The present invention is a curtain rod assembly, to help create a blackout effect by the curtain blocking unwanted light entering between the wall and the top and sides of the curtain. When the curtain rod assembly is mounted to the wall, a flat front surface of a curtain rod is vertically inclined to guide a curtain header into contact with the wall to prevent light leakage from the top of the curtain. A mounting member may be contoured to define between the mounting member and the wall a space into which a side edge of the curtain may be tucked to prevent light leakage from the sides of the curtain. The mounting member may define a socket that extends along a vertically inclined axis, and into which an end of the curtain rod can be inserted so as to be removably retained by gravity.

The present invention is a curtain rod assembly, to help create a blackout effect by the curtain blocking unwanted light entering between the wall and the top and sides of the curtain. When the curtain rod assembly is mounted to the wall, a flat front surface of a curtain rod is vertically inclined to guide a curtain header into contact with the wall to prevent light leakage from the top of the curtain. A mounting member may be contoured to define between the mounting member and the wall a space into which a side edge of the curtain may be tucked to prevent light leakage from the sides of the curtain. The mounting member may define a socket that extends along a vertically inclined axis, and into which an end of the curtain rod can be inserted so as to be removably retained by gravity.

A bracket system for mounting a support rod, such as a closet rod, a shower curtain rod, a towel bar, or the like, between two support surfaces. The bracket system includes a bracket member and a cover member. The bracket member includes a base portion and a rod support member. The rod support member includes a support portion that supports the support rod and a spring portion that facilitates coupling of the bracket member to the cover member. The spring portion is compressed or deformed and then the cover member is slid over the spring portion. Upon release of the compression on the spring portion, the spring portion exerts an outward restoring force onto the cover member to couple the cover member to the bracket member. The support rod is supported by the support portion of the rod support member and extends through an opening in the cover member.

A bracket system for mounting a support rod, such as a closet rod, a shower curtain rod, a towel bar, or the like, between two support surfaces. The bracket system includes a bracket member and a cover member. The bracket member includes a base portion and a rod support member. The rod support member includes a support portion that supports the support rod and a spring portion that facilitates coupling of the bracket member to the cover member. The spring portion is compressed or deformed and then the cover member is slid over the spring portion. Upon release of the compression on the spring portion, the spring portion exerts an outward restoring force onto the cover member to couple the cover member to the bracket member. The support rod is supported by the support portion of the rod support member and extends through an opening in the cover member.

A tripartite tension rod assembly, including a first vertical telescoping tension rod, the first tension rod having a first spring loaded endcap and a second non-spring-loaded foot, the first tension rod having a first longitudinal axis; a second vertical telescoping tension rod, the second tension rod having a first spring loaded endcap and a second non-spring-loaded foot, the second tension rod having a second longitudinal axis; a first arcuate bracket arranged to be fixedly secured to the first vertical tension rod; a second arcuate bracket arranged to be fixedly secured to the second vertical tension rod; and, a horizontal telescoping rod extending between the first and second arcuate brackets, the horizontal rod having a third longitudinal axis which, when assembled, is substantially perpendicular to the first and second longitudinal axes.

A tripartite tension rod assembly, including a first vertical telescoping tension rod, the first tension rod having a first spring loaded endcap and a second non-spring-loaded foot, the first tension rod having a first longitudinal axis; a second vertical telescoping tension rod, the second tension rod having a first spring loaded endcap and a second non-spring-loaded foot, the second tension rod having a second longitudinal axis; a first arcuate bracket arranged to be fixedly secured to the first vertical tension rod; a second arcuate bracket arranged to be fixedly secured to the second vertical tension rod; and, a horizontal telescoping rod extending between the first and second arcuate brackets, the horizontal rod having a third longitudinal axis which, when assembled, is substantially perpendicular to the first and second longitudinal axes.

A bracket system for mounting a support rod, such as a closet rod, a shower curtain rod, a towel bar, or the like, between two support surfaces. The bracket system includes a bracket member and a cover member. The bracket member includes a base portion and a rod support member. The rod support member includes a support portion that supports the support rod and a spring portion that facilitates coupling of the bracket member to the cover member. The spring portion is compressed or deformed and then the cover member is slid over the spring portion. Upon release of the compression on the spring portion, the spring portion exerts an outward restoring force onto the cover member to couple the cover member to the bracket member. The support rod is supported by the support portion of the rod support member and extends through an opening in the cover member.

A bracket system for mounting a support rod, such as a closet rod, a shower curtain rod, a towel bar, or the like, between two support surfaces. The bracket system includes a bracket member and a cover member. The bracket member includes a base portion and a rod support member. The rod support member includes a support portion that supports the support rod and a spring portion that facilitates coupling of the bracket member to the cover member. The spring portion is compressed or deformed and then the cover member is slid over the spring portion. Upon release of the compression on the spring portion, the spring portion exerts an outward restoring force onto the cover member to couple the cover member to the bracket member. The support rod is supported by the support portion of the rod support member and extends through an opening in the cover member.

An adjustable privacy screen has a length-adjustable support member that can be wedged between adjacent walls. The support member may include locking telescoping tubes, and optionally, semi-rigid brace members that may be bent to wedge the device between adjacent walls. An opaque privacy drape is releasably attachable, e.g., by adhesive or mechanical fasteners, to the support member. A sensor mounted on the support member is operable to cause a signaling device on the support member to provide an alert signal to a caregiver upon detection of a predetermined condition by the sensor. The sensor may also be operable to cause a mechanism to operate to release the privacy screen from its position wedged between adjacent walls. One or more legs may be releasably attachable to the support member.