Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 17th July, 1899
Complete Specification Left. 17th Apr., 1900-Accepted, 19th May, 1900
I, DAVID D. O'CONNELL, of Wallace, Shoshone County, Idaho, U.S.A., Inventor,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide a bracket support for window blinds
which can be conveniently and expeditiously adjusted to windows of various
widths; and a further object of the invention is to provide a means whereby
the bracket support may be secured to the window casing in a manner that will
not injure the casing to any appreciable extent and whereby the fixture may
be readily taken down and quickly put up. A further object of the invention is
to provide hangers for the blind which hangers are adjustable in the bracket.
The bracket consists of two bars, preferably flat, and capable of sliding upon
each other. Each bar is provided with a series of apertures of key-hole shape with
their narrow parts extending in opposite directions in each bar respectively.
A button or knob is provided at the respective ends of the bars, and adapted to
pass through the larger parts of the apertures and engage behind the narrower
parts to hold the bars together and to enable them to be adjusted to any length.
The ends of the bars may be secured to the window frames by thumb-screws,
or the outer ends of the bars may be bent at right angles and be fitted with
screws having plates with spurs on their outer faces to engage the sides of the
projecting frames and enable the bars to be clamped in position at any desired
height.
A series of vertical apertures are arranged near the outer ends of the hars to
retain hangers which have their inner portions reduced to pass through the
apertures, and bent at right angles to enable them to be retained in position
by being clamped between the faces of the window frame and the bars. The
hangers support the shade.
P. R. J. WILLIS,
Agent for Applicant.
I, DAVID D. O'CONNELL, of Wallace, Shoshone County, Idaho, U.S.A., Inventor,
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:―
The object of my invention is to provide a bracket support for window blinds

page_text: which can be conveniently and expeditiously adjusted to any width of window;
and a further object of the invention is to provide a means whereby the bracket
support may be secured to the window casing in a manner that will not injure
the casing to any appreciable extent and whereby the fixture may be readily
taken down and quickly put up.
A further object of the invention is to provide hangers for the blind which
hangers are adjustable in the said bracket.
The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the
several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this
specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts
in all the views
Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improved bracket applied to the window-
frame. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the bracket; and Fig. 3 is a plan view of a portion
of the bracket illustrating a slight modification in the formation of its outer
ends.
The bracket consists of two bars A and B, of suitable material, the two bars
being flat, so that one can slide upon the other. The inner end portions of the
bars are placed one in engagement with the other, and the said bars are preferably
of equal length. The bar B which is the outer bar, is provided with a series of
longitudinally arranged keyhole slots 10, and the bar A is provided with a
series of correspondingly shaped openings or apertures 13, the apertures in both
bars being in the same horizontal line. The round portions of the apertures on
both bars face the outer ends of the bars, the straight portions of the apertures
facing the inner ends of the said bars as best shewn in Fig. 1.
The outer bar B at its inner end is provided with a button 11, attached to its
rear face by a shank 12, the button being of such size that it may pass through
the round portion of an aperture 13 of the bar A, and the shank is of such
dimensions that it may slide in the elongated portions of such aperture. A
button 14 is also located at the inner end of the inner bar A, but the button 14
is located at the outer face of the bar A being connected therewith by a shank 15.
The button 14 is adapted to enter the round portion of the slot 10 in the front
bar B, and the shank 15 is adapted to have movement in the elongated portion
of the aperture 10. Vertical openings 16 are produced near the outer end of
the bar B, and corresponding openings 17 are produced near the outer end of
the bar A; but preferably the vertical openings in one bar are closer together
than the openings in the mating bar. These vertical openings 16 and 17 are
adapted to receive_hangers C, in which the trunnions of a shade or blind are
adapted to turn. Each hanger is of angular construction; but where the mem-
bers join the hanger is made round, and the outer member 19 of each hanger is
much wider than the inner member 18, whereby shoulders 20 are formed, since
the inner member 18 of a hanger is located at a central portion of the outer
member 19, as shown in Fig. 1. These hangers are placed in position on the
bracket by introducing the narrow members 18 into one of the slots 16 or 17
and after the member has fully entered the slot turning the hanger so as to
bring the outer member 19 at a right-angle to the bracket and the shoulder 20
against one of the bars A or B, as shown in Fig. 2. While the hangers will
remain in place without any clamp, the shade separating them, the inner member
of the hangers when the bracket is placed in position on the window-casing
usually engages with the front of the window casing and is held firmly between
the bracket and the casing.
The outer ends of the bars of the bracket may be bent inwardly at an angle to
the body of the bars, as shown in Fig. 2, forming arms 21, in which event
screws 22 are passed through threaded openings in said arms, and the said screws
germinate at their inner ends in shoes 23, provided with spurs adapted to enter
The casing, as shown in Fig. 2. This form of terminal for the bracket-bars is
usually employed when the window casing stands out a sufficient distance from

page_text: the wall to permit its use; but if the casing should be close to the wall the outer
ends of the bracket-bars are straight, and set-screws 24 are passed through the
said ends and into the casing as shewn in Fig. 3.
This device is exceedingly simple, durable and economic, and, as heretofore
stated, may be attached to any size of window and may be expeditiously and
conveniently set up or taken down.
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 window-blind bracket, consisting of bars held to slide upon each other,
each bar being provided with a series of key-hole slots, said slots in said bars
being in horizontal alignment, buttons attached to the inner end portions of
the bars, said buttons facing in opposite directions, the buttons being adapted to
enter and to slide in said key-hole slots, each bar being also provided with vertical
openings near its outer ends, angular hangers, one member of said hangers
being adapted to enter the said openings and clamping devices located at the outer
ends of said bars, for the purpose set forth.
(2) A window blind bracket, consisting of bars mounted to slide one upon the
other, each bar being provided with a series of longitudinally arranged key-hole
slots, the slots in the bars being in horizontal alignment, each bar being also
provided with a button at its inner end, connected to the bar by a shank, said
buttons facing in opposite directions, being adapted to enter and to slide in the
keyhole slots, each bar having also a series of vertical openings made therein near
its outer end, angle-brackets, one member whereof is adapted to support the
trunnions of a shade or blind, the other member being of reduced width and
adapted to enter a vertical opening and engage with the inner face of a bracket-
bar, and clamping devices located at the outer end portions of the said bars, for
the purpose described.
Dotad this 11th day of Awit 1000
P. R. J. WILLIS,
Agent for Applicant.