Drapery tie back device

Claim 1

A drapery tie-back device for use with a flexible tie-back cord for a drape to support the drapery in folds to one side of an opening, such as a window opening, with the flexible tie-back cord passed thereabout and with the drapery pleats projecting in spaced relationship to the surrounding wall, the device comprising, in combination: a generally U-shaped member having a pair of parallel support arms connected by a bight forming cross member at one end thereof and extending normal thereto; a cross bar connected between said support arms at a location offset inwardly from said cross member and extending parallel to said cross member; an opening provided in said cross bar adapted to receive a split-ring element to which one end of the flexible tie-back cord may be attached; a pair of identical separate bracket members each having an elongated hollow leg member open at its front end and closed at its back end with a mounting ear affixed to the closed back end and extending forwardly therefrom at generally right angles to the axis of said leg member; said brackets adapted to be mounted to a wall within an end pleat of the draperies with said mounting ear projecting in an opposite direction from each other and with the brAckets spaced apart a distance corresponding to the spacing between said support arms of said U-shaped member; said support arms of said U-shaped member adapted to be telescopically received for sliding movement in associated ones of said leg members such that the cross member is movable selectively as to its distance from said mounting ears; a series of longitudinally spaced apart and aligned openings extending along each of said support arms from the cross member to the terminal end thereof; an opening disposed in each of said leg members of said bracket adjacent the top open end thereof and oriented therethrough in a manner to be brought into selective registration with selected ones of said openings in said support arms when said support arms are telescopically received in said brackets; pin means adapted to pass through said leg member opening and through the selected one of said support arm openings in registration therewith to maintain the selected adjustment of said U-shaped member relative to said bracket in a manner to accommodate a variety of pleat thicknesses of draperies; apertures disposed in said leg members adapted for receipt of a split-ring to which one end of said tie-back cord may be secured so that the cord may be selectively attached to positions on said bracket leg members; the mounting ears of said bracket extending at generally right angles to said leg members to provide planar mounting surfaces for engagement with said drapery wall; said cross member adapted to be disposed within a pleat of said drapery with said distance between said cross member and said mounting ears being adjusted to provide sufficient space to accommodate varying widths of pleats of said drape with a minimum of crushing of said drape pleats in a direction toward said wall by said tie-back cord.