Patent ID: 7461431

Claim:
A stair rod bracket comprising: a top portion having a front face, a back face, two end walls that each extend downwardly from the front face of the top portion to the back face of the top portion, a first projection and a first channel; a bottom portion having a front face, a back face, a first projection, a first channel, an outside end wall extending up from the back face of the bottom portion, the outside end wall having a finial fastener aperture, an inside end wall extending directly up from the back face of the bottom portion, and a stair rod receiving portion; wherein the first projection of the top portion is designed to be received in the first channel of the bottom portion and the first projection of the bottom portion is designed to be received in the first channel of the top portion; and wherein the receipt of the first projection of the top portion in the first channel of the bottom portion and the first projection of the bottom portion in the first channel of the top portion allows for transverse engagement of the top portion with the bottom portion from either a right or left side of the bottom portion.