Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Feb., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 17th Nov., 1897-Accepted, 18th Dec.,
1897
I FANNY HAYES of 12 Cambridge Terrace Sidmouth in the county of Devon
Kindergarten Governess do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Many and great evils and inconveniences are experienced in the use of the
ordinary stair rods where amongst I may particularly mention the difficulty of
securing or placing them in position and of removing them therefrom and therefore
the waste of time in laying and lifting the carpet behind them. The object of my
invention is to provide rods for stair carpets and the like by the use of which this
evil and inconvenience amongst many others shall be entirely obviated and
overcome.
To carry out this object each rod may be made of any suitable rigid material and
preferably in the form of a flat bar and is divided into two it may be equal parts.
Each part is hinged or mounted on a small plate or bracket secured preferably on
the riser although it may also be on the tread of each step of the stairs near where such
riser and tread meet and these plates or brackets are secured in such positions and
so far apart that the carpet or the like can pass between them. When the carpet or
the like has been so passed between these plates or brackets the two parts of the rod
can be turned down and caused to assume the position and perform the function of
an ordinary stair rod on and over this carpet or the like to retain it duly in its
place.
The free ends of the rods may only meet each other or may overlap each other or
may engage each other as for example by a projecting dovetail on the one end
entering a corresponding or complementary recess in the other end or otherwise and
on and to these free ends any ordinary devices may be applied that will retain
them rigidly in their required positions and yet can be easily and quickly released
as for example a loose sleeve on the one end which can be slid therealong to pass on
the other end also or a divided sleeve pivoted on the one end which can be turned
to embrace the other end also or otherwise.
Again the hinges or joints of the two parts of the rod may be provided in any usual
manner with springs or suchlike appliances being formed and made accordingly in
such wise that each part will rigidly remain in what position it is placed whether
such position be the open one or the closed one and then perhaps no devices need
be applied on and to the free ends of the rods to retain them in their closed
positions.
The plates or brackets must be so made and formed as to support the two parts of
the rods when in their closed positions a certain desired distance off and away from
the riser and it may also be the tread sufficient to allow the carpet or the like duly
to pass behind and it may also be under the same up and along the stairs or other
place where it is required.

page_text: I FANNY HAYES of 12 Cambridge Terrace Sidmouth in the county of Devon no
occupation 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 :-
Many and great evils and inconveniences are very generally experienced in the use
of the ordinary stair rods where amongst I may particularly mention the difficulty
of securing or placing them in their required positions and of removing them
therefrom and therefore the waste of time that is incurred in laying and lifting the
carpet and the like behind them.
The object of this my invention is to provide rods for stair carpets and the like by
the use of which this evil and inconvenience amongst many others shall be entirely
and completely obviated and overcome.
In order the more clearly to explain this my invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed I refer to the accompanying drawing wherein I have shewn
a front elevation of a part of ordinary stairs provided with my stair rods according to
one and perhaps the most convenient and efficient style and manner of construction
and fitment and arrangement.
This my stair rod may be made of any suitable rigid material such for example as
brass or other metal and according to the style shewn in the drawing in the form of
a flat bar of any appropriate dimensions and this stair rod is divided transversely
into two it may preferably be equal parts A and B or when desired one of these parts
inay be longer than the other. Each part A and B is hinged or otherwise mounted
on a small plate or bracket C secured preferably as is shewn on the riser D of each
step of the stairs although it may also when desired be on the tread E of the same
in either case as is usual and as obviously is necessary near where such riser D and
tread E meet and these plates or brackets. C are secured in pairs on each riser D or
tread E in such positions and so far apart that the carpet or the like can properly
pass up the stairs between them. All the parts A and B of all the stair rods can be
opened out in manner, as is partly shewn in the drawing at the lowest step and then
the carpet or the like can easily and quickly be passed up the stairs between the
plates or brackets C and when this operation has been properly and duly completed
the two parts A and B of each rod can be turned in or down over the carpet or like
as is shewn in the drawing at the middle step being caused by such movement to
assume the position and perform the function of an ordinary stair rod on and over
such carpet or the like properly and duly to retain it in its appropriate place.
The free ends of the two parts A and B of each rod may be constructed and fitted
and arranged as may be most convenient in each case and they may only meet and
abut against each other or they may overlap each other as is shewn in the drawing
in which case it would generally be preferable to rebate the end of the part A as
shewn at a and to complementarily rebate the end of the part B or they may engage
each other as for example by a projecting dovetail on the one end entering a
corresponding or complementary recess in the other end or other suitable and
ordinary arrangements may be employed.
On and to these free ends of the two parts A and B of each rod any suitable and
ordinary devices may be applied that will retain them rigidly in their required
positions in respect of each other and yet can be easily and quickly released as for
example a loose sleeve on the one end which can be slid therealong to pass on the
other end also or as perhaps preferable and as is shewn in the drawing a divided
or open sleeve F which could be pivoted on the one end at f and can be moved or
turned on such pivot f to embrace the other end also. Again whensoever these my

page_text: stair rods are made in the form of round bars similar male screw threads may be
provided on the free ends thereof and a cylindrical sleeve provided with a
complementary female screw thread may be screwed right on to the one end and when
the other end has been brought into its required position this sleeve can be screwed
back again until it properly engages both ends.
Furthermore the hinges or joints of the two parts of each rod being formed and
made accordingly may be provided in any usual and convenient manner with springs
or suchlike appliances or devices in such wise that each part will rigidly remain in
what position it is placed whether such position be the open one or the closed one
and then perhaps no sleeves or other devices need be applied on and to the free ends
of the two parts of each rod to retain them rigidly in their closed positions.
The plates or brackets must obviously be so made and formed as to support the
two parts of each rod when in their closed positions a certain desired distance off and
away from the riser and it may also be the tread of each step of the stairs sufficient
to allow the carpet or the like duly to pass behind and it may also be under the same
up and along the stairs.
In the same manner this my invention could be applied to and with rods of all
forms whether they are required to perform the same functions on stairs or in other
places and no further description or explanation is or can be needed.
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 stair carpet or other like rod divided transversely into two parts each part
being hinged or jointed on a supporting plate or bracket by its outer end-while
means are provided either with the free meeting inner ends of such parts or with
the hinges or joints thereof to retain the two parts rigidly it their closed positions
substantially as and for the purpose herein before described and declared.
2. The improved rods for stair carpets and the like substantially as hereinbefore
described and shewn in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 17th day of November 1897