US 6,206,074 B1Granted

Adjustable bracket for decorative finial

OwnerArmin Liuinventor

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Abstract

An adjustable finial mounting bracket apparatus generally comprising a first bracket, a firs t flange, a second bracket, a second flange, a knob, and a screw. The first flange and second flange extend outwardly from the first bracket and the second bracket, respectively, and are adapted to engage the lips of a headrail for a curtain or drapery. The first bracket and the second bracket abut each other and are attached together by a screw. Each bracket is adapted to longitudinally move with respect to the other, thereby providing the adjustment capability for attachment onto headrails of varying sizes. The surfaces of both the first bracket and the second bracket are corrugated so that detent movement is provided when sliding first bracket relative to second bracket, and greater holding strength of the apparatus on the headrail is achieved when the screw is tightened.

Claims5

Dependent claims

An apparatus for attachment onto a headrail having a pair of horizontally opposed lips, comprising:

a finial having a display side and a non-display side, said non-display side having a plurality of bosses;
a first bracket having a plurality of laterally-disposed corrugations, and a first flange means for engaging the lip of the headrail;
a second bracket having a plurality of laterally-disposed corrugations, a second flange means for engaging the lip of the headrail, and a slot opening through said second bracket;
a screw for inserting through said slot at a selected location along said slot such that said laterally-disposed corrugations of said first bracket mesh with said laterally-disposed corrugations of said second bracket in a detent relationship;
a threaded means for receiving said screw such that as the screw is tightened said first bracket is compressed against said second bracket and;
a knob protruding from said first or second bracket, said knob inserted into a selected boss of said finial whereby said finial may be mounted in various positions with respect to the headrail.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.