US3224429A
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Fireplace ensemble
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1963-12-31
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Granted: 1965-12-21
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Expires: 1983-12-31
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Leonard M Quittner
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 11:46
CPC Classifications
F; F24; F24B; F24B1/00; F24B1/18; F24B1/191; F24B1/192
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
234 words
IN COMBINATION, AN INSIDE MOUNTED FIREPLACE HANGING CURTAIN SCREEN, A PAIR OF ELONGATED, SPACE APART, AXIALLY EXTENDABLE SUPPORT MEMBERS MOUNTABLE INTERNALLY OF A FIREPLACE ON A HEARTH THEREOF IN AN UPSTANDING POSITION AND EXERTING PRESSURE ON AN UNDERSIDE OF THE TOP OF THE FIREPLACE, A TRANSVERSE MEMBER CONNECTED TO SAID SUPPORT MEMBERS IN AND SPANNING A SPACE BETWEEN SAID UPSTANDING MEMBERS FOR SUPPORTING SAID CURTAIN SCREEN AND DISPOSED IN USE ADJACENT A FRONT TOP FACE PORTION OF THE FIREPLACE, EACH OF SAID SUPPORT MEMBERS COMPRISING, AN ELONGATED ROTATABLE PART, MEANS ON EACH ROTATABLE PART RELATIVE TO WHICH SAID ROTATABLE PART IS ROTATABLE HAVING A SURFACE ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID UNDERSIDE OF THE TOP OF SAID FIREPLACE, A THREADED SCREW DISPOSED AS A VARIABLE EXTENSION ON EACH OF SAID SUPPORT MEMBERS FOR VARIABLY INCREASING AND DECREASING THE OVERALL AXIAL LENGTH OF THE RESPECTIVE SUPPORT MEMBER IN RESPONSE TO ROTATION OF SAID ROTATABLE PART IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS RELATIVE TO A LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE RESPECTIVE SUPPORT MEMBER WHILE MOUNTED IN SAID FIREPLACE THEREBY TO INCREASE AND DECREASE THE OVERALL AXIAL LENGTH OF SAID RESPECTIVE SUPPORT MEMBER AND TO VARY PRESSURE APPLIED BY EACH RESPECTIVE SUPPORT MEMBER TO SAID UNDERSIDE OF THE TOP AND THE HEARTH OF SAID FIREPLACE FOR HOLDING SAID SUPPORT MEMBERS IN UPSTANDING POSITION MOUNTED INSIDE SAID FIREPLACE, AND SAID SCREEN COMPRISING A FLEXIBLE DRAW CURTAIN SCREEN MOUNTED FOR MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO SAID TRANSVERSE MEMBER.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
234 words
IN COMBINATION, AN INSIDE MOUNTED FIREPLACE HANGING CURTAIN SCREEN, A PAIR OF ELONGATED, SPACE APART, AXIALLY EXTENDABLE SUPPORT MEMBERS MOUNTABLE INTERNALLY OF A FIREPLACE ON A HEARTH THEREOF IN AN UPSTANDING POSITION AND EXERTING PRESSURE ON AN UNDERSIDE OF THE TOP OF THE FIREPLACE, A TRANSVERSE MEMBER CONNECTED TO SAID SUPPORT MEMBERS IN AND SPANNING A SPACE BETWEEN SAID UPSTANDING MEMBERS FOR SUPPORTING SAID CURTAIN SCREEN AND DISPOSED IN USE ADJACENT A FRONT TOP FACE PORTION OF THE FIREPLACE, EACH OF SAID SUPPORT MEMBERS COMPRISING, AN ELONGATED ROTATABLE PART, MEANS ON EACH ROTATABLE PART RELATIVE TO WHICH SAID ROTATABLE PART IS ROTATABLE HAVING A SURFACE ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID UNDERSIDE OF THE TOP OF SAID FIREPLACE, A THREADED SCREW DISPOSED AS A VARIABLE EXTENSION ON EACH OF SAID SUPPORT MEMBERS FOR VARIABLY INCREASING AND DECREASING THE OVERALL AXIAL LENGTH OF THE RESPECTIVE SUPPORT MEMBER IN RESPONSE TO ROTATION OF SAID ROTATABLE PART IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS RELATIVE TO A LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE RESPECTIVE SUPPORT MEMBER WHILE MOUNTED IN SAID FIREPLACE THEREBY TO INCREASE AND DECREASE THE OVERALL AXIAL LENGTH OF SAID RESPECTIVE SUPPORT MEMBER AND TO VARY PRESSURE APPLIED BY EACH RESPECTIVE SUPPORT MEMBER TO SAID UNDERSIDE OF THE TOP AND THE HEARTH OF SAID FIREPLACE FOR HOLDING SAID SUPPORT MEMBERS IN UPSTANDING POSITION MOUNTED INSIDE SAID FIREPLACE, AND SAID SCREEN COMPRISING A FLEXIBLE DRAW CURTAIN SCREEN MOUNTED FOR MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO SAID TRANSVERSE MEMBER.
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