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Foldable traverse rod

Foldable traverse rod description/claims

The present invention relates to a traverse rod, and more particularly to a foldable traverse rod.

Most of the currently commercially available curtain structures for mounting on or in front of windows or window frames are supplied in several fixed sizes. The conventional curtain structure generally includes a traverse rod defining a slide channel, a plurality of carrier slides slidably moving in and along the slide channel, and at least one piece of curtain connected to and hung from the carrier slides. When the curtain is withdrawn, the carrier slides are moved toward an end of the traverse rod.

When a consumer purchases a curtain structure having an overall width of 180 cm, the traverse rod thereof is too long to be positioned in a general passenger car, and accordingly causes confusions in transport. In addition, the large-sized curtain structure also causes inconveniences in packaging and storage thereof. It is therefore tried by the inventor to develop a foldable traverse rod to overcome the above-mentioned disadvantages of the conventional curtain structure.

A primary object of the present invention is to provide a foldable traverse rod.

To achieve the above and other objects, the foldable traverse rod according to the present invention includes a rod assembly and a slide assembly. The rod assembly has a first and a second rod portion pivotally connected end to end via a hinge, such that the second rod portion may be turned about the hinge to a folded position to locate on a top of the first rod portion, or to an extended position to locate in line with the first rod portion. Both of the first and the second rod portion are internally correspondingly divided into a plurality of slide channels. The slide assembly includes a plurality of link bars separately mounted in the slide channels of the rod assembly. The link bars may be sequentially pulled outward or pushed inward via a linkage system. When the foldable traverse rod is in a folded state, it may be conveniently packaged for transport or storage.

The structure and the technical means adopted by the present invention to achieve the above and other objects can be best understood by referring to the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments and the accompanying drawings, wherein

FIGS. 1 and 2 are assembled and exploded perspective views, respectively, of a foldable traverse rod according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the foldable traverse rod of the present invention is in a folded state;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line 4-4 of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a bottom view showing link bars of the foldable traverse rod of the present invention are fully drawn across the traverse rod; and

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing the manner in which curtains are connected to and fully drawn across the traverse rod.

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