US1051476A - Shade-roller bracket. - Google Patents

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E. ABBOTT.

SHADE ROLLER BRACKET. I APPLICATION IILED MAY 24, 1910.

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Patented Jan. 28,

E. ABBOTT; SHADE ROLLER BRACKET. APPLICATION FILED MAY 24, 1910.

Patented Jan. 28, 1913.

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EVERETT LBBOTT, OF UWENSBORO, KENTUCKY.

SHADEROLLER BRACKET.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, Evicmc'rir Anno'r'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at Owensboro, in the county of Daviess State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shade-Holler Brackets; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description. of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains'to make and use the same.

This invention relates to curtain fixtures and especially to a fixture for shade roller curtains.

The principal object of the invention is to provide an improved device of this kind which may be attached to a window casing and adjusted to suit different widths of curtains ivith their consequent variations in the lengths of the rollers.

With the aboveand other objects in view the invention consist-s in general oil a base and abearing member tiltable and slidable on the base, said base and bearing member forming a novel and improved combination.

The invention further consists in certain novel details of coi'istruction and combinaa the device. Fig. 4- is a perspective view of a second modification. 7 view of a third modification. Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6--6 of F 5. Fig. 7 is an end view of a fourth modification where in the device is set into the window casing. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 8--8 of Fig. 7.

in the form of the device shown in Figs. 1 and Q tlICI'C is provided a base portion hav- I ing ends 10 and a central portion 11, the latter being displaced from the plane of its end portions so that a space is left behind this central portion when the saline is aiiixed to a casing. This base is made from a me tallic plate and is preferably stamped and struck up to shape. At the ends the base is Specification of Letters Patent.

application filed May 24, 1910.

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provided with suitable nail or screw holes 12 while the central portion has extending therethrough a longitudinal slot 13. The bearing member in this form is likewise con structed of a metallic plate and this bearing member comprises a body portion Lt having a bearing arm 15 extending at right angles from one edge and provided with an opening 16 to receive the pintle of a shade roller, this opening being of the usual form, that is to say, the devices being arranged in pairs, the opening in one will be adapted. to receive the pintle at one end while the opening in the other will be adapted t receive the pintle at the other end, the first pintle' being round and the second angular. EX- tending through the slot: 13 a neck 17, the same being diagonally arranged with referenee'to the body let and extending from the side oppositethe arm 15. On this neck 17 is a cross bar 18 preferably parallel to the body l -l and this cross bar extends transversely across the slot 13 and has its ends bearing against the back of the base. On the upper edge of the plate 1.4 is formed a lip 19 which arranged to engage over the edge of the central portion 11 of the base so that this lip holds the body portion 14 in contact with the outer surface of said base when thus engaged. In this form of the device it is to be noted that the bearing member may have thclip 19 disengaged from the base by slightly twisting the same, after which the member is free to tilt with reference to the base and be slid therealong. It i." also to be noted that when the body 14 andv second bar 18 are engaged against the opposite face of the base the proportions of the device are such that the bearing member frictionally locked in position on said base, the body 14 thus acting a stop portion.

in the form shown in Fig. 3 there is provided a base QOsimilar to the base previously described but without. the slot. On this 20 is engaged a bearing member having a body portion 21 provided with abearing arm 22 similar to the bearing arm Gpposite to the bearing arm 22 the body portion 21 is provided with an angularly extending cross bar 25) in the form of a loop lllltillgll vvhich passes the base 20, the cross bar thus lying behind said base.

This form of the device is likewise provided with a lip 24- similar to the lip 19. The body 21 of this modification also constitutes stop means while the lip 24; constitutes the means to revent tilting of the member by positive engagement with the base 20. The device is operated in' precisely similar manner to that previously described by giving it a slight twist to disengage the lip 24 and then adjusting it to position on the base and again engaging the lip.

In the form of the device shown in Fig. 1 there is provided a base 25 having an angled portion 26 provided with a longitudinal slot 27. The stop member includes a body portion 28 which is formed with a longitudinally disposed slot 28 forming consequent spaced arms 28"--28". Lateral, feet; fis lb respect1vely [)lOJQCt) from the ends of the arms 28 and thesefeet are d1sposed above and below the angle portion- 26 of the base. These feet are connected by a stud 25) which extends thnough the slot 27 of the base, said stud constituting a pivot for the stop member. It will thus be observed that the angle portion 26 of the base is disposed within the slot 28, the slot; being of such width as to cause the arms 28 to frictionally engage the angle portion 26, and thereby lock'the member against movepient. The feet 28" engage the base 25 to lllllit the swinging movement in one direc tion of the member, said feet and stud corresponding to the base amt cross bar 'pre- 'viously described. This t'orm of the device is provided with the usual arm 31 and is adjusted by simply raising the. arm 31 to release the. portion 25- l'rom frictional e11- gagement with the: base 25 when it may be moved to desired position along the base, and when in that position will be held by the )ressure ol' the shade roller a ainst the 4 arm 31.

In the form ol' the devi e shown in Fig. 5 there is provided a base 32 consisting of a plate of metal which is bent to form a slotted box or channel 323. The bearing member in this form includes a body portion 3% having an edge adapted to contact with the base '3' and a neck portion 35 formed by bending the plate at right angles to the body lS-t. To this neck portion is secured across bar 36 which is elongated in cross section as clearly shown in Fig. 6 and which, whrncin the position shown in said figure, engages against both the bottom and slotted faces of the box so that it assists the portion 231- in its action as a stop. This bearing member provided also with a bearing arm 37 ot the ordinary construction. In the operation of this device it is simply tilted, slid along the base to properly adjust it, and then moved back to its original position so that the base will be firmly engaged between the portion 236 and the body In'thetorm of the device shown in Fig. 7

there is provided a base. in the form of a tends a neck to formed of a )ortion of the plate bent at right angles to the bod 42 and this neck carries a cross bar 46 which moves inside of the tube 33. In this form of the invention the casing 39 constitutes a portion of the base and the device is locked in adjusted position by the frictional engagement ot the foot it against the casing and the cross bar tti against the tube, the dcvice'being tilted for movement as previously described.

Itis to be noted that in each and every form of this invention there is provided a base and a bearing tiltably and slidably mounted on said base and provided with means to frictionally lock the member to the base.

There has thus'been provided a simple and etlicient' device of the kind described and for the purpose specified.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

1. in a curtain fixture; an elongated base; and a bearing member tilta l v and slidably mounted on said base, means on the bearing member to trictionally lock the member to the base, and other means carried by the member to positively' engage the base and prevent tilting of the member.

2. Tn a curtain lixture; a base having a longitudinal slot lormed therein; and a bearing member having a neck extending through said slot, :1 cr ss bar lying behind the slot, and a stop portion engaging against the face of the base.

3. in a curtain fixture; a. base having a longitudinal slot formed therein; and a bearing member having a neck extending through said slot, at cross bar on the neck lying behind the slot, a stop portion engaging againstthe base, and means to lock said stop portion against said'base.

4. In a curtain fixture; a base comprising an elongated metallic plate having its central portion displaced from the plane of its end portions and provided with a longitudinal slot; and a bearing member eon1- prising a metallic plate including a body portion forming a stop and engaging againstthe base, an arm having a shade roller, said arm extending substantially at right angles from one edge of the body In testimony whereof, I afiix my signaportion, a neck extending diagonally from ture, in presence of two witnesses. the other edge of the body portion and pass EVERETT ABBOTT ing through said slot, a cross bar on said 5 neck extending transversely across said slot Witnesses:

behind the base, and e lip on said body p0r- A. BREQLER, tion engageable over the edge of the base. W. M. GORE.

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