Traverse rod for draperies

Claim 1

A TRAVERSE ROD FOR DRAPERIES, CURTAINS AND THE LIKE, INCLUDING A THIN-WALLED SPLIT TUBULAR ROD HAVING A LONGITUDINAL SLIT IN ITS TOPMOST PORTION, A PULLEY FRAME MEMBER IN EACH END OF SAID ROD, ONE OF SAID PULLEY FRAME MEMBERS HAVING A RETURN-PULLEY THEREIN OVER WHICH THE TRAVERSECORD IS LOOPED TO FORM TWO OPPOSITELY MOVABLY SPANS AND THE OTHER PULLEY FRAME MEMBER HAVING A PAIR OF PULLEYS OVER WHICH THE TWO SPANS OF THE CORD EXTEND AND FROM WHICH THEY MAY EXTEND DOWNWARDLY TO FORM THE MANUALLY ENGAGEABLE PULL-ENDS OF THE CORD, RING-LIKE CARRIERS EMBRACING SAID ROD AND ARRANGED TO RIDE ON THE TOPMOST PORTION THEREOF, SAID CARRIERS HAVING MEANS THEREON DISPOSED BENEATH SAID ROD TO WHICH THE HEAD OF THE CURTAIN CAN BE DETACHABLY SECURED, AND A CORD-ANCHORAGE RIGIDLY SECURED TO THE UPPERMOST PORTIONS OF THE INSIDE OF TWO CARRIERS SPACED A SHORT DISTANCE FROM EACH OTHER, SAID CORDANCHORAGE EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM THE UPPERMOST PORTIONS OF SAID TWO CARRIERS THROUGH THE SLIT AT THE TOP OF THE TUBE, INTO THE TUBE, SAID CORD-ANCHORAGE HAVING A LONGITUDINAL CORD-PASSAGEWAY THERETHROUGH AND HAVING A VERTICALLY MOVABLE CORD-LOCKING ELEMENT IN OPERATIVE JUXTAPOSITION TO A WALL OF SAID PASSAGEWAY, FOR CLAMPINGLY SECURING THE CORD TO SAID CORD-ANCHORAGE, IN A RELEASABLE MANNER, BETWEEN SAID CORD-LOCKING ELEMENT AND SAID WALL OF SAID PASSAGEWAY AND MEANS INTERCONNECTING THE LOWERMOST PORTIONS OF SAID TWO CARRIERS AND MAINTAINING THEM IN SPACED RELATION TO EACH OTHER.