US 4,684,095 AGranted

Curtain rod and window shade holder

OwnerWilber J. Atheyinventor

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Abstract

A curtain rod and window shade holder formed of a metal sheet having a main portion with an arcuate lower edge, a flat upper edge, and a rear portion which is bent to hook over a window frame, the sheet having a curtain rod holding portion struck outwardly from an intermediate portion of the main portion to receive the end of a conventional curtain rod of the channel type. The curtain rod and window shade holder also has an opening to receive a pin of a window shade roller. There is a right and left window shade holder, and one of these has a slot to receive a flat pin of a roller shade and the other has a circular opening to receive a round pin. In addition, there are openings extending downwardly from the flat upper edges of the sheet to receive round curtain rods. The whole unit can be formed by a simple stamping operation from a single flat piece of metal.

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Dependent claims

A curtain rod and window shade holder comprising:

a sheet of rigid material having a main portion bounded by an arcuate lower edge, a flat upper edge and a narrow rear portion extending the full height of said main portion and projecting upwardly therefrom, said arcuate lower edge extending from the lower end of the narrow rear portion to the outer end of the flat upper edge, said narrow rear portion being bent perpendicularly with respect to the plane of the main portion to engage a window frame and having the upwardly projecting portion thereof bent backwardly and then bent downwardly to provide a hook portion to engage over the top of a window frame and extend downwardly between the frame and the wall to which the frame is attached;
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said sheet having a curtain rod holding portion struck outwardly from an intermediate part of the main portion to leave an opening through said main portion, the outer part of said struck out portion being bent again so as to extend outwardly parallel to the main portion and being cut to provide a hook member to receive the end of a conventional curtain rod of the channeled type.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.