| 摘要 |
A curtain or drapery rod assembly has adjacent elongate rod sections joined end to end by a resilient connector for installation in angularly disposed relation around a corner between adjacent flat walls, such as in bay windows and corners of a room. In a preferred embodiment, the connector is a helical coiled spring having a first end connected in a first tubular rod section open end, an opposed second end connected in a second tubular rod section open end, and an intermediate portion disposed between the rod sections that forms a smooth curved transition adjacent to an angular corner when the first and second rod sections are supported in angularly opposed facing relation on respective first and second flat walls adjoining the angular corner. One end of the spring may be fixed in the open end of the first rod section and its opposed end frictionally engaged in the open end of the second rod section, or the helical coils at each end of the spring may be engaged on a pin extending transversely through the respective open ends of the rod sections to rotate relative to the pin members so that the length of the intermediate portion of the spring and distance between the rod ends is selectively adjusted by relative rotation to advance or retract the respective rod sections along the length of the spring as necessary to properly conform to the adjacent walls and corner angles of the particular installation. In an embodiment for solid rods, each end of the spring is threadedly connected to the spaced apart ends of the first and second rod sections.
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