Abstract: A wall-mountable curtain rod bracket has two holders for supporting the ends of two respective curtain rods over two adjacent panels of a bay window. Each holder is pivotally mounted on the end of sleeve which is telescopically and rotatably mounted on a segment of an L-shaped rod, which is pivotally mounted on a wall anchor. Set screws are provided for locking all parts after they are pivoted and telescoped to their desired positions.

Abstract: The invention comprises a glider with a head portion (1), a connecting portion (3) and a bottom portion (4), the connecting portion (3) having a smaller side than the bottom side of the head portion or the upper side of the bottom portion, the bottom portion being asymmetrical, and an eye(10), intended to bear a curtain hook towards one side, having been shifted to an outer surface (14) of the bottom portion.

Abstract: A molded curtain attachment connector for connecting a curtain hanger member and the top edge of a curtain includes a fastener member having a fastener surface releasably engageable with the fastener surface of a surface-type separable fastener member attached to the curtain along a top edge thereof, a hook member integrally formed with the fastener member and adapted to be attached to, and detached from, the curtain hanger member, and a blocking means disposed at the opening of the hook member for preventing another article from entering the hook member through the opening, the blocking means being deformable toward the inside of the hook member when subjected to an external force of a predetermined intensity. The molded curtain attachment connector thus constructed can be manufactured with high production efficiency, facilitates the curtain attaching/detaching operation, ensures smooth opening and closing operation of the curtain, and can be colored in various manners.

Abstract: An accordion fold panel closure, formed of numerous, vertically extending, narrow, hingedly connected blades is suspended from an upper track and has its lower edge engaged within a lower guide track. An extruded channel is formed to function either as an upper or lower track. The channel includes a base, integral side walls, and opposing flanges which partially cover the mouth of the channel. One of the flanges is provided with a laterally opening groove. The lower edges of the panel, at the hinge points, are provided with guide pins that extend into the lower track. The guide pins have laterally extending washers which fit into the groove of one of the flanges and are overlapped by the opposite flange. The track also includes interior wheels receiving channels so that support members having a pair of wheels may be arranged within the upper track for suspending the panel therefrom.

Abstract: An apparatus for installing a cubicle curtain or IV track on a dropped ceiling constructed with standard tee-bars and lay-in tile includes a sliding channel member for sliding engagement over the track, and a clip device secured to the upper wall of the channel member for engaging over a ceiling tee-bar. The channel member can slide along the track and the clip device can slide along the tee-bar for positioning the track, before fastening the track in position. The clip device in one version includes a vertical support for direct attachment to ceiling or roof wires, where additional support is necessary.

Abstract: The present invention is a curtain rod assembly for supporting a generally tubular rod cover and a slidable curtain. The assembly includes a generally tubular member having a longitudinal slot therein and a generally tubular pliable cover surrounding substantially the entire length of the tubular member. The assembly also includes a track having a first, generally T-shaped member which may be inserted into the slot to retain a portion of the cover in the slot. The T-shaped member includes a first and second member, the width of the second member being greater than the width of the slot in the tubular member for retaining the cover and track within the slot. The track also includes a second member for receiving and permitting sliding movement of a plurality of retainers for a depending curtain.

Abstract: A flexible closure support system comprising two end brackets secured to walls with a rail therebetween and supported thereon. A plurality of carriers are carried by the rail and are freely movable the length of the rail. The carriers have button assemblies hooked to one end and roller assemblies hooked to the other end of a symmetric shank. The flexible closure is fastened to the carriers by buttons on the button assemblies; the roller assemblies slide and roll in a roller channel in the rail. Pivoting, pendulum locks attached to the end brackets limit upward movement of the rails when engaging the upper surface of the rail but can be rotated out of the way with the thumb to remove the rail. Optional, resilient accent strips can be pressed into a channel running the length of the rail.

Abstract: Disclosed is a shower enlarger assembly including a mounting bracket for engaging to a wall the ends of a bent shower curtain rod having an offset medial section for providing a greater stall space and for holding a shower curtain out of body contact. The mounting bracket includes a supporting backplate for contact with the wall and a recessed area located midsection of the supporting backplate for receiving the end of the bent shower curtain rod. The bent shower curtain rod is slidably inserted and rotatably mounted within the recessed area of the backplate. The bent shower curtain rod has attached thereto an integral rotating stop member extending outwardly from the curtain rod. A substantially semicircular fixed stop member extends outwardly from the face of the backplate and receives the integral rotating stop member attached to the bent shower curtain rod.

Abstract: A bendable drapery rod assembly comprising an elongated plastic rod member formed of flexible plastic and defining a trackway for drapery carriers, an elongated metal rod member, and provision for laterally retaining the plastic rod member and metal rod member together along their length to provide a combination plastic and metal rod unit. The metal rod member has a cross section with a major crosswise dimension and a relatively smaller minor crosswise dimension disposed transverse to the major crosswise dimension, and the rod unit is bendable in a direction laterally of the minor crosswise dimension of the metal rod member into a curved condition. The metal rod member is ductile and adapted to take a permanent set to hold the rod unit in a curved condition, and the major crosswise dimension of the metal rod member is substantially greater than the minor crosswise dimension to stiffen the rod unit against bending in a direction laterally of the major crosswise dimension.

Abstract: A single or multiple drapery track and mounting bracket therefor. A cooperating locking latch is provided for mounting the track to the bracket quickly and without using tools. The track has a longitudinal bead along one edge and a dependant wall spaced therefrom. The dependant wall has an outer inclined face having at least one longitudinal notch. The mounting bracket is generally L-shaped, the horizontal leg carrying a downwardly opening curl of size and configuration to receive the bead. The other leg has an inwardly canted strut or tongue of limited resilience. The mounting bracket is first installed on a vertical wall and the longitudinal bead of the support engaged within the curl. The track is pivoted toward the horizontal leg of the bracket forcibly flexing the tongue until it is tightly engaged within the notch. To dismount the track, the tongue is manually flexed until free of the notch and then, the track is pivoted in the reverse direction until free of the bracket.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a length adjustable center rod structure for a vertical shutter drape. The center rod is located in the inner side of an over-head track, and has two or more sections of telescoped hollow tubes so that the length thereof can be easily adjusted for length variations of the over-head track. The positioning of each hollow tube for the telescoping, is guided by a respective quasi-U-shaped, latitudinal, and straight trough provided on the tube wall. Each trough is also utilized for the reception of a downwardly protruding quasi-U-shaped tongue located on the sleeve axle inner surface sliding elements. When the center rod is rotated, it drives every shutter blade axle of the sliding elements to rotate via their respective sleeve axles.

Abstract: A shower stall structure for bathing having a shower area defined on three sides by upright walls and having an open side area with a shower curtain mounted therein to provide a covered point of entry for a person. A shower enlarger mounted in the shower area. The enlarger comprises a one-piece curtain rod having an offset medial section engageable with an upper area of the shower curtain for providing a greater stall space for upper body movement while showering. The offset medial section includes a pair of angular curtain rod sections which extend in diverging relation away from opposite ends of the offset medial section. The angular curtain rod sections have end sections at outer ends thereof. The outer ends of the end sections extend in opposite directions away from one another. Fastening structure is provided for securing the outer ends of the end sections in assembly with opposed upright walls of the shower area.

Abstract: A drapery traverse rod of the type having telescopically adjustable inner and outer rods each having a lengthwise extending trackway and a lengthwise extending dovetail shaped mounting rail at the rear side. A rod engaging bracket has a first pair of outer rod engaging jaws at one end adapted to engage a dovetail shaped mounting rail on the outer rod and a second pair of inner rod engaging jaws at the other end adapted to engage a dovetail shaped mounting rail on the inner rod. A mounting bracket is adapted for attachment at one end to a supporting surface and the rod engaging bracket can be selectively and reversibly mounted in the rod engaging bracket with either the outer rod engaging jaws or the inner rod engaging jaws positioned forwardly of the mounting bracket for engagement with the mounting rail on the respective outer or inner rod.

Abstract: A traverse rod assembly comprising telescopically adjustable inner and outer rods of the type having a downwardly opening slot at the bottom of the rods. The inner and outer rods each have forward and rear guide rails along opposite sides of the slot and rolled or hemmed upper edges disposed at substantially the same level for supporting drapery carriers for movement along the slot in the inner and outer rods. The rails on the inner rod are provided with lower guide portions arranged to engage and laterally guide the carriers during movement along the inner rod. The inner and outer rods are formed with upper and lower reentrant angles in the top and bottom that define upwardly and downwardly opening channels adjacent the rear of the rod so that the rod can be supported by an intermediate support bracket that is concealed from view from the front of the rod.

Abstract: There is disclosed a curtain-hanging track adapted to be mounted in a recreational vehicle having a flat, elongate rail fastened to an interior side wall thereof along and adjacent to the bottom of a window and a support member for said track which is fastened to the outer side end of the rail and disposed between it and the inner side wall.

Abstract: There is disclosed curtain hanging tracks made of complementary, extruded members comprising a base portion adapted to be affixed to a wall of a recreational vehicle and a cover portion adapted to be slid onto the base portion and to conceal the fasteners used to mount the base portion on the wall of the recreational vehicle. The cover portion has a longitudinal channel with inturned lips adapted to receive a T-shaped base of a curtain glide. The curtain is affixed to the glides which in turn are slid into the channel so that the curtain can be adjusted.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improvement in the supports for draperies, curtains, and the like, and more particularly, to improvments in the supports for coverings of bay windows wherein multiple treatments of the bay window can be achievewd by a compact unit which is capable of being installed easily and which can adjust to the particular requirements of the windows and do so in a manner which will not detract from the various treatments, and which is inexpensive in construction.

Abstract: A universal valance assembly is disclosed. In one embodiment, the valance assembly is mountable on headrails of inverted channel cross-section, such as is commonly used for hanging vertical blinds. In another embodiment, the valance assembly is mountable on a headrail of channel cross-section, such as is used for hanging horizontal blinds of varying width. In either case, the valance assembly comprises a groover face element for holding decorative material, and groover return elements which are mounted at opposite ends of the groover face elements by means of corners which join the groover elements at substantially right angles. In the case of headrails of inverted channel cross-section, the assembled groover elements, making up the valance assembly, are mounted on the headrail with one or more groover-receiving brackets, provided with rearwardly-extending arms and a clip mounted adjacent a remote end of the rearwardly-extending arm for engaging exterior grooves defined in the walls of the headrail.

Abstract: A ceiling track having a hinged terminal section incorporating a latch at the free end of the hinged section to secure the track end to the ceiling, the latch being releasable from floor level by an actuating wand to allow the hinged section to pivot downward to allow a curtain or other track carried equipment to be installed into or pulled down out of the track for easy removal, and being restorable to operation by pivoting the hinged track section upward into latching engagement in its operative ceiling affixed position. The latching structure is in two sections, one of which is fixedly secured to the end of the track and the other of which is fixedly secured to the above lying support surface, and incorporates a double latch for safety purposes, each latch being independent of the other, but both latches being simultaneously actuatable to latch and unlatch the latching mechanism.

Abstract: The curtain rod acts as shield concealing the runners and the upper edge of the curtain. The runners are guided by edges of slots in the inner and outer rod sections by means of grooves. The grooves receive the slot edges of the inner as well as outer rod section of the telescoping curtain rod only at the area of transition between inner and outer rod section. The runners glide back and forth between the outer rod section and the inner rod section without impinging at any place. This is due to the design according to which mentioned edges of the slots cooperate exclusively with only one each of two grooves present in the runners, each groove alocated to one respective guiding edge.

Abstract: There is disclosed an RV drapery mount, optionally also constituting a light fixture, which comprises an extrusion having a base portion having non-symmetrical portions above and below the base portion characterized in that the upper portion is shaped to form with the ceiling and wall of the RV a closed channel and the bottom portion is shaped to form an open channel, the front portion of which comprises a fabric cover beading receptor and the back portion of which comprises a drapery hanger track which is opposed to said receptor. A fabric cover is anchored in the receptor, wrapped around the front of the extrusion and over the top thereof and anchored by an anchoring member fastened under the top of the extrusion. The front wall may have an opening therein for a light fixture.

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.

Abstract: This combination, consists primarily of cylindrical tubes that are inserted into drapery pleats, so as to retain the pleat shape indefinitely, and the drapery hanger device is of such structure that it will eliminate under-rod swing of drapery hooks. The structure of the tubes is of a material that will be non-collapsible, and are removable, in order that draperies may be cleaned. The drapery hanger device of the combination is of such structure, that it will project the bottom of the pleat outwards and is adjustable to the degree needed, depending on the weight of the drapery.

Abstract: A curtain suspension device comprising a curtain board having a horizontal hole at each end for fastening upon a pair of stem brackets, each of which comprising a wall plate having peripheral holes for fastening to a wall by means of screws, and a central threaded hole receiving a correspondingly threaded stem extending at right angles to the wall surface to receive the curtain board at its outer end, and a spring clip adapted to clamp one upper corner of a curtain against the wall. The wall plate of said stem bracket is provided, diametrically opposite to a peripheral hole therein, with a slot in the form of an arc of a circle the center of which coincides with the center of said hole, and the wall plates of said two stem brackets are mounted or adapted to be mounted in a manner such that the symmetry axis through the peripheral hole, the center hole and the slot of said two wall plates intersect at an angle of 90.degree.

Abstract: A curtain rod assembly manufactured primarily from extruded aluminum components, the curtain rod defining an elongated cruciform groove in its upper portion to receive therein a like shaped support part, a horizontal flange being provided at the rod's lower portion to receive wheeled curtain carriers, the rod being symmetrical about a vertical plane. In a modification of the rod, instead of a vertically elongated cruciform groove, a vertical plate-like portion is provided wherein such upper vertical portion is fastened through horizontal bolts to an overhead support, a flange on the lower aspect with a horizontal cross piece defining tracks for the wheeled curtain carriers as in the first modification, this second modification also being symmetrical about a vertical plane.

Abstract: A one-piece, rail glide system which includes a rail glide which can be assembled from the end or the side of a rail or other support structure with equal ease, said glide being resistent to disassembly from the rail throughout a wide arc of applied loosening forces, and being adaptible to low cost, mass production techniques, including extrusion forming.

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.

Abstract: A curtain rod assembly for a shower curtain comprises at least two rail sections of identical profile and each formed with an upwardly open longitudinally extending channel, a downwardly open longitudinally extending channel, and between these channels with an upwardly, downwardly, and laterally closed longitudinally extending passage. A coupling element has one half snugly longitudinally engaged in one of the ends of one of the passages and another half snugly longitudinally engaged in one of the ends of the other of the passages so as longitudinally to join these two sections. A plurality of shower-curtain hooks can slide along the downwardly open channel and a ceiling unit has a headpiece slidable along the upwardly open channel and an upwardly extending rod that is secured to the ceiling. Two wall mounting members are each secured to a wall and have a portion engaged snugly longitudinally in the other end of the passage of a respective rail.

Abstract: For the purpose of supporting drapery tracks, Venetian blinds, or the like, there is provided an elongated channel having opposed side walls interconnected by a transverse wall which when the channel is in an operative position forms a top wall from which the opposed side walls extend downwardly. The channel has in its operative position an open bottom. A number of ribs extend inwardly from the inner surfaces of each of the side walls, these ribs serving to support items such as a drapery track, when the latter is situated within the channel, blind locks on which part of a Venetian blind with horizontal slats may be supported, or blind locks for determining the location of part of a Venetian blind which has vertical slats situated beneath the channel. Thus, the same channel may be used in connection with supporting different types of articles.

Abstract: Traverse rod with decorative modular covering. There is provided a traverse rod having a basic rod structure of any of many conventional forms, together with a modular decorative facing, which latter is preferably of molded plastic material, the composite forming as a new product a traverse rod having the appearance of a carved wooden rod at a substantially less expense than that normal for such rods and further having the convenience, adaptibility and reliability of presently known metal rods. While the invention can be used with cut-to-measure traverse rods, it is primarily intended for and finds its greater utility with adjustable traverse rods. The facing material is formed in modular sections which are interlocked together end-to-end and fixed rigidly to the basic traverse rod for support thereon and rigidifying thereof. The operating features and support means are all those of the basic traverse rod.

Abstract: A curtain board includes a base member having a planar portion which is mounted along a ceiling. A front portion extends outwardly and downwardly from this planar portion terminating in a front edge which is spaced from the ceiling. A curtain slide arrangement is mounted within and extends along the planar portion of the base member. A front board is attached to and extends downwardly from the front edge of the base member to mask the slide appartus. An extension projects outwardly and downwardly from the rear edge of the base member to cover irregularities which may be present in adjacent wall and ceiling surfaces. A vertical extension projects upwardly from the upper edge of the front board to mask irregularities in the adjacent ceiling surface.

Abstract: A hollow drapery rod having a decorative face at the top, front and bottom, a trackway at the rear side, and a pulley housing inwardly of the end of the rod. The rod has bracket receiving openings in the top and bottom adjacent the pulley housing and the rod support bracket has a U-shaped saddle with one leg underlying the bottom of the rod and an upwardly extending leg extending through the bracket receiving opening of the bottom of the rod and through the rod and out through the bracket receiving opening in the top of the rod to firmly support and position the rod. The pulley housing has wall portions engaged by the upwardly extending leg on the support bracket to be anchored thereby and the wall portions of the pulley housing aid in guiding the upwardly extending leg on the bracket through the rod and out of the bracket receiving opening in the top of the rod to facilitate installation of the rod on the bracket.

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.