BOTTOM MOUNTED STAIR ROD BRACKET

• US 20070241251A1
• Filed: 03/29/2007
• Published: 10/18/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Stair-Hold Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Stair-Hold Incorporated
• Inventors: Zoroufy, Aboolhassan
• Application Number:
  US11/693,359
• Publication Number:
  US 20070241251A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 248/251
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 27/065 Stair rods; Stair-rod fasteners

Abstract

The invention provides a stair rod bracket designed to receive a stair rod that secures a carpet to stairs. The bracket comprises a bottom plate having an aperture that suitably can be designed to receive a fastener such as a screw or a nail. A sidewall completely surrounds the bottom plate creating an opening. The sidewall has an exterior, an interior, a bottom end, which is attached or integral to the bottom plate, and an upper end. The sidewall also comprises a stair rod receiving portion. In one embodiment, this stair rod receiving portion can be an aperture in the sidewall designed to receive the end of a stair rod. In another embodiment the stair rod receiving portion can be a notch that opens at the upper end of the sidewall, and has bottom section which the stair rod rests on.

Claims

1. A stair rod bracket comprising:

a bottom plate having an aperture designed to receive a fastener; and

a sidewall completely surrounding the bottom plate creating an opening, wherein the sidewall has an exterior, an interior, a bottom end attached to the bottom plate, and an upper end; and

a stair rod receiving portion.

2. The stair rod bracket of claim 1, wherein the bottom plate and the sidewall are both circular such that the sidewall provides a circular enclosure around the bottom plate.

3. The stair rod bracket of claim 1, wherein the stair rod receiving portion is an aperture in the sidewall designed to receive an end of a stair rod.

4. The stair rod bracket of claim 1, wherein the stair rod receiving portion is a notch;

wherein the notch opens at the upper end of the sidewall and the notch has a bottom section on which the stair rod rests.

5. The stair rod bracket of claim 1, wherein the sidewall further comprises a finial receiving aperture that can receive a finial.

6. The stair rod bracket of claim 1, further comprising a stabilizing portion attached to the sidewall wherein the stabilizing portion contacts a rise of a stair when the bracket is installed on a tread of a stair.

7. The stair rod bracket of claim 1, further comprising a cap, wherein the cap attaches to the upper end of the sidewall.

8. The stair rod bracket of claim 7, wherein the cap is removably attached to the sidewall.

9. The stair rod bracket of claim 8, wherein the cap is attached to the sidewall by a screw top arrangement.

10. The stair rod bracket of claim 8, wherein the cap is attached to the sidewall by a snap fit arrangement.

11. The stair rod bracket of claim 8, wherein the cap is transparent.

12. The stair rod bracket of claim 11, wherein the opening contains an illumination device.

13. The stair rod bracket of claim 7, wherein the cap has a notch insert section.