US1265299A - Window-shade hanger. - Google Patents

Description

O. G. BUTLER.

WINDOW SHADE HANGER. APPLICATION FILED MAY 1. |911.

1,265,299. Patented May 7,1918.

l |NvENToR WITNEssEs Ura/7b ull y ATTORNEY onAN G. BUTLER, or s'r. LOUIS. MISSOURI.

WINDOW-SHADE HANGERh To ahlk 'whom z't may concern: j

lBe it known that I, ORAN G. BUTLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Window-Shade Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

j This invention relates to an improved window shade hanger and more particularly to an adjustable shade and curtain hangerl including means for providing an adjustment whereby window casings and shades therefor may be accommodated.

j One of the objects of theinvention is to provide a vsimple and strong device of this character which can be rigidly fixed to a window casing through the medium of a pair of fastening elements in a manner that will permit adjustment to compensate for a slight error in determining the length of the supporting brackets previous to mounting t the shade roller in its operative position.

Another object of the invention is to provide drapery brackets mounted to permit an adjustment for accommodating different lengths of drapery poles.

A further object of this invention is the `provision of an improved window shade hanger which consists of comparatively few parts and is simple in construction, but durable and well adapted to withstand the rough usage to which devices of this character are ordinarily subjected.

For a full description of the invention and the advantages and merits thereof, reference is to be had to the following description and -the accompanying drawings, wherein is illustrated the preferred form of my 1nven.

tion, in which; i

Figure l is a front elevation, parts'belng broken away, illustrating the invent1on 1n applied position.

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2 of Fi 1.

Tg3; ig. 3 is a Section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a detail perspectlve view of one end of the device.

Fig. 5 is an elevation of one end of the device showing a drapery pole bracket mounted in position.

Fig. 6 is a section on the line 66 of Fi Fig. 7 is a detail perspective of the drapery pole bracket.

Referring to the drawing, wherein is Specication of Letters Ratent. y

Patented May 7, 1918.

vApplimt'ion mea May 1, 1917. serial No. 165,786.

illustrated the preferred form of my invention, and in which like numerals of reference indicate vcorresponding parts throughout the -several views, the body portion 1 of the device consists of an elongated plate 2 preferably constructed from a rectangular strip of relatively thin metallic material. This plate is provided with a longitudinal channel 3 formed by rpressing the. central portion of the plate outwardly for its entire lengththus also forming an upper flange 3 anda lower flange 4 at the corresponding marginal edges of the plate. The flanges 3 and 4 are provided, adjacent one end thereof, with extensions 5as shown by Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawing, and these extensions are pressed outwardly from the marginal edges of the flanges so that they lie in spaced relation to the window casing A upon which the device is mounted. A right angularly disposed roller bracket 6, designed to receive the square pintle at one end of the shade roller, is integrally formed with the marginal end edge of the plate. This end of theplate is provided with an elongated slot 7 for lreceiving a screw or other suitable fastening element 8 wherebythis end of the plate may be rigidly xed to the front of the window casing. The slot 7 permitslongitudinal adjustment of the plate with respect to the screw 8.

A supplemental supporting plate 9 is mounted adjacent the opposite end of 'the main plate 2 for the purpose of adjustably supporting the latter, and this plate consists of a short plate having elongated openings 10 and` 11 formed therein by cutting and outwardly pressing portions of the said plate and then bending the said portions to provide retaining flanges 12 and 13 adapted to embrace the corresponding flanges 3 and 4 on the main plate 2. This construction is clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 4 of the drawing. The upper and lower marginal edges of the plate 9 are pressed outwardly to form the extensions 14 similar in construction to the extensions 5 at the opposite end `of the plate 2. Circular openin s 1n the end of the plate 2, and a longitudinal slot in the plate 9 are disposed in position to receive a fastening element 15 in the form of a screw or the like similar to the screw 8 at sired adjustment. The outer end of the supplemental plate 9 carries a roller bracket 16 forl receiving the Opposite end of the shade rol er.

Each extension 5 and 14 is provided with an elongated slot 17. The innermost end of each slot is enlarged to form a substantially circular opening 18. The drapery pole bracket consists of a yoke 19 formed of la comparatively thin piece of material,- preferably sheet brass or the like, having a recess 20 for the reception of the end of the drapery pole. rlwo right angularly disposed retaining arms 21 are integrally vformed with a head 23. The size or' the openings 18 is suflicient to permit the 'reception of the head 23 and the studs may therefore be passed into the slots 17 for mounting the drapery pole brackets in position. 'Suflicient longitudinal adjustment of the drapery pole brackets is thereby obtained whereby the slight variation in the length of the poles with respect to the length of the device in position on the window casing can be compensated for.

It is obvious that the slots in the plate 2 and in the supplemental supporting plate 9 will permit a varied adjustment of the roller brackets 6 and 16, so that rollers of diii'erent lengths may be accommodated.

' I claim: l

1. Awindow shade bracket comprising an elongated plate, a supplemental supporting plate mounted at one end of the elongated plate and comprising a short plate having elongated openings, formed by outwardly Copies of. this patent may be obtained for pressed portions of the said plate, the said outwardly pressed yportions being bent to provide retaining langes embracing the marginal edge of the said elongated plate,

marginal extensions formed on the said short plate and provided withlongitudinal slots each having a fastening element eX- tended therethrough, and a roller bracket projecting from the said short plate. j

2. Awindow shade bracket comprising an elongated plate, a supplemental supporting platel mounted at one end 0f the elongated plate and 'comprising a short plate having elongated openingsy formed by outwardly pressed portions of the said plate, the said outwardly pressed portions being bent to provide retaining flanges embracing the marginal edges' of the said elongated plate marginal extensions formed on the said short plate and provided with longitudinal slots each having a fastening element eX- tended therethrough, and a roller bracket projecting from the said short plate, the adjacent end of the said elongated plate having' longitudinal slots, and a fastening element carried ,by the separate portion of the said short plate and received in the said slot in the elongated plate for permitting longitudinal adjustmentl ef the said short plate on the elongated plate.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in `presence of two witnesses.

y GRAN G. BUTLER.v Witnesses E. E. FRANCIS, f H. Gr. Vaison'.`

ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner f Patents,I Washington, D. G.

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