Valance hanger bracket and system

Claim 1

A curtain hanger system comprising, in combination, a ceiling, a curtain hanger bracket, a flat curtain hanger and a curtain or valance having a gusset at one edge portion, in which said flat bar is longitudinaly inserted and constituting a bar and gusset assembly, said curtain hanger bracket including a hook portion and a fixing portion integrally formed of a strip of resilient material, the hook portion having a transverse U-shape configuration including a transverse bottom portion and a front and a rear upright portion extending from the respective ends of said bottom portion, said fixing portion extending rearwardly from the upper end of said rear upright portion and at substantially right angle to said rear upright portion, said fixing portion being flat and fixed flat to said ceiling, said front upright portion being shorter than said rear upright portion and leaving between said ceiling and the upper end of said front upright portion a gap through which said bar and gusset assembly is inserted edgewise into said hook portion, said bar having a width slightly greater than the vertical distance between said ceiling and said bottom portion, said bar and gusset assembly inserted edgewise in said hook portion and having a lower edge resting on said bottom portion and a top edge bearing against said ceiling, said rear upright portion flexed rearwardly relative to said fixing portion, thereby inclined downwardly and rearwardly and biasing said bar and gusset assembly against said ceiling, said curtain or valance depending from the top edge of said bar and gusset assembly in front of said front upright portion and concealing said bracket.