Holder for Curtains and other Decorative Articles.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Jan., 1897-Accepted, 6th Mar., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Holder for Curtains and other Decorative Articles.
We, THEODOR DROMMLER, of No. 58 A Schulterblatt-Strasse, Hamburg,
Decorator, and HUGO FÖRSTER, of No. 10 Rathhausmarkt, Altona, Surgeon
Dentist, both in the German Empire, 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 relates to the hanging of curtains, and other decorative articles,
and consists in placing and then folding such curtains in any desired position,
with dispatch and ease, by means of specially constructed holders; without the
use of nails or other fastenings, thus avoiding the numerous disadvantages connected
with arranging and fixing curtains in the old manner. The construction of the
holders may vary according to circumstances, but the principle upon which they
are constructed remains the same.
In order that our invention may be the better understood, we will now proceed to
describe the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the
letters and figures marked thereon.
Figures 1 and 2 illustrate one way of carrying out our invention.
Figures 3 and 4 illustrate a modification.
Figures 5 and 6 illustrate a further modification.
The principal part of a holder, constructed according to our invention, is a
support a of hoop iron, which is provided at one end with an adjusting screw b,
and is bent at this part in the form of a clamp, so that it can be easily fixed. The
other end of the support a is slotted, and serves for the reception of variously
formed holders c, the ends of which have semi-circular bearings or hooks d for the
usual curtain pole, rod, etc. The holders c, as shown in Figures 1 and 2 consist of
a semi-circular member; or of an angular member, as shown in Figures 3 and 4;
or they may consist of two members independent of one another (Figures 5 and 6),
which may be of equal size, or which may differ in size from each other.
The holders c are attached, by means of adjusting screws e to the supports a, so
that any person, without experience with the device, is capable of effecting the
decoration of rooms and other places, to make alterations therein, and to take the
decorations and holders down without employing a decorator, and without causing
damage to the walls or other objects by driving in nails.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1st. A holder for curtains and similar decorative articles, consisting of holders c,
adjustable according to requirements, having bearings or hooks for the reception
of the curtain rods, and adapted to be fixed adjustably on supports a which can also
be fixed adjustably, so that the curtain rods may be placed and held in any desired
position, substantially as described.
2nd. The arrangement and construction of holders for curtains and similar

page_text: decorative articles substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this 21st day of January 1897.
FELL & JAMES,
1, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicants.