US1758685A - Curtain ring - Google Patents

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A Juvws H. B0 90 W, QSO'M rm I Patented May 13,v 1930' UNITED STATE PATENT OFFICE JAMES H. BOYE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES H. BOYE MANUFACTUR- ING COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS CURTAIN RING Application filed August 15, 1828. Serial No. 299,791.

This invention relates to means for slidably suspending a curtain, drape, or the like from a curtain rod or pole, and has reference more particularly to an improvement in the rings customarily employed for this purpose.

A widely prevalent form of curtain ring consists of a wooden annulus into the lower side of which an ordinary eye-screw is entered, the eye of the screw receiving a sus pension hook or loop attached to the upper edge portion of the curtain. In sliding the curtain back and forth, considerable strain is imposed on these eye-screws, and the latter are sometimes pulled out, or bent or turned in such a way as to disturb the correct and neat alinement of the upper edge of the curtain.

One object of my present invention is to improve curtain rings of this type through the provision of improved curtain-attaching means on the ring itself which cannot become accidentally detached from the rmg or displaced from correct position, thus obviating the faults above noted.

Another object, as related to wooden curtain rings, is to provide a stronger ring, and one less liable to crack or break, than the ordinary wooden rings.

Other objects and attendant advantages of the invention will be apparent to persons skilled in the art to which the improvement relates from the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which I have illus trated one simple and practical embodiment of the principle of the invention, and wherein- Fig. 1 is a fragmentary rear elevation of a curtain rod or pole, a curtain, and my improved curtain ring mounted on the rod and attached to the curtain by a curtain suspension hook;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the curtain ring, viewed from the left of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a diametric section of the ring on line 33 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a split metal ring that embraces the main body of the ring;

Fig. 5 is a perspective elevation of a curtain suspension hook well adapted for use with my improved curtain ring.

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In Fig. 1 of the drawings, there is shown at A a fragment of a curtain, at B a fragment of an ordinary round curtain rod or pole, and at O my improved curtain ring slidably mounted on the rod B.

Describing the ring C, designates an annulus of wood, hard rubber, compressed fiber, or any other suitable material, which, in form, resembles the ordinary round curtain ring of substantially round cross-section, except that its outer periphery is provided with a shallow groove or channel 11, as clearly shown in Fig. 3-. Seated in and substantially filling the groove 11 is a ring 12, preferably formed from a flatstrip of metal of a width and thickness to fill the rectangular groove 11. To enter and secure this ring 12 on the annulus, it is preferably divided or split, as shown in Fig. 4, and one end portion is bent downwardly in the form of a straight extension 13, which latter is provided with upper and. lower holes 14 and 15'. The other end portion is also bent downwardly a short distance, as shown at 16 and terminates in a laterally projecting finger 17 which, after the ring 12 has been mounted on the annulus 10, is passed through the upper hole 14 and then bent upwardly toform a hook 17, by which the ring is seen-rely locked on the annulus.

lt/iounted in the curtain A is a curtainsuspension attachment herein shown as consisting of a wire split ring or coil 18 formedwith a pointed end 19 adapted to be passed through a plurality of bights a on the rear side of the curtain, and with an integral hook 20 which is readily engaged with the lower hole 15 of the ring extension 13, as shown in This curtain suspension hook member, shown in detail in Fig. 5, is not claimed here n,fasit forms no part of the present invention, and, of course, any other device for tne same purpose engageable with the hole or eye 15 of the curtain ring may be employed.

Fromthe foregoing it will be seen how the described structure eifectuates the stated purposes and objects of the invention. Since the metal ring 12 is securely locked on the periphery of the annulus 10 it manifestly cannot be pulled off or displaced relatively to the latter, and since the strains caused by drawing the curtain back and forth are edge- Wise of the ring extension 13, the latter is not easily bent or broken, and the proper form and alinement of the upper edge of the curtain is maintained. The ring 12 also serves as a bond for the more or less fragile Wooden ring 10 and prevents danger of cracking, splitting or breaking the latter. The described structure of the ring 12 enables it to be readily mounted on the grooved annulus l0 and locked thereon by simply bending up the free end of the finger 17 and Without the use of any extraneous fastening devices.

lNIultichrome decorative curtain fixtures are at present very popular, and incidentally I may note that the described construction is easily adaptable to the easy production of a multichrome curtain ring, since the wooden annulus 10 may be stained or painted in one color, such as brown, and the metal ring 12 may be coated, before it is put in place, with a harmonizing color such as gilt or bronze.

I clain1 1. A curtain ring, comprising an annulus adapted to slide on a curtain rod and formed with a groove in its outer periphery, a split metal ring seated in said groove, the end portions of said split ring having cooperating means integral therewith for locking said split ring in said groove, and a depending extension on the lower side of said split-ring adapted for attachment to a curtain.

2. A curtain ring, comprising a Wooden annulus adapted to slide on a curtain rod and formed with a transversely rectangular groove in its outer periphery, a split ring formed by a metal strip of a Width and thickness to substantially fill said groove seated in the latter, the end portions of said split ringhaving cooperating means integral therewith for locking said split ring in said groove, and a depending extension continuous with one end of said split ring and apertured to receive a curtain suspension book.

3. A curtain ring, comprising a Wooden annulus adapted to slide on a curtain rod and formed with a transversely rectangular groove in its outer periphery, a split ring formed by a metal strip of a width and thickness to substantially fill said groove seated in the latter, one end portion of said split ring terminating in a hook, and a depending eX- tension continuous with the other end portion of said split ring having an upper aperture lockingly engaged with said hook and a lower aperture to receive a curtain suspension hook.

JAMES H. BOYE.

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