Adjustable traverse rod assembly

A traverse rod assembly comprising telescopically adjustable inner and outer hollow rods formed of strip metal and each including top wall means, front wall means, rear wall means, and forward and rear bottom wall means spaced apart to define a downwardly opening slot therebetween, the inner rod having an external cross-section sufficiently smaller than the outer rod such that one end thereof is telescopically receivable in the outer rod, the top wall means of the inner and outer hollow rods each having a lengthwise extending reentrant angle adjacent their respective rear wall means defining an upwardly opening channel, the rear bottom wall means of the inner and outer hollow rods each having a lengthwise extending reentrant angle adjacent their respective rear wall means defining a downwardly opening channel, at least one rod support bracket having means for engaging the upwardly and downwardly opening channels in at least one of the rods, a plurality of drapery carrier means movable along the rod assembly, said forward and rear bottom wall means of the outer rod respectively including forward and rear carrier guide rails extending upwardly along opposite sides of the slot in the outer rod and terminating in respective forward and rear upper edge means, the forward bottom wall means of the inner rod including a forward carrier guide rail extending upwardly along one side of the slot in the inner rod and terminating in an upper edge means disposed at substantially the same level as the forward upper edge means of the outer rod, the reentrant angle of the rear bottom wall means of the inner rod having a crest forming an upper edge means and disposed at substantially the same level as the rear upper edge means of the outer rod, and a rear rail extending downwardly from the crest along the other side of the slot in the inner rod and terminating in a lower edge means, the drapery carrier means being movable along the upper edge means, the drapery carrier means including a shank which engages the lower edge means.

A traverse rod assembly comprising, inner and outer hollow rods formed of strip metal and each including top wall means, front wall means, rear wall means, and forward and rear bottom wall means spaced apart to define a downwardly opening slot therebetween, the inner rod having an external cross-section sufficiently smaller than the outer rod to have one end telescopically receivable in one end of the outer rod, the forward and rear bottom wall means of the outer rod having respective forward and rear carrier guide rails extending upwardly along opposite sides of the slot in the outer rod and each having a hemmed upper edge with the hem disposed at the side of the associated rail remote from the slot in the outer rod, the forward and rear bottom wall means on the inner rod having respective forward and rear guide rails extending upwardly along opposite sides of the slot in the inner rod and each having a hemmed upper edge with the hem disposed at the side of the associated rail remote from the slot in the inner rod, the forward and rear guide rails on the inner rod having their hemmed upper edges disposed alongside and at substantially the same level as the hemmed upper edges on the respective forward and rear guide rails on the outer rod, the forward and rear guide rails on the inner rod each having a lower guide portion horizontally and vertically offset from the hemmed upper edge on the associated rail and arranged to engage the respective forward and rear guide rails on the outer rod at the sides thereof remote from the slot in the outer rod and at a level below the hems on the upper edges thereof, and a plurality of drapery carriers each having a head portion adapted to engage the hemmed upper edges on the guide rails of the inner and outer rod and a shank portion adapted to extend downwardly from the head portion through the slots in the inner and outer rods and engage the lower guide portions.