Patents by Inventor David C. Kromm

David C. Kromm has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4085480
    Abstract: A decorative drapery rod assembly including a hollow rod of rectangular section having longitudinal beads and supported upon spaced wall brackets. The rod is nestingly enclosed by a series of decorative plastic modules of channel shape arranged closely end to end, each module having a pair of C-shaped spring clips seated inside the front wall of the module. The spring clips have upper and lower arms for engaging upper and lower surfaces on the rod so that each module may be snapped into a captive forwardly facing position after the rod has been installed in its horizontal working position on the wall, with the modules being slideable endwise on the rod for centering of the series of modules with respect to the rod. In the preferred embodiment the upper arm of each spring clip has a shoulder for engaging one of the beads and a detent spaced therefrom for engaging the other, with the lower arm serving to press the rod relatively upwardly into engagement with the shoulder and detent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1977
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1978
    Assignee: Roper Corporation
    Inventors: David C. Kromm, Henry Znamirowski