Curtain rod having tension mounting mechanism
AssigneeUnited States Gypsum Company
InventorRobert G. Glejf
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Abstract
A flexible door or curtain support comprising an elongate member having a track for supporting the door or curtain, and apparatus for providing tension between the elongate member and a supporting wall comprising a pad or wall member for engaging the wall, a pressure plate engaging the end of the elongate member, and wedge or a cam mechanism cooperating with the pressure plate and the pad or wall member, and a mechanism for moving the wedge member to provide longitudinal tension between the elongate member and the wall.
Claims8
In combination, a curtain rod and tension assembly adapted to be mounted between two walls, said curtain rod comprising an elongate member having means for mounting a curtain, said tension assembly comprising:
- (1) a wall mounting plate adapted to engage a wall in abutting relationship,
- (2) a cam member having at least one oblique cam surface and a threaded transverse hole,
- (3) a tension plate having means at one end for engaging the end of said curtain rod,
- (4) a longitudinal flange provided as an integral part of one member of said wall mounting plate and said tension plate having longitudinal guide means, the other member of said wall mounting plate and said tension plate having complementary guide means slidably engaged with the guide means of said longitudinal flange, said longitudinal flange having a hole provided therein, and
- (5) a screw extending through the hole in said longitudinal flange and threadedly engaged in the threaded hole provided in said cam member,
- one member of said cam member and said wall mounting plate having a transverse channel provided therein and the other a guide member slidably engaged in said channel,
- one member of said cam member and said tension plate having a transverse channel therein and the other having a guide member slidably engaged in said channel,
- and at least one member of said wall mounting plate and said tension plate having a complementary oblique cam surface engaging the oblique cam surface of said cam member, whereby tightening of said screw causes said cam member to move said tension plate away from said wall mounting plate and causes said curtain rod and said tension assembly to become wedged between said walls.
In combination, a curtain rod and tension assembly adapted to be mounted between two walls, said curtain rod comprising an elongate member having means for mounting a curtain, said tension assembly comprising:
- (1) a wall mounting plate adapted to engage a wall in abutting relationship,
- (2) a cam member having a first oblique cam surface and a threaded transverse hole,
- (3) a tension plate having means at one end for engaging the end of said curtain rod,
- (4) a longitudinal flange provided as an integral part of said wall mounting plate having longitudinal guide means, said tension plate having complementary guide means slidably engaged with the guide means of said longitudinal flange, said longitudinal flange having a hole provided therein, and
- (5) a screw extending through the hole in said longitudinal flange and threadedly engaged in the threaded hole provided in said cam member,
- said wall mounting plate having a transverse channel provided therein and said cam member having a guide member slidably engaged in said channel,
- said tension plate having a transverse channel therein and said cam member having a guide member at the other end thereof slidably engaged in said channel,
- and said tension plate having a complementary oblique cam surface engaging the first oblique cam surface of said cam member, whereby tightening of said screw causes said cam member to move said tension plate away from said wall mounting plate and causes said curtain rod and said tension assembly to become wedged between said walls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.