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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 1995
Filed:
Apr. 18, 1994
John W LeClaire, Brookfield, WI (US);
Springs Window Fashions Division, Inc., Middleton, WI (US);
Abstract
An adjustable curtain rod mounting bracket comprising: a wall bracket member and a rod bracket member which are frangibly interconnected to facilitate packaging and assembly. The wall bracket member has wall attachment flange at the rear end on a panel portion and the rod bracket member has a rod support flange at the forward end of a panel portion, and the panel portions of the bracket members are disposed in end-to-end relation with the forward end of the panel portion of the wall bracket member integrally joined along a break-away line of weakness to the rear end of the panel portion of the rod bracket member. The panel portions are separable by hand bending the panels relative to each other in a direction crosswise of the break-away line and upper and lower guide flanges are provided at one side of one of the panel portions for guidably supporting the other of the panel portions after the panel portions have been separated along the break-away line to adjust the spacing between the wall attachment flange and the rod support flange and a latch and detent arrangement is provided for releasably retaining the bracket members in different adjusted positions.