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UI TED STATE PATENT OFFICE
JAMES O. CRAWFORD, OF WACO, TEXAS.SHADE AND DRAPERY FIXTURE.
Specifcation of Letters Patent.Application fled April -17, 1916. Serial No. 91,666.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, JAMEs' 0. CRAWFORD,
a citizen of the United States of America,
residing at Waco, in the county of MLen-
5 nan and State of Texas, have invented cer-
tain new and useful Improvements in Shade
and Drapery Fixtures, of which the follow-
ing is a specification.
This invention relates to certain new and
ao useful improvements in shade and drapery
fixtures. -
The primary object of the invention is the
provision of a fixture or bracket adapted
for operatively supporting a window shade
i5 as well as a plurality of curtains or draper-
ies adjacent thereto and readily attached to
a window frame.
A further object of the invention is. the
provision of a window bracket that is inex-
20 pensive and easy to manufacture, which is
ornamental in. appearance and adjustable for
the supporting reception of window shades
and curtain poles.
In arranging the present device, it is con-
25 templated to provide 'fixed plates at oppo-
site sides of a window frame to which plates
the curtain supporting slides are adjustably
fixed while shade brackets are adjustably
mounted upon the said plates, a unitary
30' structure is formed for the mounting of the
shade roller and two curtain poles or rods.
With these general objects in view and
others that will appear as the nature of the
invention is better understood, the same'con-
35 sists in the novel construction, combination
and arrangement of parts hereinafter more
fully described, illustrated in the accom-
panying dra wings and then claimed.
In the drawings forming a part of this
40 application and in which like designating
characters refer to correspondin parts
throughout the several vievs Fign 1 is
a top plan view of one upper corner portion
of a window frame provided with one of
45 the present devices partially broken away
and showing a shade roller and two curtain
r ods operatrvely miountecd thereon. TF'g. 0
is a vertical sectional view taken upon lue
II-II of Fig. 1, with the shade roller and
50 the attaching screws removed. Fig. 3 is
a perspective view of one of the window
- plates. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one
of the curtain supports detached. Fi. 5 is
a perspective view of one of the shade brac-
35 ets detached. Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional
. view taken upon line VI-VI of Fig. 1, and,.Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail sectional view
of the attaching end portions of one of the
curtain supporting members.
It being understood that the device. is 60
provided for supporting a roller and rods
forwardly of the upper portion of a window
frame for suspending a shade and draperies
in advance of the window, a portion of the
top horizontal crossipiece-of a window frame 65
is herein illustrated at 10 in Fig. 1 of the
drawings. A window plate Ii is secured
upon the front side of the window frame
adjacent the opposite ends of the piece..'10
by means of screws 12 extending through 70
perforations 13 of the said . plates. The
plates 11 are provided with inwardly-ex-
tending flanges or ways 14 adapted for the
reception of side feet 15 of a curtain.sup-
por't 16 of channeled formation. Each cur- 75
tain support 16 is provided with a shade
bracket 17 having a foot 13 adapted to be
slidably positioned. beneath the outwardly
bent central portion 19 thereof, the inward
movement of the bracket foot 18.being lim- 80
ited by opposite igs 20 carried by the foot
18 thereof. An arm 21 of the shade bracket
17 projects outwardly at right angles to its
foot 18 and to the plate. 1 and is provided
with an upwardly opening slot 22 adapted 85
to receive the metallic axle 23 of a shade
roller 24 constructed in the usual manner, it
being understood that the oppositely ar-
ranged shade bracket (not shown) wNl be
provided with a perforatjou through the 90
iM thereof cr rnl i .talig the OppSite cyi-
iniiij'cal 'xle of the said roller 24.. A
winged set screw 2 is screw-threaded
through an upstanding boss 26 upon the cur-
tain support or slide 16 which is adapted 95
to engage the upper face of the shade foot
18 for capping the slide 16 and bracket
foot 1 upon the window plate 11 and with
the Slide feet 15 engaging the ifangesl4 of
the w'indw plate. Curved bars or goose- 100
' eks 27 and 28 of different l-nths ar
should'ered into the !'ur minsu port slide 16,
l-h bAr "I ei 1 f lesser dimensions than
M" 1. 'a 0nd -o (i'Ci \ ihi ' the cura-
tuc hereo,11 Cit (n un'-too- that the 105
satid bar1.s f, ail ) 8 are arranged in sub-
stantial parallelism with their supporting
free ends 29 and 30 respectively, extending
horizontally inwardly of the window and
toward the oppositely-arranged curtain sup- II J
port. An extension nu 3 preferably hav-
ing a roughened exterior surface althoughPatented Jan,. 2, 19V7.
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Crawford, James O. Shade and Drapery Fixture, patent, January 2, 1917; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth858804/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.