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US 7,461,431 B2Granted
Stair rod bracket
AssigneeStair Hold, Inc.
InventorAboolhassan Zoroufy
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Abstract
The present invention provides a transversely interconnecting slidable stair rod bracket. The bracket may also be provided for use in a stair rod set, the set also including a stair carpet retaining rod and a finial. The bracket has a top portion and a bottom portion. The top portion having a plurality of projections and complementary shaped channels for receiving projections from the bottom portion; the bottom portion contains a rod-receiving portion, an outside end wall with an aperture therein for accepting either a threaded finial fastener which engages with a “female” finial, or the fastening portion of a “male” finial, and a plurality of projections and complementary shaped channels for receiving projections from the top portion.
Claims18
A stair rod bracket comprising:
- a top portion having a front face, a back face, two end walls that each extend downwardly from the front face of the top portion to the back face of the top portion, a first projection and a first channel;
- a bottom portion having a front face, a back face, a first projection, a first channel, an outside end wall extending up from the back face of the bottom portion, the outside end wall having a finial fastener aperture, an inside end wall extending directly up from the back face of the bottom portion, and a stair rod receiving portion;
- wherein the first projection of the top portion is designed to be received in the first channel of the bottom portion and the first projection of the bottom portion is designed to be received in the first channel of the top portion;
- and
- wherein the receipt of the first projection of the top portion in the first channel of the bottom portion and the first projection of the bottom portion in the first channel of the top portion allows for transverse engagement of the top portion with the bottom portion from either a right or left side of the bottom portion.
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A stair rod bracket comprising:
- a top portion having a front face, a back face, a first end wall and a second end wall which each extend downwardly from the front face to the back face, a first end wall edge and a second end wall edge, a first fastener aperture passing through the front and back face of the top portion, a plurality of rounded projections and a plurality of channels;
- a bottom portion having a front face having a second fastener aperture and a first mounting aperture, a back face, an outside end wall extending directly up from the back face of the bottom portion, the outside end wall having a finial fastener aperture and an inside end wall, a plurality of rounded projections and a plurality of channels;
- wherein the outside end wall of the bottom portion has an outside end wall edge and an inside surface;
- wherein the inside end wall of the bottom portion has an inside end wall edge and a stair rod receiving portion;
- and
- wherein the outside end wall edge of the bottom portion is complementary in shape to the first end wall edge of the top portion such that when the top portion is slid over the bottom portion, from either a right or left side of the bottom portion, the first end wall edge of the top portion and the outside end wall edge of the bottom portion engage in a mating fashion.
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A stair rod bracket comprising:
- a top portion having a front face, a back face, a first end wall and a second end wall which each extend downwardly from the front face to the back face, a first end wall edge and a second end wall edge, a first fastener aperture passing through the front and back face of the top portion, a first rounded projection adjacent to a first channel, a second rounded projection adjacent to a second channel;
- a bottom portion having a front face having a second fastener aperture and a first mounting aperture, a back face, an outside end wall extending directly up from the back face of the bottom portion, the outside end wall having a finial fastener aperture, an inside end wall, a first rounded projection adjacent to a first channel, a second rounded projection adjacent to a second channel;
- wherein the outside end wall of the bottom portion has an outside end wall edge and an inside surface;
- wherein the inside end wall of the bottom portion has an inside end wall edge and a stair rod receiving portion;
- and
- wherein the front face and the outside end wall edge of the bottom portion is complementary in shape to the back face of the top portion such that when the top portion is slid over the bottom portion, from either a right or left side of the bottom portion, the front face and the outside end wall edge of the bottom portion engage in a mating fashion with the back face of the top portion and define a rod receiving enclosure.
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A stair rod set comprising:
- a stair rod;
- a pair of stair rod brackets, each bracket having
- a top portion having a front face, a back face, two end walls that each extend downwardly from the front face of the top portion to the back face of the top portion, a first projection and a first channel;
- a bottom portion having a front face, a back face, a first projection, a first channel, an outside end wall extending directly up from the back face of the bottom portion, the outside end wall having a finial fastener aperture, an inside end wall extending up from the back face of the bottom portion, and a stair rod receiving portion;
- wherein the first projection of the top portion is designed to be received in the first channel of the bottom portion and the first projection of the bottom portion is designed to be received in the first channel of the top portion;
- and
- wherein the receipt of the first projection of the top portion in the first channel of the bottom portion and the first projection of the bottom portion in the first channel of the top portion allows for transverse engagement of the top portion with the bottom portion from either a right or left side of the bottom portion.
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A stair rod set comprising:
- a plurality of top portions of a bracket, each top portion having a front face, a back face, two end walls that each extend downwardly from the front face of the top portion to the back face of the top portion, a first projection and a first channel;
- a plurality of bottom portions of a bracket, each bottom portion having a front face, a back face, a first projection, a first channel, an outside end wall extending directly up from the back face of the bottom portion, the outside end wall having a finial fastener aperture, an inside end wall extending up from the back face of the bottom portion, and a stair rod receiving portion;
- wherein the first projection of the top portion is designed to be received in the first channel of the bottom portion and the first projection of the bottom portion is designed to be received in the first channel of the top portion, such that the top portion is capable of transversely engaging the bottom portion from either a right or left side of the bottom portion.
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