US1840388A - Screen hanger mechanism - Google Patents

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Jan. 12, 1932. J. D. DYER SCREEN HANGER MECHANISM Filed Nov. 1, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet NVENTOR flit A TTOR/VE Y Jan. 12, 1932. J. D. DYER SCREEN HANGER MECHANISM Filed Nov. 1, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR I w A TTORNEX Patented Jan. 12, 1932 JAMES D. DYEB, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI scnnn v nausea monamsm 1 Application filed November 1, 1930. Serial No. 492,770.

lVIy invention relates to improvements in screen hanger mechanisms.

It relates particularly toa hanger mechanism adapted for suspending'a screen inthe fll upper part of a window.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a novel screen hanger mechanism which is simple, strong, durable, not likely to get out of order, which is readily applicable 19 to theusual screen and window casing,wh1 ch is cheap, which enables the screen tobe easily and quickly hung in thewindow or removed therefrom, and to be disposed and releasably .held in an open cient in operation. I

The novel features of rny invention are hereinafterfully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, wh ch illustrate my invention,

Fig. 1 is an outside elevation, partly broken away, of the preferred embodiment of my 1nvention, shown applied to a screenwhich is mounted ina window.

Fig.2 is an enlarged elevation of one of the screen hangerme'chanisms, shownin F g. 1, .and shown mounted on the screenand cas ing, the screen being shown in the closed position.

- Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a section similar to Fig. 3, the screen, however, being shown swung outwardly from the closed position.

Fig.5 is an enlarged section on the line 5.5 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is a perspective, enlarged, of the hanger member shown in Figs. 1 to 5.

Fig. 7 is an outside elevation ofa screen and window casing provided with two hanger mechanisms embodying a modification of my invention.

Fig. 8 is an enlarged elevation of one of the hanger mechanisms, shown in F g. 7, mounted on a frame and easing partly broken away.

Fig.9 is a section on the line 9-9 of Fig. 8, the screen being shown closed.

' Fig. 10 is a view similar to Fig. 9, the screen being shown partly open.

Fig. 11 is an enlarged perspective view of the hanger member shown in Figs. 7 to 10.

position, and which is eifi Similar characters of reference designate similar. parts in the different views.

Referring particularly to Figs. 1 to 6, 1 designates a hanger member comprising aflat plate fastened, as by screws 2, to the outer side and upper end of a screen frame 3 adjacent to one upper corner thereof. The two screws 2 are respectively mounted in the upper rail and adjacent stile of the screen frame, whereby the hanger member serves as 60 a brace-for binding the rail and stile together.

The hanger member 1 extends above the upperedge of the frame 3 and is adapted to lie against the outer side of the window casing 4 above the screen frame. That portion of the hanger member which projects above the screen frame 3 is provided withan opening comprising, preferably, a longitudinal slot 5 which converges upwardly in width.

The slot 5 is adapted to receive therethrough a supporting member having a threaded shank 6 inserted in the casing 4.

Said supporting member is provided at the outer end of the shank 6 with a resilient compressible and expansible head 7, the upper end of which is convex and whichextends upwardly and outwardly from the shank 6, and thelower end of whichhas in its under side a recess 8. The head 7 and shank 6 are preferably a resilient wire one end of which forms the shank 6 and the other end of which is part of the head 7 and is slidable vertically under the shank '6 on the casing 4.

F or slidably anchoringthe slidable portion 9 of the head 7 to the casing 4, a clip 10 fastened to the casing 4 embraces the vertical slidable portion 9.

The head 7, when expanded, as shown in Fig; 3, is larger in diameter vertically than the length of the slot 5, so that the head 7 must be compressed in order to pass through the slot 5. This construction enables the head 7 to bear against the outer side of the hanger member 1. at the ends of the slot 5, thereby releasably holding the hanger member 1 from horizontal movement outwardly.

By swinging the lower .end of the screen frame 3 outwardly, the hanger member 1 will force upwardly the sliding portion 9 of the head 7 thus compressing the head, so as to permit the hanger member 1 to swing outwardly at its lower end to the position shown in solid lines in Fig. 4, in which position the hanger member 1 will be in the recess 8, permitting the head 7 to expand so as to hold the hanger member 1 and the screen frame in the downwardly and outwardly inclined open position, shown in solid lines in Fig. 4.

The convex upwardly and outwardlyextending upper part of the head 7, permits the hanger member 1 to be swung still further outwardly and upwardly to a position in which the head? will pass through the slot 5, and thus release the hanger member from the supporting member, when it is desired to remove the screen from the window. By reversing the operation and inserting the head 7 through the slot 5, the hanger member and screen frame may be replaced to the closed position, shown in Fig. 3.

It will be understood that two hanger members 1 will be respectively mounted on the upper corner portions of the frame 3, and that said hanger members will respectively engage two supporting members, mounted in the casing 4, as shown in Fig. 1, and operative as has just been described. In the modified form shown in Figs. 7 to 11, 11 designates a hanger member, similar to the hanger 1, similarly fastened by screws 2 to the top rail and adjacent stile of the screenframe 3, and having a part extending above the screen frame provided with a longitudin-alslot 12 and adapted to lie against the outer side of the casing 4, as shown in Fig. 9.

In the modified form, the supporting membercomprises a screw eye of usual type, having a threaded shank 13 adapted for insertion into the casing 4 above the frame .3, and having a circular. head or eye 14 adapted to be inserted through the slot 12.

The screw eye is mounted in the casing 4 with the head bearing against the outer side of the casing. When the screen is inserted in the window, the head 14 is inserted through the slot 12, the hanger member 11 resting at the upper end of the slot 12 on the convex upwardly and outwardly extending upper edge of the head 14, which thus supports the hanger member 11 and frame 8 and holds the hanger member from horizontal outward movement, but permitting the lower end of the hanger member 11 to be swung outwardly, to open'the screen, or to permit the removal of the screen and hanger member, by swinging the hanger member 11 upwardly and moving it outwardly,togetherwith the screen frame 3. Y V I In both forms of my invention, the heads or eyes 7 and 14 by reason of their convex upwardly and outwardly extending upper edges support the screen hanger members andhold frame and havin an o enin and a su orting. member having a portion adapted to be fastened to the toprail of a window casing, said supporting member having a resilient head adapted for insertion through said opening, and when so inserted being compressed between the upper and lower ends of said opening, said head extending upwardly and" outwardly from said portion and at its upper edge being adapted to engage the outer side of said hanger member, whereby the latter is held from horizontaloutward movement,

but is permitted to swing at its lower end outwardly, the lower side of said head having a recess adapted to receive said hanger member at the lower end of said opening, said recess being'spaced from the inner end of said head, whereby, whensaid hanger memher is in said recess, said resilient head will expand and hold said hanger member 111 an open pos tion.

2. In a screen hanger mechanism, a hanger member adapted to be fastened to a screen frame and having an opening, and a resilient supporting wire having a shank at one end adapted to be inserted into the top rail of a window casing, the other end of said wire being adaptedto be moved upwardly toward said shank, said wire extending upwardly and outwardly from said shank and adapted to hold said hanger member from horizontal outward movement but permitting it to swing at its lower end outwardly, said wire being adapted for insertion through said opening and adapted to engage said hanger member at the upper and lower ends of said opening. when said hanger is in the closed position of the screen, and in said position releasably holding said hanger member from swinging at its lower end outwardly and being comprcssible to permit said hanger member swinging at its lower end outwardly when outward pressure is applied to the hanger member. 1

3. In a screen hanger mechanism, a hanger member having a longitudinal slot and adapted to be fastened to a screen frame with said slot disposed. above'the upper edge of said frame, and a supporting member comprising a resilient wire adapted for insertion atone .end into the top rail of a window casing and lib Ill)

' compressed through said slot, the upper edge of said eye extendingupwardly and outwardly from said rail, when the supporting mem her is mounted thereon, the lower part of said eye being formed into an external recess adapted to receive said supporting member, the latter, when in said recess being releasably held in a downwardly and outwardly inclined position, the lower portion of said eye being compressed and moved upwardly when said hanger member is swung into and from the closed position.

4. In a screen hanger mechanism, the combination with a window casing and a screen frame mounted therein, of a hanger member fastened to said frame and extending above the upper edge thereof and having in the portion above said frame a longitudinal slot, and a supporting member having a shank mounted on said casing above said frame and provided with a compressible and expansible resilient eye adapted to be compressed when forced through said slot through which the eye is insertible, said lower portion of said eye having in its under side a recess adapted to receive said hanger member which, in said recess, is releasably held by said eye in a downwardly and outwardly inclined position, and guiding means mounted on said casing in which a movable part of said eye is vertically slidable.

5. In a screen hanger mechanism, the combination with a window casing and a screen frame mounted therein, of a hanger member fastened to and extending above the upper edge of said frame and in that portion which is above said frame having a longitudinal slot, and a supporting member comprising a wire having a shank portion mounted in said casing above said frame and having its other end bearing against said casing and intermediate of said other end and said shank having an eye which is insertible through said slot, the upper edge of said eye being convex and extending upwardly and outwardly from said shank and adapted to support said hanger member and to hold it from outward horizontal movement, the outer side of said eye having a recess spaced from said casing and adapted to receive said hanger member, said eye, when said hanger member is in said recess, holding said hanger member in an open position.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

JAMES D. DYER.

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