Improved Contrivances or Brackets for Supporting Curtain Poles, Hats, Coats or the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 19th June, 1899
1000
ELL
4000
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Contrivances or Brackets for Supporting Curtain Poles,
Hats, Coats or the like.
I, FREDERICK BAKER, of "Maylands," Kambrook Road, Caulfield, in the
Colony of Victoria, Builder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This invention has been devised in order to provide improved contrivances or
brackets for securing or supporting curtain poles, hats, coats etc., to enable them
to be more readily secured in position than the ordinary. curtain pole brackets
and to enable them to be adjusted to suit different sizes of poles as well as to
be raised and lowered at will so as to facilitate the hanging of curtains or the
removal thereof.
According to my invention I construct the brackets with a downwardly pro-
jecting spike or prong on an overhanging part or arm at the top of the bracket
and I form another rearwardly projecting spike at the lower end of said bracket
thus enabling the upper vertical spike to be driven into the top of the moulding
of the door or window or into the upper end of a pivotted arm or other support
after which the lower spike may be driven in so as to secure the bracket rigidly
in position.
The bracket may be secured as just described upon the upper end of a wooden
or other stem or arm which can be hinged or pivotted at its lower end a few
feet from the top of the moulding around the window, door or the like, so that it
can be swung forwards and downwards when it is desired to lower the curtain
pole, a set screw or other convenient locking device being used for retaining
said arm or stem together with the curtain pole and curtain in their raised
positions when in use.
This pivotted stem or arm may be connected or mounted upon the end of
another stem or arm and be fitted with a central pulley constructed of wood or
metal whereby it may be raised and lowered, or the brackets carrying the curtain
poles can be bolted upon a vertically sliding stem which can be fitted with
counterbalanced weights or can be attached to a chain or rope passing over
pulleys to facilitate their being raised and lowered.
A spring may be arranged at the back of.the vertically sliding stem in order
to prevent the bracket from slipping thereby retaining it in any desired position,
or a slight spiral spring might be arranged around or within the stems in order
to counterbalance the weight of the curtain pole and curtains, and thus assist in
retaining the bracket in any position in which it may be placed.
The projecting, part of the bracket is constructed so that its length can be
extended or shortened at will, and provision is also made for reducing or increas-
ing the size of the semi-circular part on which the curtain pole rests. For
this purpose the sides of this semi-circular part are made separate from the
remainder of the bracket and are arranged to slide in recesses formed to receive
them in the fixed part of the bracket, a set screw being used for retaining these
two parts in the desired positions or the outside of this semi-circular part may be

page_text: formed integrally with the fixed part of the bracket, whilst the inner part may be
arranged to slide laterally and can be retained in position by means of a set
screw or by fitting its projecting end into engagement with notches in the upper
part of the bracket.
Dated this Nineteenth day of June One thousand eight hundred and 5
FREDERICK BAKER,
Abel & Imray,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improved Contrivances or Brackets for Supporting Curtain Poles,
Hats, Coats or the like.
I, FREDERICK BAKER, late of "Maylands," Kambrook Road, Caulfield, in the
Colony of Victoria, but now of Beach Street, Brighton, in the said Colony,
Builder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement:-
This invention has been devised in order to provide improved contrivances or
brackets for securing or supporting curtain poles, hats, coats etc., to enable them
to be more readily secured in position than the ordinary curtain pole brackets,
and to enable them to be adjusted to suit different sizes of poles, as well as to be
raised and lowered at will so as to facilitate the hanging of curtains or the
removal thereof.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood I will describe it with
the aid of the accompanying drawings in which,-
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bracket constructed in accordance with this
invention.
Figure 2 is an elevation of a window illustrating the application thereto of
said invention.
Figures 3 to 3d are horizontal sections through the architrave of a window
illustrating modifications of a certain detail hereinafter described.
Figure 4 is a similar view to Figure 1 illustrating a modification thereof.
Figure 5 is a view illustrating the application of the invention to an ordinary
hat-hook.
Figures 6, 7, 8 and 9 are views illustrating other modifications in' the means
used for raising or lowering the brackets.
Figures 10 and 11 are a perspective view and a horizontal section of a certain
detail hereinafter described.
-Referring to Figure 1 A represents the base of a curtain pole bracket. It
is formed with a downwardly projecting spike or prong B on an over-hanging
part or arm b at the top of the bracket A, and it is formed with another rear-
wardly projecting spike B' at the lower end of said bracket.
In order to secure a bracket fitted with these spikes it is merely necessary
to drive the upper vertical spike B into the top of the moulding of the door or
window, for instance, or into the upper end of an arm or support C, after which
the lower spike B' can be driven back into said moulding or other support so
as to secure the bracket rigidly in position.
The socket of the bracket in which the curtain pole rests can be moved
further away from the base A, or can be moved back towards it in order to
shorten the bracket, and, at the same time, the size of the socket can be reduced
to suit a smaller sized curtain pole,

page_text: These objects are attained, as illustrated in Figure 1, by forming the socket of
two bent pieces of metal D'D' sliding upon arms d projecting from the base A
and clamped thereto by means of set screws passing through slots d² and
screwed into said arms d, or, if preferred, straps can be used instead of these set
screws. In this way the two parts D D of the bracket forming the socket can
either be shifted out simultaneously, as illustrated in dotted lines in Figure 1,
or the inner strip 1 only need be adjustable so that it can be moved nearer to
the outside of the socket as illustrated in dotted lines in Figure 4, when it is
desired to adjust the size of the socket and not to adjust it nearer to or further
from the wall.
The arrangement of the spikes B B¹ can be used on hat-hooks and other
brackets if preferred.
The wooden or other stem or arm C, which is shown as carrying the bracket
in Figure 1, can be arranged to slide up and down in suitable guides as illus-
trated in Figure 2, said arm or stem being formed with a slot e through which
passes a set screw projecting into the moulding around the window, door or
the like. When at the desired height said stem can be clamped by means of
the set screw c².
The base A of the bracket can be arranged to slide in guides E attached to
the moulding of the window. In cross section these guides can be considerably
modified as illustrated in Figures 3 to 3d as will be readily understood.
The stem or arm C might be pivotally connected to the lower part of the
bracket, as illustrated in Figure 9. Said bracket being arranged to slide in
guides such as just referred to with reference to Figures 3 to 3 can be raised.
and lowered by means of said arm or stem in a simple and convenient manner.
In order to retain the curtain pole in its raised position, the arm or stem C
might be arranged to rest upon a support F constructed as illustrated in
Figures 10 and 11, that is it is preferably made angular in plan and is formed
at about the centre of its height with a shelf f upon which the lower end of the
arm or stem C can rest when in its raised position. This shelf is provided at
or about the centre of said support in order that this latter may be used on either
side of the window. It is formed with a spike f¹ adapted to be driven into the
wall, architrave or moulding.
If preferred the bracket A may be raised and lowered by means of a cord G.
see Figure 6, which can be passed over a pulley g near the ceiling and attached
to any convenient part of the bracket so as to enable same, together with the
curtain pole or other articles carried by them, to be readily raised or lowered
by means of said cord.
In the arrangement illustrated in Figure 7 the lower end of the arm or stem' C
is passed through a socket H the lower end of which is larger than the upper end
and which is fitted with a spring I whose tendency is to force the lower end of
said arm forwards.
This spring also serves to jamb the arm and, therefore, enables it to be raised
or lowered into any desired position.
Figure 8 is a view of a pivotted support or button J which can be mounted
upon the architrave or other convenient part of the window or building and
which can he turned round so as to engage with the stem or arm C when in its
raised position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. A bracket for supporting curtain poles, hats, coats etc., having a spike
(as B) projecting downwardly from an over-hanging part or arm at the top and
having a rearwardly projecting spike (as B') adapted to be driven into the wall.
support or moulding substantially as and for the purposes herein described and
explained and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

page_text: 2. A bracket for supporting curtain poles having the socket formed of two
bent pieces of metal (as D D¹) sliding upon arms projecting from the base of
said bracket substantially as and for the purposes herein described and explained
and as illustrated in Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings.
3. A bracket for supporting curtain poles having an adjustable strip (as D)
substantially as and for the purposes herein described and explained and as
illustrated in Figure 4 of the accompanying drawings.
4. A bracket for supporting curtain poles, hats, coats etc., in combination with
a wooden or other stem or arm (as C) adapted to slide up and down substantially
as and for the purposes herein described and explained and as illustrated in
Figure 2 of the accompanying drawings.
5. A bracket for supporting curtain poles, hats, coats etc., adapted to slide in
guides (as E), secured to the architrave, wall, or other support in combination
with a cord (as G) passing over a pulley (as g) and having one end attached to
said bracket substantially as and for the purposes herein described and explained
and as illustrated in Figure 6 of the accompanying drawings.
6. A bracket for supporting curtain poles, hats, coats etc., mounted upon a
stem (as C) in combination with a socket (as H) made wider at its lower than at
its upper end and fitted with a spring (as I) substantially as and for the pur-
poses herein described and explained and as illustrated in Figure 7 of the
accompanying drawings.
Dated this Nineteenth day of March One thousand nine hundred.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.