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US 11,759,041 B2Granted
Self-tapping brackets
AssigneeHouse of Atlas, LLC
InventorsMatthew Berman, Alan Arthur Ford, Jason Moss, Young Min Bae
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Abstract
There is a self-tapping curtain rod bracket with spaced prongs terminating with tips. The tips and prongs are used to penetrate and create holes in a wall. They extend through the holes and engage the backside of the wall. A wall support extends from the spaced prongs along the frontside of the wall to provide support. An arm extends away from the wall and has a cradle to support a curtain rod. The wall support also has an arm support, and the spaced prongs also includes a mount support. The mount support being located between the arm support and the arm.
Claims12
A self-tapping curtain rod bracket comprising:
- a mount having at least two prongs spaced from one another, each prong having a pointed tip, the tips capable of penetrating a wall to form a hole for at least a portion of the mount to extend through the wall and engage a backside of the wall;
- a wall support associated with the mount and extending along and engaging a front side of the wall;
- an arm extending away from the wall support;
- a cradle portion being supported by the arm to hold a curtain rod;
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- the wall support includes an arm support, and the mount includes a mount portion, the mount portion being disposed between the arm support and the arm,
- wherein the at least two prongs each include a straight penetrating portion and a curved steering portion.
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A self-tapping curtain rod bracket comprising:
- a mount having at least two prongs spaced from one another, each prong having a pointed tip, the tips capable of penetrating a wall to form a hole for at least a portion of the mount to extend through the wall and engage a backside of the wall;
- a wall support associated with the mount and extending along and engaging a front side of the wall;
- an arm extending away from the wall support;
- a cradle portion being supported by the arm to hold a curtain rod;
- and the wall support includes an arm support, and
- the mount includes a mount portion, the mount portion being disposed between the arm support and the arm,
- wherein the arm includes a first main portion and at least a first side portion extending away from and along at least a portion of the first main portion, the at least a first side portion resisting bending of the arm when the bracket is supporting a curtain rod.
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A self-tapping curtain rod bracket comprising:
- a mount having at least two prongs spaced from one another, each prong having a pointed tip, the tips capable of penetrating a wall to form a hole for at least a portion of the mount to extend through the wall and engage a backside of the wall;
- a wall support associated with the mount and extending along and engaging a front side of the wall;
- an arm extending away from the wall support;
- a cradle portion being supported by the arm to hold a curtain rod;
- and the wall support includes an arm support, and
- the mount includes a mount portion, the mount portion being disposed between the arm support and the arm,
- wherein the mount portion includes a pair of side portions forming a channel.
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A self-tapping curtain rod bracket comprising:
- a mount having at least two prongs spaced from one another, each prong having a pointed tip, the tips capable of penetrating a wall to form a hole for at least a portion of the mount to extend through the wall and engage a backside of the wall;
- a wall support associated with the mount and extending along and engaging a front side of the wall;
- an arm extending away from the wall support;
- and
- a cradle portion being supported by the arm to hold a curtain rod;
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- the cradle portion includes a forward notch and a screw that enables holding a rod so that the rod does not contact a bottom surface of the cradle portion.
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A self-tapping curtain rod bracket comprising:
- a mount having at least two prongs spaced from one another, each prong having a pointed tip, the tips capable of penetrating a wall to form a hole for at least a portion of the mount to extend through the wall and engage a backside of the wall;
- a wall support associated with the mount and extending along and engaging a front side of the wall;
- an arm extending away from the wall support;
- a cradle portion being supported by the arm to hold a curtain rod;
- and the wall support includes an arm support, and
- the mount includes a mount portion, the mount portion being disposed between the arm support and the arm,
- wherein the arm supports two cradle portions.
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A self-tapping curtain rod bracket comprising:
- a mount having at least one prong, the at least one prong having a pointed tip, the tip capable of penetrating a wall to form a hole for at least a portion of the mount to extend through the wall and engage a backside of the wall;
- a wall support removably mounted to the mount and extending along and engaging a front side of the wall;
- an arm extending away from the wall support;
- a cradle portion being supported by the arm to hold a curtain rod;
- the mount includes a mount portion configured to attach to the arm;
- the mount portion defines a first hole, and the arm defines a second hole;
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- a screw that extends through the first hole and second hole to connect the mount portion to the arm.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.