# US 11,297,965 B2 · Cupped hook bracket curtain rod assembly

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- Number: US 11,297,965 B2
- Document ID: US11297965B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/148,184
- Filed: 2021-01-13
- Published: 2021-09-30
- Granted: 2022-04-12
- Earliest claimed: 2020-03-26
- Assignees: Kenney Manufacturing Company
- Applicants: Kenney Manufacturing Company
- Inventors: Les Kenney; Scott Violette
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11297965B2

## CPC

- A47H 1/142: for supporting rods
- A47H 1/022: extensible
- A47H 2001/0215: {being tubular}
- A47H: FURNISHINGS FOR WINDOWS OR DOORS (concerned with the functioning of the door or window E05; roller blinds E06B)

## Abstract

A cupped hook bracket includes a back wall having a central aperture, a cup, the cup having a semi-circular shape and projecting out from the back wall, a hook and a peg, the hook and the peg positioned centrally within the cup, and a stop and a ramp extending from the back wall and into a lower region of the cup.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A cupped hook bracket comprises:
a back wall having a central aperture;
a cup, the cup having a semi-circular shape and projecting out from the back wall;
a peg extending upwardly from an inner surface of the cup at an approximate center thereof and below the central aperture, and a hook engaging an end of the peg distal the inner cup surface, the hook extending towards the back wall; and
a ramp extending from the back wall into the cup and including a flat vertical stop section proximate the inner surface of the cup.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The cupped hook bracket of claim 1 wherein the back wall has a circular configuration.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The cupped hook bracket of claim 1 wherein the back wall has a rectangular configuration.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The cupped hook bracket of claim 1 wherein the back wall has a square configuration.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The cupped hook bracket of claim 1 wherein the central aperture is sized to receive a securing device.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The cupped hook bracket of claim 5 wherein the securing device is a screw.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The cupped hook bracket of claim 1 wherein the hook and the peg are configured to snap into a channel of a rod.

### Claim 8

An assembly comprising:
a telescoping tube, a first end of the telescoping tube including a channel;
a cupped hooked bracket, the cupped hook bracket configured to engage the channel;
a curtain rod bracket, the curtain rod bracket configured to engage a second end of the telescoping tube, the cupped hooked bracket comprising:
a back wall having a central aperture;
a cup, the cup having a semi-circular shape and projecting out from the back wall;
a peg extending upwardly from an inner surface of the cup at an approximate center thereof and below the central aperture, and a hook engaging an end of the peg distal the inner cup surface, the hook extending towards the back wall; and
a ramp extending from the back wall into the cup and including a flat vertical stop section proximate the inner surface of the cup.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The assembly of claim 8 wherein the back wall has a circular configuration.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The assembly of claim 8 wherein the central aperture is sized to receive a securing device.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The cupped hook bracket of claim 10 wherein the securing device is a screw.