Drapery accessory and combination of traverse rod therewith

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION, (A) A FLAT HORIZONTAL ELONGATED MEMBER ADAPTED TO BE SECURED TO A CEILING. (B) AN ELONGATED TRAVERSE ROD FOR HANGING DRAPES AND THE LIKE, (C) TWO BLOCKS SECURED TO THE UNDERSURFACE OF THE FLAT MEMBER AND SPACED APART FROM ONE ANOTHER ALONG THE LENGHT OF SAID MEMBER, EACH BLOCK HAVING A DOWNWARDLY FACING WELL THE CLOSED END OF WHICH IS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT THE FLAT MEMBER, (D) TWO SQUAT PILOT PINS SECURED TO THE TOP SURFACE OF THE TRAVERSE ROD AND SPACED APART FROM ONE ANOTHER THE SAME DISTANCE AS THE WELLS IN THE BLOCKS, SAID PILOT PINS BEING RECEIVABLE IN, SO AS TO SUBSTANTIALLY FILL, SAID WELLS, (E) TWO FIRST PULLEYS SECURED TO THE UNDERSURFACE OF THE FLAT MEMBER FOR ROTATION ABOUT PARALLEL HORIZONTAL AXES PERPENDICULAR TO THE LENGTH OF SAID MEMBER, SAID FIRST PULLEYS BEING SPACED FROM THE BLOCKS, (F) TWO ANCHORS SECURED TO THE FLAT MEMBER, EACH ANCHOR BEING ASSOCIATED WITH A DIFFERENT FIRST PULLEY AND BEING SPACED FROM THE BLOCK AND FROM THE ASSOCIATED FIRST PULLEY, EACH ANCHOR AND ASSOCIATED FIRST PULLEY FORMING A LIFTING PAIR WHICH IS LOCATED TO ONE SIDE OF A DIFFERENT BLOCK, (G) TWO SECOND PULLEYS SECURED TO THE TOP SURFACE OF THE TRAVERSE ROD FOR ROTATION ABOUT HORIZONTAL AXES PARALLEL TO THE AXES OF ROTATION OF THE FIRST PULLEYS, EACH SECOND PULLEY BEING ASSOCIATED WITH A DIFFERENT LIFTING PAIR AND BEING LOCATED BENEATH AND MIDWAY BETWEEN THE FIRST PULLEY AND ANCHOR OF SUCH LIFTING PAIR, (H) TWO CORDS EACH ASSOCIATED WITH A DIFFERENT LIFTING PAIR AND SECOND PULLEY, EACH CORD HAVING ONE END FASTENED TO AN ANCHOR AND BEING TRAINED ABOUT A FIRST PULLEY AND A SECOND PULLEY SO AS TO PROVIDE A REACH BETWEEN THE ANCHOR AND THE SECOND PULLEY AND A REACH BETWEEN THE SECOND PULLEY AND THE FIRST PULLEY, THE OTHER END OF EACH CORD BEING ADAPTED TO BE PULLED BY HAND, (I) WHEREBY WHEN WITH THE TRAVERSE ROD IN A POSITION REMOTE FROM AND BELOW THE FLAT MEMBER SAID OTHER ENDS OF THE CORDS ARE PULLED THE TWO PAIRS OF REACHES ARE SHORTENED TO LIFT THE TRAVERSE ROD UNTIL THE PILOT PINS ENTER THE WELLS, AND WHEREBY AS THE REACHES SHORTEN THE CENTERING OF EACH SECOND PULLEY BETWEEN THE ASSOCIATED LIFTING PAIR BECOMES MORE ACCURATE AND THE TRAVERSE ROD IS MORE GREATLY RESTRAINED AGAINST LONGITUDINAL AND LATERAL MOVEMENTS SO THAT THE PILOT PINS ARE GUIDED TOWARDS THE WELLS, AND FURTHER WHEREBY WITH THE PULLEYS AND REACHES DISPLACED LONGITUDINALLY OF THE FLAT MEMBER FROM THE WELLS AND PILOT PINS WHEN THE PILOT PINS ENTER THE WELLS THE TRAVERSE ROD IS SPACED FROM THE FLAT MEMBER ONLY BY THE HEIGHT OF THE SQUAT PILOT PINS, (J) AT LEAST THE PILOT PINS OR THE WELLS BEING TAPERED TO FACILITATE COUPLING THEREOF AS THE PILOT PINS ENTER THE WELLS, (K) COOPERATING MEANS ON THE FLAT MEMBER AND THE TRAVERSE ROD FOR AUTOMATICALLY LOCKING THE MEMBER AND ROD TOGETHER WHEN THE PINS ENTER THE WELLS, AND (L) MEANS FOR MANUALLY RELEASING SAID LOCKING MEANS.