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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2011
Maurice Stafford Parker, Kinston, NC (US);
Willie Strong, Goldsboro, NC (US);
Melvin Walker, Jr., Goldsboro, NC (US);
Stephen Blair Brooks, Clemmons, NC (US);
Maurice Stafford Parker, Kinston, NC (US);
Willie Strong, Goldsboro, NC (US);
Melvin Walker, Jr., Goldsboro, NC (US);
Stephen Blair Brooks, Clemmons, NC (US);
Ex-Cell Home Fashions, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
We provide a tension assembly for a curtain rod, preferably a shower curtain rod. The assembly includes a tube and a plunger slidably disposed within the tube. Between the tube and the plunger is a biasing means such as a spring. The plunger includes opposite L-shaped grooves having a common axial section and opposite tangential section. The groove allows inclusion of a locking pin that is retained in the tube. The combination of the locking pin and the L-shaped grooves allows the plunger to be moved until the plunger compresses the spring, then the plunger is locked. When additional the curtain rod is put into place the plunger or rod may be rotated, releasing the plunger and allowing the spring to provide additional tension.