AN IMPROVED CURTAIN HOLDER
Year: 1884

page_text: I GEORGE PARSONS of N° 77 Colmore Row Birmingham in the County of
Warwick Brass Founder, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for
'AN IMPROVED CURTAIN HOLDER" to be as follows, that is to say :-
My Invention has for its object a new curtain holder which is far more elegant
in appearance than the ones now in use and it can be used with greater convenience,
besides its range of usefulness is larger because it can be adjusted to various
positions and sizes of curtains with very great facility.
My adjustable curtain holder. consists of a brass plate bent round so as to leave
a space where the two edges do not meet and inside which I mount drapery of
various designs and patterns to match the drapery with which they have to be
used. This plate may be perforated or open or pierced in any desired pattern so
as to lighten out the metal and shew the drapery and inside mounting The cross
section of this bent plate may be round, oval, square, oblong, or other shape, a nice
design being a square with two edges at one angle the edges being left sufficiently
apart to insert fringe or trimming of various designs.-These tubes are bent or
curved round into a shape such as an OG arm to surround the curtain, One end
of the arm is pivotted upon a bracket which is screwed or otherwise secured to the
window or other fittings. The pivot is so fitted that by turning an adjustable
thumb screw the arm may be fastened into any desired position. The combination
of inserted drapery in brass work mounted as above set forth is most elegant in
appearance and highly suitable for the purpose.

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I GEORGE PARSONS of 77 Colmore-Row Birmingham in the County of Warwick
Brassfounder do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for "AN IMPROVED
CURTAIN HOLDER and in what manner the same is to be performed to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement that is
to say :-
My invention has for its object a new Curtain Holder which is far more elegant
in appearance than the ones now in use and it can be used with greater convenience
besides its range of usefulness is larger because it can be adjusted to various
positions and sizes of curtains with very great facility.
My adjustable curtain holder consists of a brass plate bent round so as to leave
a space where the two edges do not meet and inside which I mount drapery of
various designs and patterns to match the drapery with which they have to be
used. This plate may be perforated or opened or pierced in any desired pattern so
as to lighten out the metal and show the drapery or inside mounting.
The cross
section of this bent plate may be round oval square oblong or other shape a neat
design being a square with edges at one angle left sufficiently open to insert
fringe or trimming of various designs. These tubes are bent or curved round into
a shape such as an OG arm to surround the curtain. One end of the arm is
pivoted upon a bracket which is screwed or otherwise secured to the window or
other fittings. The pivot is so fitted that by turning an adjustable thumb screw
the arm may be fastened into any desired position. The combination of inserted
drapery in brass work mounting as above set forth is most elegant in appearance
and highly suitable for the purpose.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practice I have appended hereunto a sheet of drawings showing two of the
various ways my curtain holders may be made which will enable others to adapt
the invention to other designs which it is not necessary to further enumerate
herein.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a perforated curtain holder.
Figure 2. is a plan of the same holder.
Figure 3. is a side elevation of a curtain holder made from a round tube of which
it is only necessary to show one view.
A is an OC or other arm hinged upon the pivot or joint B which is fixed upon
a plate or other base C which may be screwed or otherwise secured to any
convenient part of a window or other position for holding the curtains or drapery.
The pivot B is tightened so as to secure the arm A in any desired position by
screw E which may be either under the joint as shewn or above it. The arm À
in the example shewn is composed of a bottom bar a¹, top bar a' and intermediate
or cross bars a³, a³, Around the cross bars a³ is woven the plush or velvet or other
trimming or upholstery K, K, K which may be of any desired design or pattern to
match the curtains or other drapery. It will be evident that this frame work may
be greatly varied to suit varying surroundings and tastes.
In the example shown by Figure 3 the arm D is composed of a tube finishing
with the ornamental end F and having the opening M into which is inserted the

page_text: cord N. Otherwise the principle of hanging and securing the bracket in various
positions is the same as explained for the previous Figures 1 and 2 except that the
screw in this case is placed at the top see P. It will be evident that the tube D
may be made of any convenient cross section such for instance as oval or square
and in the latter case the angles may be left open for a fringe or other trimming
to be inserted.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
In curtain holders the upholstered pivoted arm A and D made in various designs
and sections substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth
Dated this 11th day of April 1885.
GEORGE BARKER,
9
Agent for the Applicant,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham.