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US 6,669,034 B2Granted
Curtain rod
AssigneeManfred Diedrichsen & Co.
InventorManfred Diedrichsen
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Abstract
A wardrobe rod with two brackets includes a tensioning device for tensioning the wardrobe rod along its longitudinal direction. The tensioning device includes a tension member that longitudinally transfixes the wardrobe rod formed as a tube. Its centerline extends beyond its ends displaced with respect to the centerline of the wardrobe rod, and lies at least in the displaced area on contact surfaces of an insert that is supported by the inner wall area of the wardrobe rod opposite the tension member.
Claims14
A wardrobe rod comprising:
- an elongated tubular rod including a first centerline and defining a cavity having an inner wall;
- an insert piece disposed within, and proximate, a center of said cavity of said elongated tubular rod such that a portion of said insert piece contacts said inner wall of said elongated tubular rod, said insert piece having a continuous, longitudinal opening having a contact surface wherein a substantial portion of a center portion of said longitudinal opening is disposed beneath said first centerline;
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- a tension device for tensioning said elongated tubular rod along a longitudinal direction, wherein said tension device includes a second centerline and a tension member longitudinally transversing said elongated tubular rod such that a portion of said tension member is disposed in said longitudinal opening in contact with said contact surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.