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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1986
Ronald G Darner, Fort Atkinson, WI (US);
Graber Industries, Inc., Middleton, WI (US);
Abstract
A drapery traverse rod and support assembly including a pulley housing at each end of the rod and a mounting bracket for mounting the pulley housing on a supporting surface. The pulley housing has a bottom wall, upstanding inner and side walls and a front wall and a rod engaging portion for supporting an end of a traverse rod with the rod extending transverse to the inner side wall of the pulley housing adjacent the front wall. The mounting bracket has a rear mounting pad portion and pulley housing support arms extend forwardly from the mounting pad portion and into the pulley housing. The pulley housing support arms have cord guides adapted to guide traverse cords from the end of the rod rearwardly toward the wall, and the mounting bracket has cord guides adapted to guide traverse cords downwardly adjacent the rear mounting pad portion of the mounting bracket. A pulley housing cover is detachably mounted on the pulley housing to cover the pulley housing cord guides and a mounting bracket cover is detachably mounted on the mounting bracket to cover the mounting bracket cord guides. A latch plate is mounted on the mounting bracket and arranged to engage the pulley housing to releasably latch the pulley housing in different adjusted positions on the mounting bracket.