Patent ID: 7222830

Claim:
A support bracket for use in combination with an elongated support member for securing said elongated support member elevated against a wall or adjacent a ceiling for attachment of a window or wall covering to said support member, said bracket comprising a single flat metal piece bent to form a top horizontal flange and an integrally formed vertical flange, holes in at least one of said flanges to receive fasteners therethrough for securement of said bracket, said top horizontal flange having an elongated flat stem punched therefrom and bent out of an inner surface thereof to extend downward at an angle about 90° thereto and spaced forwardly of said vertical flange, and a plurality of thread indentations formed in opposed side edges of said stem which receive and retain a threaded nut about said stem, said elongated support member being secured against said inner surface of said top horizontal flange with said stem extending through a hole formed across said elongated support member and said threaded nut secured to said threaded indentations extending out of said hole.