Curtain rod bracket and cam lock
First Claim
1. A lead screw configured for a cam lock assembly, the lead screw comprising:
- a lead screw base;
a lead screw shoulder, the lead screw base and the lead screw shoulder separated by a screw center portion having a screw center portion length, the screw center portion including a screw thread that extends along an outer surface of the screw center portion between the lead screw base and the lead screw shoulder;
wherein the screw thread includes a pitch of about 0.375 inches;
wherein the lead screw base includes a lead screw base body and a lead screw base neck;
wherein the lead screw base body includes a body outer surface and the lead screw base neck (166) includes a neck outer surface;
wherein the body outer surface includes a body diameter (D) and the neck outer surface includes a neck diameter (N), wherein the body diameter (D) is smaller than the neck diameter (N);
wherein the lead screw shoulder includes a shoulder diameter (S), the shoulder diameter (S) about the same as the neck diameter (N);
wherein the lead screw base neck includes a neck keyed portion that extends downward from the lead screw base neck toward the lead screw base body;
wherein the screw center portion includes a screw center portion diameter (SCD), the screw center portion diameter (SCD) smaller than the neck diameter (N) and the shoulder diameter (S); and
wherein the screw center portion is positioned to be offset from the lead screw base and the lead screw shoulder which are aligned with each other.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for a curtain rod bracket and cam lock. A tension rod assembly includes a tension rod, a first curtain rod bracket assembly, the first curtain rod bracket assembly including a first bracket base, a first bracket arm and a first friction pad, the first bracket base including a first bracket base front, a first bracket base rear and defining a first friction pad mounting opening that communicates the first bracket base front with the first bracket base rear, and a second curtain bracket assembly, the second curtain rod bracket assembly including a second bracket base, a second bracket arm and a second friction pad, the second bracket base including a second bracket base front, a second bracket base rear and defining a second friction pad mounting opening that communicates the second bracket base front with the second bracket base rear.
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8 Claims
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1. A lead screw configured for a cam lock assembly, the lead screw comprising:
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a lead screw base; a lead screw shoulder, the lead screw base and the lead screw shoulder separated by a screw center portion having a screw center portion length, the screw center portion including a screw thread that extends along an outer surface of the screw center portion between the lead screw base and the lead screw shoulder; wherein the screw thread includes a pitch of about 0.375 inches; wherein the lead screw base includes a lead screw base body and a lead screw base neck; wherein the lead screw base body includes a body outer surface and the lead screw base neck (166) includes a neck outer surface; wherein the body outer surface includes a body diameter (D) and the neck outer surface includes a neck diameter (N), wherein the body diameter (D) is smaller than the neck diameter (N); wherein the lead screw shoulder includes a shoulder diameter (S), the shoulder diameter (S) about the same as the neck diameter (N); wherein the lead screw base neck includes a neck keyed portion that extends downward from the lead screw base neck toward the lead screw base body; wherein the screw center portion includes a screw center portion diameter (SCD), the screw center portion diameter (SCD) smaller than the neck diameter (N) and the shoulder diameter (S); and wherein the screw center portion is positioned to be offset from the lead screw base and the lead screw shoulder which are aligned with each other.
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2. A lead screw configured for a cam lock assembly, the lead screw comprising:
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a lead screw base; a lead screw shoulder, the lead screw base and the lead screw shoulder separated by a screw center portion having a screw center portion length, the screw center portion including a screw thread that extends along an outer surface of the screw center portion between the lead screw base and the lead screw shoulder; wherein the screw thread includes a pitch of about 0.375 inches; wherein the lead screw base includes a lead screw base body and a lead screw base neck; wherein the lead screw base body includes a body outer surface and the lead screw base neck (166) includes a neck outer surface; wherein the body outer surface includes a body diameter (D) and the neck outer surface includes a neck diameter (N), wherein the body diameter (D) is smaller than the neck diameter (N); wherein the lead screw shoulder includes a shoulder diameter (S), the shoulder diameter (S) about the same as the neck diameter (N); wherein the lead screw base neck includes a neck keyed portion that extends downward from the lead screw base neck toward the lead screw base body; wherein the screw center portion includes a screw center portion diameter (SCD), the screw center portion diameter (SCD) smaller than the neck diameter (N) and the shoulder diameter (S); and wherein the lead screw base and the lead screw shoulder define a first axis (X1) and the screw center portion defines a second axis (X2), wherein (X1) and (X2) are offset from each other.
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3. A lead screw configured for a cam lock assembly, the lead screw comprising:
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a lead screw base; a lead screw shoulder, the lead screw base and the lead screw shoulder separated by a screw center portion having a screw center portion length, the screw center portion including a screw thread that extends along an outer surface of the screw center portion between the lead screw base and the lead screw shoulder; wherein the screw thread includes a pitch of about 0.375 inches; wherein the lead screw base includes a lead screw base body and a lead screw base neck; wherein the lead screw base body includes a body outer surface and the lead screw base neck (166) includes a neck outer surface; wherein the body outer surface includes a body diameter (D) and the neck outer surface includes a neck diameter (N), wherein the body diameter (D) is smaller than the neck diameter (N); wherein the lead screw shoulder includes a shoulder diameter (S), the shoulder diameter (S) about the same as the neck diameter (N); wherein the lead screw base neck includes a neck keyed portion that extends downward from the lead screw base neck toward the lead screw base body; and wherein the cam lock assembly includes a bushing, the bushing substantially ā
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shaped and including a bushing length (BL) and a bushing outer surface. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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