Apparatus for attaching a firescreen to a fireplace
OwnerRalph E. Matthewsinventor
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Abstract
A firescreen is secured in place by a flexible member attached at one end to the firescreen with the other end thereof secured to a bracket mounted in position for a portion thereof to extend upwardly in rearwardly spaced relation to the front side of the front wall of the fireplace. An actuator member connected to the bracket moves the bracket rearwardly away from an abutment carried by the fireplace intermediate the bracket and the firescreen whereby tension is applied to the flexible member to urge the firescreen rearwardly and downwardly, thus securing the firescreen to the fireplace.
Claims10
In a firescreen assembly disposed to surround the front side of the front wall of a fireplace adjacent the opening therein and having a transverse member adapted to span the front side of the front wall of the fireplace above the opening for the fireplace, the improvement which comprises:
- (a) at least one generally L-shaped bracket having a vertical leg adapted to extend upwardly in rearwardly spaced relation to said front side of said front wall and a forwardly extending horizontal leg,
- (b) there being at least one opening in said horizontal leg,
- (c) there being an opening through said transverse member above the opening for the fireplace,
- (d) a cable-like member having one end thereof extending through said opening in said transverse member with the other end thereof passing through said opening in said horizontal leg,
- (e) means carried by said one end of said cable-like member limiting movement of said one end relative to said transverse member,
- (f) means detachably connecting said other end of said cable-like member to said vertical leg of said bracket,
- (g) an abutment carried by said fireplace intermediate said vertical leg and said front side of said front wall of the fireplace, and
- (h) an actuator member adjustably connected to said vertical leg and adapted to engage said abutment and move said bracket rearwardly away from said transverse member to thereby apply tension to said cable-like member and urge said transverse member both rearwardly and downwardly to secure said firescreen to said fireplace.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.