Methods for installing curtain rod brackets

A method comprising the steps of:

• (1) providing a curtain rod bracket assembly comprising:
• (a) a bracket comprising:
• (i) a back portion having a front surface and a channel with an upper stop member, first and second opposed side rails descending from the upper stop member, and a lower opening between the first and second side rails;
• (ii) a first arm extending outward from a first portion of the front surface and including a first end engaging the first portion and a second end opposite the first end;
• (iii) a second arm extending outward from a second portion of the front surface, the second portion being spaced from the first portion, the second arm being curved and including a third end engaging the second portion and a fourth end opposite the third end;
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• (iv) a curtain rod cradle carried by the first and second arms and configured to receive a curtain rod,
• wherein the curtain rod cradle is U-shaped, has first and second vertical members and a base extending between the first and second vertical members, the first vertical member having a hole formed therein and being attached to the second end of the first arm, and the fourth end of the second arm being attached to the curtain rod cradle such that the second end of the first arm and the fourth end of the second arm form an acute angle with each other;
• (b) a fastening plate configured to slidably engage the channel of the back portion and configured to engage a wall,
• the fastening plate comprising a body having opposite side edges, a lower portion, an upper portion, and a tapered mid-section between the lower portion and the upper portion, the tapered mid-section having a width between the opposite side edges that is less than a width of the lower portion and less than a width of the upper portion, and the upper portion including first and second apertures formed side-by-side in an upper portion of the fastening plate along a substantially horizontal line between the opposite side edges of the body and dimensioned to receive first and second securing objects therein, respectively;
• wherein the two apertures are the only openings in the fastening plate;
• (2) positioning the fastening plate of the curtain rod bracket assembly against the wall;
• (3) inserting the first securing object of the curtain rod bracket assembly into the first aperture of the fastening plate of the curtain rod bracket assembly;
• (4) urging the first securing object of the curtain rod bracket assembly through the first aperture of the fastening plate of the curtain rod bracket assembly, whereby the first securing object enters the wall until a small portion of the first securing object is protruding out of the first aperture of the fastening plate of the curtain rod bracket assembly;
• (5) inserting the second securing object of the curtain rod bracket assembly into the second aperture of the fastening plate of the curtain rod bracket assembly;
• (6) urging the second securing object of the curtain rod bracket assembly through the second aperture of the fastening plate of the curtain rod bracket assembly, whereby the second securing object enters the wall until a small portion of the second securing object is protruding out of the second aperture of the fastening plate of the curtain rod bracket assembly;
• (7) sliding the back portion of the curtain rod bracket assembly onto the fastening plate of the curtain rod bracket assembly such that the channel of the back portion receives the fastening plate therein, whereby the back portion of the curtain rod bracket assembly is coupled to the fastening plate of the curtain rod bracket assembly and thus to the wall;
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• (8) positioning a curtain rod within the curtain rod cradle of the curtain rod bracket assembly.