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.

Abstract: The invention provides a stair rod bracket designed to receive a stair rod that secures a carpet to stairs. The bracket comprises a bottom plate having an aperture that suitably can be designed to receive a fastener such as a screw or a nail. A sidewall completely surrounds the bottom plate creating an opening. The sidewall has an exterior, an interior, a bottom end, which is attached or integral to the bottom plate, and an upper end. The sidewall also comprises a stair rod receiving portion. In one embodiment, this stair rod receiving portion can be an aperture in the sidewall designed to receive the end of a stair rod. In another embodiment the stair rod receiving portion can be a notch that opens at the upper end of the sidewall, and has bottom section which the stair rod rests on.