# US 5,704,410 A · Curtain rail and flower rack

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- Number: US 5,704,410 A
- Document ID: US5704410A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/739,209
- Filed: 1996-10-29
- Granted: 1998-01-06
- Earliest claimed: 1996-10-29
- Inventors: Kun-Rong Kuo
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5704410A

## CPC

- A47H 27/00: Boxes, shelves, holders or similar supports for holding flowers (windows adapted to carry plants E06B7/28)
- A47H 2/00: Pelmets or the like
- A47H: FURNISHINGS FOR WINDOWS OR DOORS (concerned with the functioning of the door or window E05; roller blinds E06B)

## Abstract

The present invention provides a rack that functions as a curtain rail guard or a flowerpot rack and is designed to be a Do-It-Yourself product. The rack includes a decorative front guard, two decorative side guards, several partition plates, several connecting angles and a tie plate. The tie plate can be fastened to a desired location. The connecting angles connect the front and side guards, and with the partition plates form a decorative rack that can be engaged to the tie plate with stay rails, to attach the assembly to the correct location on a wall, as a curtain rail guard or a flowerpot rack.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A rack for use as a curtain rail guard or a flowerpot rack, comprising:
a decorative front guard member having (1) an ornamental front portion extending from a plate-shaped wall, (2) a pair of flanges secured to an upper end thereof to form a first connection receiving space therebetween, (3) a pair of first stay rails integrally formed on an inner surface of said front guide wall, and (4) a first hanger formed on a rear side of said front guide wall by a bent bottom edge portion of said front guide wall;
a pair of decorative side guards, each of said side guards having (1) an ornamental front portion extending from a plate-shaped wall, (2) a pair of flanges secured to an upper end thereof to form a second connection receiving space therebetween, (3) a pair of second stay rails integrally formed on an inner surface of said side guard wall, and (4) a second hanger formed on a rear side of said side guard wall by a bent bottom edge portion of said side guard wall, said front guard and said pair of side guards having beveled corner portions on corresponding ends thereof for forming a 90.degree. connection therebetween;
a plurality of right angle shaped connectors for joining each of said pair of side guards to said front guard to form a U-shaped assembly, at least one of said plurality of right angle shaped connectors extending between said first and second connection receiving spaces, at least another of said plurality of right angle shaped connectors extending between said first and second hangers;
a partition plate having a substantially flat contour, said partition plate being received within a selected one of said first stay rails and corresponding second stay rails; and,
an L-shaped tie plate having a vertically directed portion for coupling to a building structure and a horizontally directed portion received within said selected first stay rail and corresponding second stay rails.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The rack as recited in claim 1 where said partition plate has a tenon formed on a first edge thereof for insertion into said first stay rail and a mortise formed on an opposing edge thereof for receiving an edge portion of said tie plate therein.