Mounted On Opposing Walls Patents (Class 248/264)
  • Patent number: 4461056
    Abstract: A pair of horizontally extending curtain rods for bathroom stalls comprising a mechanism whereby the rods are each supported by end brackets which are adapted to be force-fitted against the walls of the stall to retain the pair of rods in tight engagement with the side walls of the stall. One of the pair of rods is employed primarily to support a conventional shower curtain suspended therefrom whereas the other of the rods supports a decorative curtain extending from the rod to a position closely adjacent the floor of the stall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1984
    Inventor: Walter Solinski
  • Patent number: 4381578
    Abstract: A flexible door or curtain support comprising an elongate member having a track for supporting the door or curtain, and apparatus for providing tension between the elongate member and a supporting wall comprising a pad or wall member for engaging the wall, a pressure plate engaging the end of the elongate member, and wedge or a cam mechanism cooperating with the pressure plate and the pad or wall member, and a mechanism for moving the wedge member to provide longitudinal tension between the elongate member and the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1983
    Assignee: United States Gypsum Company
    Inventor: Robert G. Glejf
  • Patent number: 4341254
    Abstract: A venetian blind has a blind head and slats, brackets for supporting the blind head, and a frame having side channel members to receive the ends of the slats. Clip means connect both the bracket to window opening structure and to the side channel members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1982
    Assignee: Levolor Lorentzen, Inc.
    Inventors: Maurice Schaller, Victor Debs, Leo Abate, James Dodich, Regino Rodriguez, Joseph A. Anderle
  • Patent number: 4265423
    Abstract: A support bracket for a venetian blind headrail which is in the form of an open sided box structure including a side wall, with a top wall and a bottom wall connected to the side wall, a front wall having rearwardly extending top and bottom flanges connected to a forward portion of the top and bottom wall, respectively, by a vertical axis pivotal connection adjacent the side wall, a latch provided between the top and bottom flanges and the top and bottom walls, the latch locking the front wall in position when the front wall is moved sideways towards the side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1981
    Assignee: Hunter Douglas International N.V.
    Inventor: Francis Vecchiarelli
  • Patent number: 4071215
    Abstract: A bracket for a venetian blind headrail comprising a side opening box-like structure having means for mounting to a window frame, a swingably openable front cover on the structure, and a forward upstanding retaining lip on the bottom wall for retaining the supported end of a headrail on the bottom wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1978
    Assignee: Marathon Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Anthony F. Marotto
  • Patent number: 4031943
    Abstract: This invention relates to an improved system for hanging curtains, whereby the points from which the curtain is hung are held a maximum spaced distance from one another determined when the curtain is extended, but in such manner that the curtain can slide freely along the length of the supporting bar without being obstructed by the intermediate supports which fasten the bar to the ceiling or to the side wall, when the curtain is gathered or extended, which supports are inserted in and run the length of a longitudinal slot made in said bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1977
    Inventor: Sabino Silvestre
  • Patent number: 3946978
    Abstract: A window plate member is affixed to an inside surface of a window casing. An elevating plate member has a lower end hingedly affixed to the window plate member and extending upward from the window plate member to an area above the window casing for rotation from a position closely adjacent the surface of a wall in which the window casing is mounted to a position perpendicular to such surface. A rod connecting member comprises a rod of U-shape having a pair of legs. A first free end of the rod extends at right angles to the plane of the legs and is pivotally mounted on the upper end of the elevating plate member in a manner whereby the legs are movable in a plane perpendicular to the surface of the wall. The rod has a second free end in the plane of the legs for accommodating a tubular curtain rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1976
    Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
    Inventor: William D. Evans