Window shade hanging device
OwnerPaul J. Briganteinventor
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Abstract
Window shade hanging apparatus includes a guide block formed of a synthetic plastics material and an elongated rod dimensioned to fit slidably within a through longitudinal bore in the block. The guide block has a vertical recess or channel in one end and a permanent magnet is mounted in the block and has an exposed face within the recess. The elongated rod has a permanent magnet affixed to one end whereby a support bracket for a window shade can be held within the recess of the block by its magnet and aligned with a vertical element of the window frame and a fastening element for the support bracket is held by the magnet on the elongated rod in position to be driven into an aperture in the support bracket and into the vertical window frame element for securement thereto.
Claims3
Window shade bracket securing apparatus comprising in combination:
- a guide block having at least one longitudinally extending surface thereon;
- at least one end of said guide block being normal to said longitudinally extending surface and formed of a nonmagnetic material;
- a vertical recess in said one end of the guide block and extending the complete length thereof so as to be open at the top and bottom, the width of said recess being defined by a pair of opposed parallel walls, said recess having a countersunk portion intermediate the open ends thereof contoured to receive therein the arcuate protruding portion of a shade support bracket;
- a longitudinally extending through bore in said block spaced inwardly of said one longitudinally extending surface;
- a permanent magnet mounted in the guide block having at least a face thereof exposed within the confines of said countersunk portion;
- and an elongated rod member dimensioned to fit slidably within said bore in said guide block and of sufficient length to extend beyond the other end thereof, a permanent magnet being mounted at one end of said rod member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.