Patent ID: 8469207

Claim:
A drapery rod assembly adapted to be secured to a substantially planar surface comprising: a first bracket; a second bracket comprising: a mounting plate, operatively arranged to be mounted to said substantially planar surface; a substantially gamma shaped wall portion, separate from the mounting plate, having: a first segment having a top end, a first planar surface facing a first direction, and a slot in the first planar surface; and a second segment extending from the top end of the first segment in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and including a second planar surface facing the first direction, non-coplanar with the first planar surface, offset from the first planar surface in the first direction, and wholly misaligned with the first planar surface in the second direction, said first mounting plate is operatively arranged to complementarily engage said slot and hold said wall portion such that the second planar surface is offset from the planar surface in the second direction; a substantially J-shaped extension portion, said extension portion integrally extends outward from said wall portion and terminates in a rod attachment end arranged perpendicularly with respect to said mounting plate and in parallel spaced apart relation to said substantially planar surface, wherein said left bracket is an enantiomer of said right bracket; and, at least one rod, wherein a first rod and a second rod from said at least one rod comprises a proximate end and a distal end, said distal end of said first rod is releasably engaged with said left bracket, said distal end of said second rod is releasably engaged with said rod attachment end of said right bracket, said proximate end of said first rod is arranged to slidingly engage said proximate end of said second rod.