projecting below the end of the bracket. 1.

4. In a bracket of the class described for window casings, a flat body, said body havoints in'g one of its ends provided with angularly arranged entering points which 'are adapted to be forced within the upper edge of the casing, the bracket having spaced openings, ears upon the bracket adapted to be arranged opposite the upper opening, a catch comprising a flat body having a bifurcated end to provide the same with arms, the said arms adapted to be pivotally connected with the ears, and the ears adapted to exert a.

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