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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7806281 | Continuous length telescoping rods A telescoping rod which can be telescoped between a minimum length and a maximum length is formed from three members two of which are shorter than and slidably mountable on a longer member. A telescoping rod can also be formed from five of the shorter members and tw... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7699278 | Curtain rods and brackets Apparatus for hanging curtains from wall brackets includes a hollow cylindrical rod with a longitudinal slot in its wall through which an interior clamping member for each wall bracket may be inserted. The clamping member is secured to a respective bracket by one or... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7648111 | Apparatus and method for hanging supplemental sets of curtains An end of a curtain rod is provided with a hook for grasping a mounting tube extending transversely from a wall-mounted flange. The hook may be offset from the longitudinal axis of the curtain rod to permit two rods with similar offset hooks to the mounted end to en... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7628363 | Apparatus and method for hanging supplemental sets of curtains An end of a curtain rod is provided with a hook for grasping a mounting tube extending transversely from a wall-mounted flange. The hook may be offset from the longitudinal axis of the curtain rod to permit two rods with similar offset hooks to the mounted end to en... | 12/08/2009 |
| D576022 | Bay window curtain support | 09/02/2008 |
| 7028960 | Curtain rods and supports therefor A curtain rod has a C-shaped cross section for receiving tongues on main wall mountable main brackets. Slotted supplementary brackets are mountable over the main brackets for permitting one or more supplementary curtain rods to be hung without drilling holes in the ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6467127 | Telescoping curtain rods with curtain hangers slidable on rollers A support rod for enabling a hung curtain to be smoothly drawn has two telescopically connected curtain rod segments and a trolley with at least one roller. In one set of embodiments, an outward facing channel is formed in the wall of the rod for receivin... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6135403 | Mounts for parallel curtain rods with adjustable spacing A mount for supporting the ends of parallel hung curtain rods has telescoping male and female members pivotally mounted on a base with a tensioning screw. Connectors for receiving the ends of the curtain rods are mounted on remote ends of the telescoping ... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6101675 | Pivoting and telescoping curtain dual-rod bracket for bay windows A wall-mountable curtain rod bracket has two holders for supporting the ends of two respective curtain rods over two adjacent panels of a bay window. Each holder is pivotally mounted on the end of sleeve which is telescopically and rotatably mounted on a ... | 08/15/2000 |
