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Class 211/105.2 - Curved or angular end type


Subclass of Class 211 - Supports: racks
Definition: Devices in which (a) the ends of the rod are curved or directed
No. of patents: 30
Last issue date: 01/16/2007


NumberTitleIssue Date
7162819Ironing board attachment apparatus
Ironing board attachment apparatus for use on conventional ironing boards comprising a laterally movable extension arm positioned adjacent one side of the ironing board which can move laterally towards or away from the board, the arm comprising an arcuate surface in...
01/16/2007
7163044Shade for shaped windows
A roller shade assembly includes a drape bar extending adjacent a rotatably supported roller tube to suspend a portion of a flexible shade fabric windingly received by the roller tube. The drape bar includes a fabric-receiving portion that is shaped along at least a...
01/16/2007
7156357Patio umbrella support apparatus
A patio umbrella support apparatus can be engaged by the mast of a patio umbrella to permit the positioning of the patio umbrella at desired, selected positions on a patio deck built with deck planks spaced apart by a conventional gap. The umbrella support apparatus...
01/02/2007
7104305Vertically adjustable rod support assembly
A vertically adjustable rod support assembly for selectively supporting an existing curtain rod and curtain at an elevated height within an existing window frame, and for enabling a user to lower the vertical height of the curtain rod in order to attach or detach th...
09/12/2006
7100626Lightweight portable concealment means and methods
An easy to use, simple, lightweight, compact, portable system of concealment and methods for its construction and use. The concealment system comprises a support and a curtain. The support attaches to a structure and pivots on the attachment. Various embodiments inc...
09/05/2006
7059379Low head room overhead door system with adjustable short radius track section
A universal overhead door system includes a pair of horizontal track members, a pair of vertical track members and a pair of track radius members interconnecting the horizontal and vertical track members. A pair of adjustable short radius members extend from the tra...
06/13/2006
7021814Support extension for stage apparatus
There is disclosed a support extension for mounting stage equipment. The support extension may be attached to a rail. The support extension may include a body and a bolt. The bolt fits into a channel in the rail. The support extension may be quickly easily attached ...
04/04/2006
6920988Towel bar, ring or hook anchoring device and wet towel shield
A device for anchoring a towel bar, ring or hook to a supporting surface and for shielding the supporting surface from wet towel damage. The device includes a plate upon which the towel bar, ring or hook is mounted such that the plate extends a distance equal to or ...
07/26/2005
6688479U-shaped curtain rod with pivotable connecting arms
A U-shaped curtain rod mainly includes an adjustable rod formed from two telescoping hollow tubes; two knuckle joints connected to two outer ends of the adjustable rod, each of which being formed from two laterally symmetrical sets of a connecting arm and...
02/10/2004
6516957Jointed curtain rod assembly with resilient connector
A curtain or drapery rod assembly has adjacent elongate rod sections joined end to end by a resilient connector for installation in angularly disposed relation around a corner between adjacent flat walls, such as in bay windows and corners of a room. In a...
02/11/2003
6250044Shower door bar with recessed grip
A towel bar attachable to bypass style shower doors. The towel bar has a support bar with two ends engaged with flanged escutcheons. The support bar and escutcheons are located at one side of a door with the escutcheons covering suitably sized and spaced ...
06/26/2001
5848628Decorative assembly for window treatment
A decorative assembly for window treatments. The assembly includes a curtain rod and one or more elongated decorative devices. The curtain rod includes a linear main body portion and end portions bent at right angles to the main body portion. Each elongat...
12/15/1998
5678704Curtain support member and mounting apparatus for a curve archway
A curtain support member 10 for supporting a curtain 12 in a curved window archway 14 is provided. The curtain support member 10 includes a planar shaped base member 16. The planar shaped base member 16 is provided with a substantially flat lower portion ...
10/21/1997
5678703Finial adapter for curtain rods
A large diameter curtain rod has a small, lamp shade finial fixed to the ends through an adapter. The adapter may have a screw with a wood-screw thread on one end and a machine-screw thread on the other. The wood-screw thread is inserted into the rod, and...
10/21/1997
5535897Drapery rod with wood veneer and method of making same
A drapery rod includes a substrate covered with a veneer or genuine wood. The substrate is hollow and is preferably made of plastic or metal. The substrate has ribs in an inner surface and has a mounting groove which receives a mounting bracket for mounti...
07/16/1996
5480040Curtain rod
A wide pocket curtain rod assembly comprising first and second rod members, each rod member having a first end and a second end, the rod members being slidably engageable via their second ends to form a telescoping curtain rod, each of the rod members hav...
01/02/1996
5472102Portable curtain rod support
A curtain rod support for supporting a curtain rod and associated curtain proximate a window. The inventive device includes a pair of vertically adjustable stanchions each supported by a weighted base for positioning on laterally opposed sides of a window...
12/05/1995
5295595Reinforced foam drapery hardware
A drapery rod comprises a ductile wire stiffener which is plastically deformable by manually generated stresses. The ductile wire stiffener is surrounded by a solid cylindrical member made up of resiliently deformable material, such as polypropylene foam....
03/22/1994
5263594Curtain rod for slidably supporting a curtain around an intermediate corner, and intermediate junction element therefor
A section bar for supporting curtains, allowing said curtains to slide, is constituted by at least two portions of section bar united to each other by a juncture element and having a hollow, contoured cross-section with a longitudinal side groove from whi...
11/23/1993
5050252Universal adjustable grab bar assembly
An adjustable and universal grab bar assembly for a tub or the like. The bar assembly includes a bar having a relatively straight central portion and angled ends. The ends rotate within end holders bolted or otherwise secured to the wall of a tub or the l...
09/24/1991
5024338Drape rod assembly
There is provided a pair of plates swivelably connected together forming a hinge. The hinge is used to join a pair of drape rods so that the drape rods may be mounted at various angles with respect to each other and presenting continuity at corners....
06/18/1991
4830203Support for display items or the like
An easily movable display mounting system including a mounting cup (12) secured to a slot wall by a T-shaped fastener 26....
05/16/1989
4809401Drapery pole installation system
A drapery pole installation system is provided having an elongated generally cylindrical drapery pole forming an elongated slot extending the length thereof. Intermediate support for the drapery pole is provided by one or more intermediate hangers adapted...
03/07/1989
4754504Shower enlarger
A shower stall structure for bathing having a shower area defined on three sides by upright walls and having an open side area with a shower curtain mounted therein to provide a covered point of entry for a person. A shower enlarger mounted in the shower ...
07/05/1988
4729482Towel bars
A towel bar includes a tube and a bracket on each side of the tube. The brackets can be secured to a wall to support the tube a predetermined distance from the wall. A plurality of rollers are placed over the tube adjacent to each other. The rollers opera...
03/08/1988
4702381Towel protector
A system for displaying but protecting while displaying bath and hand and kitchen towels and the like provides for use with a towel bar over which a towel is deployed in the usual manner, a protector or protective cover, size-matched to the towel bar pref...
10/27/1987
4635889Drapery support system with decorative rod end support structure
A drapery support rod assembly including opposed support brackets for supporting the rod at a predetermined distance with respect to a vertical wall and giving the appearance of a continuous rod section extending from the wall at each end. Opposed elongat...
01/13/1987
4586617Curtain rod
A return type curtain rod, for use with a hanger having a gusset plate and an upwardly projecting finger, has a web and upper and lower flanges projecting in facing relation from opposite long edges of the web, an isolated hanger finger-receiving hole in ...
05/06/1986
4399917Dual curtain rod assembly
A curtain rod assembly for use in wide pocket curtains and the like to provide a wide header or band, which rod assembly includes vertically spaced upper and lower curtain rods, a plurality of spacer bars having rod engaging means at opposite ends for det...
08/23/1983
4215784Wall bracket assembly
The improved wall bracket assembly of the present invention comprises, in combination, a plurality (preferably two) of spaced, generally parallel, preferably vertical locator strips, each having spaced bracket-receiving holes along the length thereof, and...
08/05/1980
 
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