US815813A - Bracket-hook. - Google Patents

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ERNEST A. GRAHAM., oF BAR' uAi'tBoR, "MAINE, VAssrGN'on 'oFo'NE-THIRD To FRANK M. GRAHAM AND ONE-THIRD T0 Lizzi'E N. FORD, or BAR.

' HARBOR, 'MAINE Specication of Letters Patent. Appliquees am April als, 190s. Vanni No., 251,919.

Patenten march eo, 190e.

i To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that .1',EnNns'r A: GRAHAM', a'

l lcitizen ofthe' United States, residing at Bar Harbor, in the county of Hancock and State of Maine, haveinvented a new. andfuseful Bracket-Hook, of which the 'following' is a specification.

This 'invention-l relates to brackets-hooks, and has for itsobject to simplify and improve the construction and roduce a device of this.

class' re uiring no hol screws or nails rand which tgill not mar or dipsigure the woodwork to which it is attached.

With these and other objects inview, which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the saine consists 1n eerv after fully described and claimed..

In the accompanying tainl novel features of construction as hereinaracters, is illustrated the preferred form ofthe embodiment of the invention capable of. carrying the same into practical operation, it being understood that the invention v is not necessarily limited thereto, as variousA changes in the shape, proportions, and general assembla e4 ofthe arts may be resorted to without epartin rom` the principle of the invention or sac cing any of its advantages.

In. the drawings thus employed, Figure V`1 is a side elevation of the improveddevice-ap-f plied. Fig.

2 is a perspective view of tlie im-v roved device detached. Fig. 3 is a view similarto Fig. 1, illustrating a modified form of the device.

l over a supporting structure and the other end 1 2 for bearing against the supporting' the fol ment-support, as represente -The improved"v device .comprises a metal bar of suitable strength for folding together centrally and bent into a4 hook, as at 10, at

and with-the ends divergirig, one end bent into a hook, as at 11, for engaging structure.

'The device ma be employed for' a variety urpo'ses-suc ,for instance', as a curtaine bracket', as shown m 1, eras a ar-v inFig. 3. W en as a curtain -1 pole bracket,l the of P0 em loye hoo ed end 1 1 be engaged over the upper 7 .member of the casing, represented at13, While the end 1 2 bear against the casing' .ing

drawings, yforming a' part of this specification, and inwliich corre-- splonding-parts are denoted by like designating c I guards or ti .according will be subjected, and for the purpose of illus- A folded portion. 10. '.When employed as a garment-support, the hooked end 11 will be engaged over a strip `14, attached to a wall,

at lower vpoint and vserve as a brace to the ss g as at 15-as,for instance`,the wall of. a closet or other apartment-with the end 12 bearing against the strip at a lower point.

The bar may beof fiat form, s in Fi s. 1

and 2,v or of Wire, as in Fig. 3; but inQ oth forms the hook tively sharp be forced into its seat between the casing ortion 411 is thin .and rela- '(represented at 13) and the ,plaster (represented at 15)'With011t disturbing the relative position of the parts- 13 or 15 or marring or disguring to-perrnit theY insertion ofthe thin blade-like either. The plaster and the cas-I Will mutually yield to a sufficient extent 5 at t e terminal, so that it' may .portion 1 1 ofthe bracket and will firmly hold the same without the .necessity for screws, nails, or vlike fastenings.;

. i When the device is constructed from a fiat plate or band-likemetal, as in Figs. 1 and 2,

the hooked ortion 1`1 willbe formed of tlievice is formed of wire; asin Fig. 3, the portion 114 will be form'ed by` flattening the material,.and thus increasing its width at the terminal. By this means a relatively broad bearingsurface'is producedat the terminal f ortion'11,.which adds materially to of the'V full width'o the material, and whenthe detlie sta ility of the'devce and effectually .prevents lateral or swaying movement between the parts yand withoutf increase in.

weillit or expense; of construction.

e` ends' 12 are provided' with flexible s of rubber, felt, or vthe like, as at 16,- to avoi marring theA woodwork against 'The bar from which'thedevice is con-- structed may be 'of any required sha in transverse section and of an require size,

to the'strains tow 'cli the device tration the vdevice is 'shown' ormed of a iiat 3 and 4; utother shapes maybe employed,

referred.

. 1 and 2 and roundwire, asin Figs.

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a thusdescribed the invention, what e a pole-sulvorting loop at the fold and with y that I claim the foregoing as the arms verging wlth the terminal of one` my own I have hereto aixed my signature arm bent downwardly and nttened for enin the presence of two witnesses. tering between` the plastering and the sup- ERNEST A. GRAHAM.

' 5 port and the terminal of the other arm ex- Witnees: tended for upon the supportv at a. A. H. LYNAM, lower point.

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