US2911176A - Curtain rod supporting corner bracket - Google Patents

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Nov. 3, 1959 H. R. RoEDlGER ET AL 2,911,176

CURTAIN Ron SUPPORTING CORNER BRACKET Filed Feb. e, 1957 l 2 sheets-sheet 1 INVENTORS HERMAN R. ROEDIGER RICHARD R. ROEDIGER ATTORNEY Nov. 3, 1959 H. R. ROEDIGER r-:TAL 2,911,175

CURTAIN Ron SUPPORTING CORNER BRACKET 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Feb. 6, 1957 C O l INVENTORS HERMAN R. ROEDIGER l RICHARD R. ROEDIGER ATTORNEY United States Patent 2,911,176 y YCURTAIN Ron sUProRrlNG CORNER vtntcKEr Herman R. Roediger and Richard R. Roediger,

Rock Hill, S.C.

Application February 6, 1957,'seria1 No. 638,604

1 Claim. (ci. 24a-zzz) This invention relates to a curtain rod supporting corner bracket and has for an object to provide a structurally integral, one-piece bracket'intended to be used in pairs so as to support both ends of a curtain rod or drapery rod, and likewise for supporting bothv ends of a curtain rod and a drapery rod.

A further object of this inventionis to provide a structurally Aintegral one-piece bracketwhich may be stamped or fabricated in a single operation from a piece of sheet material so as to support one or two curtain or drapery rods andy so as to be itself supported either ou a flat supporting surface or along an edge of a supporting surface or along'a corner. of a window frame so that it may be permanently and securely fastened tothe surface or to the surface and one or two side edges of the surface.

Still afurther'object of'this invention is to provide` a structurally integral one-piece bracket which may be fabricated so that it may be firmly secured to the corner of a window frame and may be fastened to the front surfaceof the window frame or either edgeof the window frame or through one or both edges as well as through the front surface of the bracket to the window frame so that it may be very securely fastened or mounted thereon, and

which bracket is provided with integrally struck-out curf v2 n brocket arranged to support bothv a curtain trod andfa drapery rod.

Fig. 6 is an elevational view of a fabricated blank for a single rod, before the end walls andtongues have been bent away therefrom. l

Fig. 7 is a similar lelevational view of a blank for a two-rod bracket.

There is shown at 10 a window frame over which it is desired to support a conventionalextension curtain or drapery rod 12 so that curtains or drapery may be hung over the window frame 10. The window frame 10 has an upper front surface 14 having an upper rearwardly extending edge 16 and two opposite rearwardly extending edges 18, the edges 16 and 18 meeting in a rightangular corner in the customary rnanner.A v

vThere is shown at 20 in Fig. 6 and at 22in Fig. 7 :sheet material blanks that have been formed into integral one piecev membersfrom whichkv the vcompleted blanks may be fabricated by merely bending portions as ,indicated to form a single rod supporting bracket fromytheblank at 20, and a double rod supporting bracket from the blank atr22.\ a As seen in Fig. 6, blank 20 consists of a triangular {i1-st wall 24, a second Wall 26 which is rectangularinl outline and integrally extends from a vertical edgev orledge 28 of the triangular wall 24, and a third wall 30, likewise recangular, and integrally extending from'an upper edge or ledge 32 of the triangular Wall 24. The third'edge34 forms the hypotenuse of the triangular wall `24, and by thus vprovidingl a hypotenuse of a triangular. wall, itis obviously possible to economize in the manufacture of the: blanks for this triangular edge enables a greater num! ber :of blanks to be formed from the same .amount of material witha minimum amount of waste yof material. However, if such economy of material is unnecessary or not desired, `it is obvious that instead ofl the edge -34 being the hypotenuse of a triangle, that the Wall 24 mayY be rectangular orsquare in outline or any outline or edge instead of the hypotenuse edge 34.

Simultaneously with the forming of the blank 20,.there is stamped or punchedout a plurality of nail or screw fastening receiving apertures 38, 40, and 42 appropriately spaced `about the blank 20. AS will be .observed from Figs. 3, 4, and 5, these apertures in the side wall 26 and the top wall 30 are off-set from vthe apertures 38 in the front wall 24 so that vwhen securing screws 44 are placedV i therethrough, and through the front surface 14, top surabling the bracket, when either wall is broken away, to v be fastened or mounted ori a flat surface having one rearwardly extending edge, or if both rearwardly extending walls are broken away, enabling the bracket to be mounted anywhere on a flat surface, thus enabling the bracket to be mounted away from either or both edges of the window frame as desired when it is necessary to suppair of brackets of this invention, f

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary detail view of one corner mounted bracket of this invention.

Fig. 4 is a still more enlarged View in perspective shoy ing the bracket of this invention mounted on a corner of a window frame, the bracket being adapted to support a single curtain rod.

face edge 16, and side edge 18 of the frame 10, the will Y. not intercept or conflict with each other but will be spaced apart from each other even though at right angles to each other thereby filrnly securing the bracket to the corner `of the frame 10.

top and bottom edges 48 and 50, completely along one vertical edge 52, and partly along the ends 54 and 56 leaving the remainder 58 of the opposite edge integrally secured to the front wall 24.

With the blank as thus formed, the top wall 30 is bent along its edge 32 to a position at right angles to the front wall 24, the side wall 26 is bent rearwardly to a position at Vright angles to the front wall 24, and the tongue 46 is struck-out forwardly from the front Wall 24, and then its upper and lower parallel edges are curved or'bent inwardly toward each other so as to provide a supporting means complementary `to the inner end surface of a curtain rod 12 thus providing a curtain rod support 60 of generally conventional shape, but integrally secured to the front wall 24 and extending therefrom.

Fig. 5 is a similar perspective view, but showing a v In operation, the complete bracket as thus fabricated may be readily placed on the corner of a window frame 10 with wall 26 secured by its screws 44 through its apertures, the wall 30 secured along frame edge surface 16 by its screws 44, and front wall 24 secured by its screws 44 to the front surface 14 of the window frame 10 thus rigidly 'and firmly holding the curtain rod end receiving tongues 16 in proper position at the opposite upper ends ofl the windowvframe.

In many instances however the upper edge 16 of the window frame may be too high, and in other instances the side edges 18 of the window frame may be too far apart, and in still other instances both the upper edge and the vertical edges may be so positioned as to make it undesirable to locate the brackets at the corner edges thereof or at either edge thereof. In such case, either or both vertical and upper walls 26 and 39 may be broken away from the front wall 24 by merely bending it back and forth several times along the existing bend line of its integrally securing edge, thereby causing the wall or walls to be broken away therefrom leaving a front wall 24 with either one ofthe vertical or upper walls integrally secured thereto or with neither wall attached thereto. This will enable the bracket to be secured in its desired location away from either or both edges of the window frame, utilizing the fastening receiving apertures of the front: wall for receiving the screws 44 and if one wall still remains also utilizing the fastening receiving apertures of the still remaining wall for the same purpose.

In Figs. Sand 7, there is shown the blank 22 from which the bracket 64 is fabricated for supporting two curtain or drapery rods 12. This bracket 64 differs from the single bracket only in having two tongues 66 spaced apart slightly from each other and struck-out from the front surface 68 thereof in an identical manner with the bracketpreviously described.

`,This two-rod supporting bracket being otherwise iden,- tical with the bracket previously described, the description of the previous bracket likewise applies identically to this bracket except for the fact that two tongues 66 instead of one tongue 46 is provided. The construction and operation of the two-rod bracket is obvious from the previous above description of the one-tongue bracket.

In addition to the obvious advantages set forth above, it is pointed out that this bracket is particularly useful for mounting over the front of frames that have been damaged, splintered, or cracked and will no longer hold conventional types of brackets now on the market, for even though the front surface ofthe frame may have been splintered, this bracket can be securely fastened to the frame by the screws through either the top wall or the vertical side walls or through both Walls. Thus it is possible to fasten the brackets to the frame with a pair or more of the screws located in any one or more of the three Walls present.

Although this invention has been described in cons iderable detail, such description isintended as being illustrative rather than limiting, since the invention may be variously embodied, and the scope of the invention is to be determined as claimed.

Having thus set forth and disclosed the nature of this invention, what is claimed is:

A structurally integral, one-piece curtain and drapery rod bracket for supporting an end of a curtain rod, said bracket comprising a trianguler wall, at least one tongue struck-out forwardly from said wall, said tongue being integrally secured to said wall and providing curtain rod end supporting means, said wall having fastening receiving means spaced about said struck-out tongue, additional fastening and bracing means comprising a iirst rectangular wall integrally extending rearwardly from said triangular wall at right angles to said triangular wall, along one leg edge thereof, and a second rectangular wall integrally extending rearwardly from said triangular wall atright angles thereto along the other leg edge thereof and at right angles to said first rectangular Wall thereby providing a corner pocket to iit about two corner edges and front portion of a frame, said rectangular walls being connected to each other only through said triangular wall,scored lines along the juncture of said rst and second rectangular walls with said adjacent leg edges of said triangular wall whereby each of said rectangular walls may be readily and separably broken away from said triangular wall along the scored lines to provide a bracket arranged to be mounted on a atsurface or on a flat surface having an adjacent edge extending rearwardly at right angles thereto.

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS p 1946 Thomason Apr. 12,

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