US1056592A - Support for curtains, draperies, and the like. - Google Patents

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L. J. SCHNEIDER.

SUPPORT FOR cunmms, DRAPERIES, AND THE LIKE. APPLIUATIOK FILED- NOV. 9, 1912.

1,056,592, Patented Mar. 18, 1913;

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS J. SCHNEIDER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and Stateof' -New York, have invented a new and proved Supportfor Curtains, Draperies,

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed November 8, 1812. Serial No. 780,805.

and the' Like, of which the following. is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain improve 'ments in supports or hangers for curtains,

draperies, portieres, and the like, and more particularly to means for supporting the curtain or similar article in predetermined folds or plaits.

The ordinary curtain supported by rings orin any suitable manner from a straight curtain pole, may be of greater width than the width of the. pole or may be moved toward one end of the pole so as to hang in folds, but said folds arefnot necessarily uniform or artistically arranged unless considerable care is exercised. In hanging curtains itis often desirable to employ an expert to properly arrange the upper portion of the curtain from the support, so that it will hang in the desired manner.

My improved construction includes a curtain pole or bar over which the curtain may be folded or from which it may be suspended, and the important feature of the construction is the. lateral dis lacement in opposite directions, of successive portions of the pole or bar so that the curtain in fol tomatically hang in the desired 'folds 0r plaits without the necessity of employing the services of an expert.

My improved device is preferably of sinuous, serpentine, or zigzag form in horizontal section, the curves or angles being of ashape and size dependent upon the character of the curtain to be supported and the nature and number of the plaits 0r folds which it is desired to have in the curtain. In its pre ferred embodiment the bar is supported solely at one end and extends only a portion of the distance across the window .or doorway, so that two separate curtains in-the window or doorway may each be su ported on its own rod or bar. The outer or fi'ee end of each rod -may have any suitable form of ornamental head, and at the support there;-

is preferably suitable means for varying the elevationof the outer or free end.

the curtain.

1 Patented Mar. 18,1913.

Iteferen'ce is to be had to the accor@anying drawings, formin v a part of this pecification, in which similar characters of ref erence indicate corresponding parts in all the figures, andin.which- V I Figure 1 is a front elevation of a window having two of my improved curtain su-p,

ports mounted therein, oneof said'supports having a curtain suspended therefrom; Fig. 2 is atop plan view of the support on a larger scale than Fig. 1 ;'Fi 3 is a perspective view of the base portion of the support and the adjusting means, and Fig. 4 is a detail view showing one means for securing a curtain to the support.

In the specific embodiment illustrated, I employ. a bar 10, of steel or other suitable metal. bent to zigzag or serpentine form in a horizontal plane. is preferably of considerably greater height than thickness, so as to give it the desired rigidity andfpermit it to support'heavy curtains. Secured to the window casing is a base plate 11, having two outwardly-extending flanges 12, 12 thereon, spaced apart a distance substantially equal to thethickness of the bar.10. The bar 10 has a depending end 13 disposed between these two flanges and has outwardly-extending pins or projections 14, adapted to enter recesses 15 in the upper ends of the flanges. The depending end 13 comes adjacent to the lower portion of the plate 11 and may be spaced thereby by an adjusting screw 16. The

'outer end of the bar by regulating the screw 16.

The-bar itself is of a lengthsubstantially equal to the width of the curtain which it is desired to'support, that is. the curtain when following the contour of the bar will extend substantially from one end to theothen' The strai ht'line distance be tween the two endsof he bar is dependent upon" the portion of. the window or doorway which it is desired to cover or fill by In the specific form shown in the drawings, the bar has five substantially semi-circular loops or curves projecting outwardly, so as to hold the curtain in five rounded loops, but it is, of course, evident In cross section the bar 4 Y 12, and the bar may be threaded into a loop to which a 'i s desired that the same beplaited or folded. j

.I hanging a curtain on my improved device, it-xis not necessary to employ any'pins, rings, or other fastening devices, nor is it necessary, to stand 'upon a step-ladder or other support while arranging the curtain upon the bar. The bar may be readily lifted upwardly and removed from its engagement with the supporting flanges I2,

' or hem 17 in the upper portion of the curtain, as shown in Fig. 4, It is not necessary .to exercise any skill or care in properly positioning the curtain as only one edge of the curtain comes closely adjacent to the depending end 13 of the bar; the remainder of the curtain will of necessity occupy the proper position along the length of the bar. It does not require any measuring or apportioning of the upper edge of the curhave any, suitable form of detachable brnamental head 18, as shown in Figs. 1 and'2, which will not only give the construction a finished appearance but will prevent the extreme'portion of the curtain from slipping off the free end of the bar.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent: I

1. A support for curtains, draperies, and

V the like, comprising a bar of substantially uniform cross section and bent to sinuous 1 form in a horizontal plane, means for supporting said-bar at one end with the opposite end free, and means'cooperating with said supporting means for tilting said bar to vary the elevation of said freeend.

2. A support for curtains, draperies, and

the like,comprising a bar having a curtainsupporting body portion and a depending. terminalportion at an angle to said body portion,outwardly-projecting pins adjacent the intersection of said depending portion and said body portion, a supporting plate having spaced flanges having recesses to receive said pins, and means for adjusting the lower end of said depending portion in respect to said plate to vary the elevation of the outer or free end of said bar.

3. "In combination, two separate curtainsupporting rods projecting toward each other from opposite sides of a Window or doorway and having their adjacent ends spaced apart, said rods havingtheir body portions of zigzag or sinuous form and having their opposite ends detachably supported, and independent means cooperating with said supports for varying the elevation of the two adjacent ends of said rods.

4. A support for curtains, draperies and the like, comprising a rod or bar bent to sinuous or zig-zag form in a horizontal plane to support the curtain with the-latter following the contour ofthe bar and hanging in folds or plaits correspondingt the lateral displacement of succexive portions of the bar and a bracket for supporting said bar solely at one end and preventing lateral displacement of the opposite free end, said bracket permitting the removal of the rod or bar upon a 'vertical movement of the latter in respect to the bracket.

Signed at Brooklyn in the county of Kings and State of New York this 6th day of November A. D. 1912.

LOUIS J. SCHNEIDER.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM A. HAMM,

ERNEST W. Sommrnn.

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