US1500022A - Curtain fastener - Google Patents

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Juiy l, 1924.

D. J. WODDWARD CURTAIN FASTENER Filed March 20, 1922 [raven/Z01: 04 2/61 J Wu odwarzi.

Patented duly 1, i924.

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DAVID J. W'QODWAR'D, OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.

CURTAIN FASTENER.

Application filed. March 20, 1922. Serial No. 545,391.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DAVID J. lVooDwAnD, a citizen of the United States, residing in San Antonio, in the county of BeXar and State of Texas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Curtain Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

The general object of the present invention is to provide a combined curtain fastoner and lifter which may be readily applied to a curtain and in conjunction with keepers, such as eyelets, secured to a casing, or other fixture with which the curtain cooperates, may be readily manipulated to fasten the curtain in a closed position or to release the curtain and then act as a medium for raising the same.

l/Vith the above general object in view, the invention comprises a rod adapted to be secured in any preferred manner along the edge of a curtain which is to be raised or turned aside in opening the same, said rod having at its lower end a shouldered projection, usually reduced in size as compared with the body of the rod, which is adapted to be received in a keeper, and the upper end being provided with a slot for movement over the shank of a headed pin, screw eye or the like, the said bar having adjacent to its lower end, a lug or projection serving as a grip by which the rod may be raised to release its lower end from engagement with its keeper when the curtain is to be opened and to insert the lower end into said keeper when the curtain is to be fastened.

I contemplate that the invention will find its most extensive use in application to the curtains of automobiles, and particularly delivery trucks, and when so used, the retaining pin or screw for the upper slotted end of the rod and the keeper for the projection at the lower end of the rod, will be secured along the front edge of the body of the car adjacent to the usual opening through which the driver passes in entering and leaving the car.

The invention, however, is not limited to such application and I contemplate it will find perhaps as extended use in connection with the curtain or flap of tents, in which case the retaining means for the rod will be secured on the front pole of the tent.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which- Figure 1 is a broken view in side elevation showing my improved device applied to a curtain of an automobile or the like, the full lines indicating the position of the parts with the curtain closed, and the dotted lines indicating the position of the parts when the rod is raised to enable the curtain to be opened;

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same;

Figure 3 is a perspective view on an enlarged scale, of the lower portion of the fastener showing the projecting member on the end thereof inserted in a keeper;

Figure at is a view in side elevation on a reduced scale, illustrating the manner of using my invention in its application to an automobile; and I Figure 5 is a View in front elevation. show ing the invention applied to the curtain or flap of a tent.

Referring particularly to Figures 1, 2 and 3, the numerals 1 and 2 indicate upper and lower portions of a frame or casing at opposite ends of an opening to be covered, in each of which, adjacent to the edge of the opening, is secured a retaining device for the fastener which is preferably in the form of a screw eye, the respective screw eyes being indicated by the numerals 3 and 4, the latter being located at the bottom of the fastener and shown in an enlarged View in Figure 3. The numeral 5 indicates the fastener which is in the form preferably of a fiat'metal rod which is provided at its upper end with a slot 6 which, when the head of the screw eye is in a vertical position, may be passed over the same, when the screw eye may then be turned to a horizon tal position, as shown in Figure 1, to prevent the slot 6 from passing off of the screw eye while permitting its free movement in an up and down direction. At its lower end the bar 5 is provided with a reduced projection 7 forming a continuation of the bar and a handle or grip 8. In practire and in the interest of economy and simplicit of construction, these latter parts are formed by slitting the bar substantially along its longitudinal center at the lower end and then turning up one of the members thus provided, to a position at right angles to the bar and then bending such portion substantially at right angles to itself to form the handle or grip 8. This leaves the portion 7 projecting downward as a reduced continuation of the bar 5 and by bending the member 8 as described, a

shoulder 9 is provided which is adapted to re t upon the head of the screw eye when the projection '7 is inserted in the same, as clearly shown in Figure 3.

In the where the fastener is applied to the curtain at the place of manufacture, the rod 5 would be simply inserted in a pocket or hem provided at the edge of the curtain so that the rod can be readily inserted and removed therefrom. In the event that the fastener is to be applied to a curtain already made and in position on the car. tent, or the like, it may be readily applied thereto by being riveted, clamped, or otherwise secured in position thereon by any well known ways] When so applied and in conjunction with the screw eyes 3 and at, it will be seen that the curtain can be easily fastened by simply inserting the projection 7 in the eye of the screw and that by grasping the grip 8 and raising the rod 5 to release the projection 7 from the screw eye 4, the curtain can be as easily opened by pushing the rod to one side. This is illustrated in Figure 4 in connection with an automobile, and in Figure 5, in connection with a tent.

It will be apparent that the device is eX- cecdingly simple in construction and at the same time, that it offers very effective and economical means for accomplishing the ready fastening and opening of a curtain by a person on the inside of the car, which, with the ordinary fastening means now employed comprising eyelets located at intervals along the edge of the curtain and turn screws on. the bodv of the car over which they are inserted, is a matter of some difii culty and requiring quite a little time.

It will be understood, of course, that when in position on the curtain, the handle 8 will project inward so that the occupant of the automobile, tent, or the like, may readily manipulate the fastener to secure or release and raise the curtain.

It will also be obvious, without further descri iition or illustration, that the bar 5 could be supported in position by having the top of the slot 6 rest upon the upper retaining device 3 instead of by having the shoulder 9 rest upon the lower retaining device.

I claim 1. In combination with a structure having an opening, retaining devices located to one side of said opening near the top and bottom thereof, respectively, a flexible closure for said opening having an unattached edge portion. and a bar secured to such edge portion of the curtain, said bar being slidably and pivotally mounted on the upper reta-ining device and slidably and detachably engaged with the lower retaining device.

2. ln combination with a structure having an opening, retaining devices located to one side of said opening near the top and bottom thereoi, respectively, a. flexible closure for said opening having an unattached edge portion, and a bar secured to such edge portion of the curtain, said bar being slidably mounted on the upper retaining device and having an extended portion and a shoulder at its lower end, the extended port-ion being adapted to slidably and detachably engage the lower retaining device, and said shoulder being adapted to rest upon such retaining device. during such engagement.

3. In combination with a structure having an opening, retaining devices located to one side of said opening near the top and bottom thereof, respectively, a flexible closure for said opening having an unattached edge portion, and a bar secured to such edge portion of the curtain, said bar being slidably secured on the upper retaining device and having at its lower end a lateral extension providing a shoulder and a handle, and a portion extending below said handle, said extended port-ion being adapted to slidably and detachably engage the lower retaining device and said shoulder being adapted to rest upon such retaining device when the extended portion is so engaged.

4:. In combination with structure having an opening, retaining devices located to one side of said ogening near the top and bottom thereof, respectively, a flexible closure for said opening having an unattached edge portion, and a bar secured to such edge portion of the curtain, said bar being slidably secured on the upper retaining device and provided at its lower end with ashoulder, a portion projecting inward relative to the structure forming a handle, and a portion extending below the shoulder, said extended portion being adapted to slidably and detachably engage the lower retaining device and said shoulder being adapted to rest upon said retaining device during such engagement.

5. In combination with a structure having an opening, retaining devices located to one side of said opening new the top and bot tom thereof, respectively, a flexible closure for said opening having an unattached edge portion, and a bar secured to such edge portion of the curtain, said bar having a slot in its upper end slidably engaging the upper retaining device and having its lower end bifurcated, one member of said bifurcation being bent laterally to provide a shoulder and inwardly, relative to the, structure, to provide a handle, and the other member of said bifurcation being adapted to slidably and detachably engage the. lower retaining device. I

6. In. combination with a structure having an opening, retaining devices located to one side of said opening near the top and bottom thereof, the lower one of which is provided with an aperture, a flexible closure for said opening having an unattached edge portion, and a bar secured to such edge portion of the curtain, said bar being slidably and pivotally mounted on the upper retaining device and having at its lower end a portion for entering the aperture of the lower retaining device and adapted to be dis-engaged therefrom by raising said bar an appropriate distance.

7. A fastening device for curtains or the like, comprising a straight bar having a slot in its upper end, a shouldered portion at its lower end affording a handle, and

an extension of said bar projection below said shouldered portion.

8. A fastening device for curtains or the like, comprising a bar having a slot in its upper end, and being longitudinally slit at its lower end to provide two members, one of said members forming a reduced continuation of the bar and the other of said members being bent laterally to provide a shoulder and again substantially at right angles to itself to provide a handle.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

DAVID J. WOODWARD.

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