Snap-in, snap-out curtain-supporting unit for windows

A curtain-supporting unit of a snap-in, snap-out type comprising a plurality of rods interconnected to form a sturdy curtain-receiving framework, with said rods residing essentially in a coplanar relationship, said curtain-receiving framework adapted to support a curtain and to be installed as an integral curtain-supporting unit adjacent the frame of a window, said curtain-receiving framework utilized in combination with an array of rod-receiving clips of resilient construction mounted in a spaced, substantially planar relationship adjacent a window frame, said clip array defining a configuration closely approximating the size and configuration of said curtain-receiving framework, each of said resilient clips of said array being generally of C-shaped configuration and having an outwardly directed entrance portion of reduced size, enlarging into a portion configured to closely receive and retain a respective portion of a rod of said framework that has been thrust into the clip, said framework, because of its sturdy construction, being of essentially consistent size and thus able to be brought predictably into mating contact with said outwardly directed entrance portion of each of said resilient clips, without occasioning the individual fitting of each respective rod portion onto a particular clip of said clip array, said framework, when installed in said clip array, forming an effective means for supporting the curtain in a desired relationship to the window, said curtain-receiving framework being readily removable from said clips, on occasion, by a relatively simple withdrawal movement, said curtain-receiving framework comprising a first rod to be installed in the frame of the window, a short, upstanding member operatively disposed at each end of said first rod, and a second rod usable in an interfitting relationship with said first rod, said second rod having an aperture at least at one end, such that said aperture in said second rod can be installed upon one of said upstanding members disposed at the ends of said first rod, said first rod and said second rod each being of a diameter so as to be receivable in respective prepared edges of a curtain to be mounted upon said curtain-receiving framework, said rods being received in the prepared edges of the curtain immediately prior to the apertures of said second rod being inserted upon said upstanding members of said first rod, each of said short, upstanding members operatively disposed at the ends of said first rod being adjustably held by mechanical fastening means in a selected angular relationship to said first rod.