Carrier gate for traverse rod

Claim 1

A gated end cap engageable with the end of a traverse rod slotted for sliding drape hangers and adapted to end abut a building wall, and snugly locate a drape edge thereagainst, said end cap including in combination: an end plate; a plurality of roller supporting flanges extending perpendicularly from said end plate for telescopic cooperation with said traverse rod and at least one cord roller rotatably arranged between said flanges, said end plate, roller supporting flanges and traverse rod end defining a vertically and forwardly opening gap of width slightly exceeding that of a drape anchor hanger; a gate in said gap forwardly and upwardly pivotable about an axis located above the bottom of the end cap, said axis being substantially perpendicular to the plane of said end plate and substantially parallel to the longitudinal extent of said roller supporting flanges, said gate having a front wall and a bottom wall, said gate when opened opening the front of said end cap and when closed providing means on said bottom wall extending across and closing the end of the traverse rod slot; a gate mounting flange projecting forwardly into said gap and adjacent the traverse rod end from one of said roller supporting flanges, said gate mounting flange being spaced from and parallel to said end plate, a pair of pivot flanges extending from said gate for reception between said gate mounting flange and said end plate and means effecting pivotal relationship between said pivot flanges and gate mounting flange and end plate, wherein the gate pivot axis is spaced rearwardly and below the top of the gate front wall.