Support for draperies and the like

Claim 1

A SUPPORT FOR DRAPERIES AND THE LIKE COMPRISING AN ELONGATE ROD HAVING FRONT AND REAR SIDES AND ADAPTED FOR MOUNTING GENERALLY HORIZONTALLY, SAID ROD HAVING WALL MEANS DEFINING A PASSAGEWAY AND ARRANGED TO PROVIDE A REARWARDLY OPENING ACCESS TO THE PASSAGEWAY, SAID PASSAGEWAY AND SAID ACCESS THERETO EXTENDING GENERALLY THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE ROD, SAID PASSAGEWAY HAVING A GENERALY FLAT HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED SURFACE ADJACENT THE LOWER SIDE THEREOF FOR DEFINING A TRACKWAY EXTENDING GENERALLY THE FULL LENGTH OF THE ROD, A PLURALITY OF OFFSET CARRIERS MOUNTED ON THE ROD AND EACH INCLUDING AN AXLE HAVING ITS FRONT END DISPOSED IN THE PASSAGEWAY AND EXTENDING THROUGH SAID ACCESS TO A POINT REARWARD OF TEH PASSAGEWAY, A WHEEL ROTATABLY MOUNTED ADJACENT THE FRONT END OF THE AXLE AND HAVING A GENERALLY FLAT TREAD ENGAGED WITH THE TRACKWAY FOR MOVEMENT THEREALONG, A PLURALITY OF BALL BEARING DISPOSED IN A SINGLE ROW BETWEEN SAID AXLE AND SAID WHEEL, SAID AXLE AND SAID WHEEL EACH HAVING MEANS DESCRIBING A BALL RACE FOR ENGAGING SAID BALL BEARINGS, A BODY PORTION MOUNTED ADJACENT THE REAR END OF THE AXLE AND EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY AND FORWARLDY THEREFROM TO A POINT BELOW SAID PASSAGEWAY, SAID BODY PORTION HAVING MEANS ADJACENT THE LOWER END THEREOF AND GENERALLY VERTICALLY BELOW THE WHEEL FOR RECEIVING A DRAPERY SUPPORT HOOK, SAID AXLE, BALL BEARINGS, AND WHEEL ARRANGED FOR ALLOWING THE AXLE AND BODY PORTION TO TILT A LIMITED AMOUNTED RELATIVE TO THE WHEEL IN A DIRECTION GENERALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE ELONGATED ROD.