Traverse rod for decorations, in particular for curtains

Claim 1

A traverse rod mountable on a building element by a variety of different types of mounting means for receiving hanger means for decorations, in particular, curtains, said hanger means being movable along said traverse rod for moving said decorations with respect to said building element, said traverse rod being suitable for use with a variety of different types of hanger means and in a variety of positions, said rod comprising: a plurality of elongated walls joined to form a generally box-like hollow cross section for the rod having an axis of elongation normal to the cross section, said rod being orientable about the axis of elongation in a variety of positions with respect to the building element; a first of said walls having an elongated opening (6) therein for receiving and movably retaining a variety of different types of hanger means for hanging the decorations; a second of said walls (4) opposite said first wall having a portion (32) contiguous in a direction normal to the axis of elongation; and a third of said walls (18) adjacent said first wall having a pair of outwardly extending arms (20,21), a lip on each of said arms extending toward each other for forming a C-shaped recess (16) opening on the exterior of said third wall suitable for receiving a variety of different types of types of mounting means and hanger means, and for movably retaining the latter, one of said arms (21) being parallel to, but spaced from, said portion (32) and forming with said portion (32) a second recess (17) opening on the exterior of said third wall adjacent to said C-shaped recess, a web (31) lying within the hollow box-like hollow cross section of said rod and parallel to said third wall (18) for coaction with said one arm (21) and said third wall portion (32) for closing the bottom of said second recess (17) within said box-like hollow cross section, said second recess being suitable for receiving a mounting means for said rod.