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US 5,472,102 AGranted
Portable curtain rod support
OwnerCarrie M. Claytoninventor
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Abstract
A curtain rod support for supporting a curtain rod and associated curtain proximate a window. The inventive device includes a pair of vertically adjustable stanchions each supported by a weighted base for positioning on laterally opposed sides of a window. An adjustable transverse support extends between the upper distal ends of the stanchions and includes a pair of mounting plates for mounting a curtain rod therebetween. The support permits a rapid installation of curtains or drapes to a window without modification of the surrounding window structure, thereby enabling apartment dwellers or renters to removably install such curtains.
Claims7
A new portable curtain rod support comprising:
- a first adjustable stanchion;
- a second adjustable stanchion;
- a first weighted base for supporting said first stanchion in a vertical position against a wall;
- a second weighted base for supporting said second stanchion in a vertical position against said wall;
- and,
- an adjustable transverse support coupled to upper distal ends of said stanchions members and extending therebetween, said transverse support including a first mounting plate positioned at a first outboard end thereof, and a second mounting plate positioned at a second outboard end thereof, said mounting plates each having a plurality of slots extending therethrough for mounting a curtain rod mount thereto.
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A new portable curtain rod support comprising:
- a first stanchion comprising a first lower member, and a first upper member having a longitudinally extending slot, the first upper member being slidably positioned in a facing relationship to said first lower member, said first lower member having an aperture extending therethrough, with a first adjustment fastener projecting through said aperture and said slot to engage a first gripping member, said first gripping member having teeth which engage said first upper member upon a tightening of said first adjustment fastener, said first lower member including a pair of rearwardly extending lateral alignment flanges which flank the first upper member to preclude rotation of said first upper member relative to said first lower member;
- a second stanchion comprising a second lower member, and a second upper member having a longitudinally extending slot, the second upper member being slidably positioned in a facing relationship to said second lower member, said second lower member having a second aperture extending therethrough, with an adjustment fastener projecting through said aperture and said slot to engage a second gripping member, said second gripping member having teeth which engage said second upper member upon a tightening of said second adjustment fastener, said second lower member including a pair of rearwardly extending lateral alignment flanges which flank the second upper member to preclude rotation of said second upper member relative to said second lower member;
- a first weighted base having a rear side wall with a vertically extending journal formed in the rear side wall thereof, with the first lower member being received and secured within said journal of said first base;
- a second weighted base having a rear side wall with a vertically extending journal formed in the rear side wall thereof, with the second lower member being received and secured within said journal of said second base;
- a transverse support coupled to upper distal ends of said upper members and extending therebetween, said transverse support comprising a first transverse member slidably coupled to a second transverse member, with the first transverse member including a pair of lateral alignment flanges which flank the second transverse member, with a transverse support adjustment fastener extending through both the first transverse member and an elongated slot in the second transverse member to engage a transverse support gripping member, said transverse support gripping member having teeth which engage said second transverse member upon a tightening of said transverse support adjustment fastener, the transverse support further including a first mounting plate positioned at an outboard end of said first transverse member, and a second mounting plate positioned at an outboard end of said second transverse member, said mounting plates each having a plurality of slots extending therethrough;
- a pair curtain rod mounts, each of said mounts being coupled to an individual one of said mounting plates;
- a curtain rod extending between said curtain rod mounts for mounting a curtain thereover.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.