Improvements in Curtain Hooks or Suspenders.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Feb., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 31st July, 1890-Accepted, 13th Sept., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Curtain Hooks or Suspenders.
I, CHARLES WHITLEY, of 45, Princess Road, Edgbaston, Warwickshire, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of hooks or suspenders constructed substantially as herein-
after described for holding and suspending curtains from curtain or cornice pole
rings.
A curtain hook or suspender constructed according to this invention consists of two
or more downwardly projecting prongs or fingers connected or formed together at
their upper ends and to a hook for engaging with the eye of a curtain or cornice pole
ring in the usual way. I prefer to use either three or four of these prongs or fingers
on each hook or suspender but I do not limit myself to any particular number.
In using the hooks or suspenders above described the upper part of the curtain is
inserted between the said prongs or fingers one or more of them being at the front of
the curtain and the other or others at the back and the hook or suspender is secured
to the curtain by a pin passing transversely through the curtain and through an eye
or eyes formed at the lower end of one or more of the prongs or fingers; or instead of
the said eye or eyes on the prongs or fingers, the lower end of one or more of them
may be sharpened and turned upwardly as a hook to pass through and secure the
curtain.
Before the curtain hooks or suspenders above described are secured to the curtain
the latter can be pleated or folded according to taste and the prongs or fingers passing
down between the folds will secure them in position.
The said prongs and upper hook are preferably formed together from a sheet metal
blank of the proper shape, or they may be made of one or more pieces of wire bent to
the required form, or of other suitable substance.
Dated this 14th day of February 1890.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Curtain Hooks or Suspenders.
1, CHARLES WHITLEY, of 45, Princess Road, Edgbaston, Warwickshire, Engineer,
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 consists of curtain hooks or suspenders constructed substantially as
hereinafter described for holding and suspending curtains as from curtain or cornice
pole rings. By my invention curtains can be folded or pleated in various ways
and the folds or pleats secured by the curtain hook or suspender without sewing.
On the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 represents in front and side elevations a curtain hook or suspender constructed
according to this invention j
Fig. 2 illustrates how the same is used and
Figs. 3 and 4 shew different methods of fixing the said hook or suspender to a
curtain.
Financecents in front and sida alavations a modifination of this invention and

page_text: Fig. 7 illustrates a further modification of this invention and
Fig. 8 shews the same attached to a curtain ready for use. .
Fig. 9 illustrates in front and side elevation a further modification of this invention
closed as when in use and
Fig. 10 shews the same open ready for attachment to a curtain in the way shewn
by Fig. 11.
Fig. 12 represents in front and side elevations a further modification of this inven-
tion closed as when in use,
Fig. 13 shews the same open ready for attachment to a curtain in the way shewn
by Fig. 14.
Fig. 15 represents in front and side elevations a further modification of this
invention closed as when in use and
Fig. 16 shews the same open ready for attachment to a curtain.
Figs. 17 and 18, and Figs. 19 and 20 respectively represent a further modification
of this invention.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all the
figures of the drawings.
The curtain hook or suspender illustrated by Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 consists of four
downwardiy projecting prongs or fingers marked respectively a¹ a² as a formed
together at their upper ends and to a hook 6 for engaging with the eye of a curtain or
cornice pole ring in the usual way. The two outer prongs a' a' are cranked outwardly
at cc and their lower ends are formed as eyes at d for the purpose hereinafter
described. In using this curtain hook to suspend a curtain above its upper edge the
curtain is pleated or folded according to taste and the upper part of the curtain is
inserted between the prongs or fingers. When the curtain is folded into three pleats
(see Fig. 2) the prongs a² a³ pass down into the two outside pleats and the prongs a¹ a*
are outside the same. The curtain hook is then fixed to the curtain by an ordinary
pin which is passed transversely through the eyes d and through the curtain (see the
left hand hook in Fig. 3). The curtain may be pleated or folded in many different
ways for attachment to the curtain hook for instance as shewn in Fig. 3 which
represents three different ways of using the curtain hooks. In Fig. 4 this curtain
hook is shewn attached to the back of a curtain just below the upper edge thereof so
as to be out of sight when in use.
It will be evident that the number and shape of the said downwardly projecting
prongs of the curtain hook may be varied in many ways without departing from the
nature of my invention as shown by the remaining figures of the drawings to which I'
will now refer.
Figs. 5 and 6 illustrate a modification of my invention which has only two of the said
prongs, marked a¹, a². In this case each of the prongs is by preference formed with two
eyes d so as to employ two ordinary pins in fixing the curtain hook as shewn in
Fig. 6. These eyes are pierced in lateral projecting parts a bent up at right angles
to the face of the curtain hook. The holes d are by preference countersunk on the
inside as shewn so as to facilitate the insertion of the pins f.
In the further modification illustrated by Figs. 7 and 8 two prongs a¹ a² are
used which are cranked at c¹ c² as in the example shewn by Fig. 1. Also there
are or may be cross bars 9 (shewn by dotted lines) which connect the fingers c¹ c²
together and make the curtain hook fit better against the back of the pleat as
shown in Fig. 8.
In the modification illustrated by Figs. 9, 10 and 11 the prongs are made
without eyes for fixing by an ordinary pin and instead thereof the lower end of
one of the prongs a (which is jointed at x to the prong or finger a²) is sharpened
and turned upwardly round the point x as a centre so as to form a hook to pass
through the folds of the curtain and secure the curtain hook to the back thereof
as shewn by Fig. 11.
In the modification shewn by Figs. 12, 13 and 14 the two prongs a' a are
formed from a piece of wire bent into an upper eye through which a rivet h

page_text: passes to secure these prongs to the upper part of the prongs a² a³ and on which
the prongs a¹ a¹ can turn. The ends of the prongs a¹ a
are bent round the
point has a centre and sharpened so as to pass through the curtain (see Fig. 14)
the prong at being situated above the prong a' so as have a better hold to the
curtain.
The modification shewn by Figs. 15 and 16 is the same as that shewn by
Figs. 12, 13 and 14 except that in the latter the hook b is made in a piece with
the prongs a a³ whereas in the former a separate wire hook 6 is used passing
through an eyelet i which takes the place of the rivet h.
In the modification shewn by Figs. 17 and 18 the jointed prongs a¹ a* are
made separate from each other each working on a separate rivet marked respec-
tively h³.
In the modification shewn by Figs. 19 and 20 three prongs are employed and
marked respectively a¹ a² and a³ the central prong a² passing down the pleat and
the two outer prongs al a being pointed and turned upwardly so as to fix to the
curtain by passing therethrough from the back to the front thereof or vice versa.
The accompanying drawings illustrate what I consider to be the best methods
of carrying my invention into practice but it is to be understood that my said
invention is not limited to the precise details shewn as the invention might be
further modified without departing from the nature of the same.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. Curtain hooks or suspenders consisting essentially of a hook for attachment to a
curtain ring or cornice pole ring and two or more downwardly projecting prongs or
fingers adapted to receive the curtain between them one or more of the said prongs or
fingers being formed to hold a transverse pin or pins or made as a pointed hook
to pass through and hold the curtain between the prongs or fingers, substantially
as herein before described.
2. In a curtain hook or suspender of the kind denoted by the preceeding
claiming clause hereof, the construction combination and arrangement of the
downwardly projecting prongs or fingers a¹ a² a a¹ as and for the purposes
hereinbefore described and illustrated by Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the accompanying
drawings.
3. In a curtain hook or suspender of the kind denoted by the first claiming clause
hereof, the construction combination and arrangement of the prongs or fingers a¹ a²
having eyes d as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated by
Figs. 5 and 6 of the accompanying drawings.
4. In a curtain hook or suspender of the kind denoted by the first claiming
clause hereof, the construction combination and arrangement of the prongs or
fingers a¹ a² as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated by
Figs. 7 and 8 of the accompanying drawings, whether the cross bars 9 are used
or not.
5. In a curtain hook or suspender of the kind denoted by the first claiming
clause hereof, the construction combination and arrangement of the prongs or
fingers a a² a³ as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated by
Figs. 9, 10 and 11 of the accompanying drawings.
6. In a curtain hook or suspender of the kind denoted by the first claiming
clause hereof, the construction combination and arrangement of the prongs or
fingers a a² a³ a as and for the purposes herein before described and illustrated
by Figs. 12, 13 and 14 and by Figs. 15 and 16 of the accompanying drawings.
7. In a curtain hook or suspender of the kind denoted by the first claiming
clause hereof, the construction combination and arrangement of the prongs or
fingers a¹ a a³ a as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated
by Figs. 17 and 18 of the accompanying drawings.

page_text: 8. In a curtain hook or suspender of the kind denoted by the first claiming
clause hereof, the construction combination and arrangement of the prongs or
fingers a¹ a a³ as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated by
Figs. 19 and 20 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 29th day of July 1890.