Curtain rod mounting bracket

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing curtain rod mounting brackets lack universality, often requiring a one-to-one matching relationship with curtain rods, leading to installation issues when the types do not match.

Innovation Solution

A curtain rod mounting bracket with a base and supporting rod, featuring a detachable curtain rod positioning clamp with adjustable sizes, allowing for adaptation to different curtain rod diameters and improved installation flexibility.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a one-to-one matching relationship between mounting brackets and curtain rods is used, then the fixing reliability is improved, but the adaptability deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefixing reliabilityVSAvoidadaptability
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The mounting bracket is designed with a universal adapting structure that can accommodate different types of curtain rods. The clamp component can be adjusted or replaced to match various rod diameters and shapes, allowing a single mounting bracket design to serve multiple functions and work with different curtain rod types while maintaining reliable fixation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Ease of manufacture

If a fixed-size curtain rod loading opening is used, then the manufacturing simplicity is improved, but the adaptability deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemanufacturing simplicityVSAvoidadaptability
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The curtain rod loading opening is designed with adjustable or flexible components that allow the opening size to be modified according to different curtain rod diameters. This dynamic adjustment capability enables the same mounting bracket to accommodate various rod sizes without requiring multiple fixed-size designs, thus maintaining manufacturing simplicity while improving adaptability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

3Adaptability or versatility

If multiple curtain rod positioning clamps with different sizes are provided, then the adaptability is improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveadaptabilityVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The mounting bracket is divided into modular components, including the main bracket body and detachable positioning clamps. This segmentation allows different sized clamps to be easily swapped on and off the same bracket body, reducing the overall system complexity compared to having multiple complete bracket assemblies. Each clamp is an independent module that can be replaced without affecting the main bracket structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentEP4201267B1Curtain rod mounting bracket
Publication Date: 2025.04.16 ZHEJIANG QIANGWEI HARDWARE
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AI summary

The present application relates to a curtain accessory and discloses a curtain rod mounting bracket, including a base and a supporting rod mounted in the base, a rod holding support is provided on the end of the supporting rod away from the base, a mounting groove is formed in the rod holding support, a curtain rod positioning clamp is detachably mounted in the mounting groove, a curtain rod loading opening is formed in the curtain rod positioning clamp, and the opening size of the curtain rod loading opening is smaller than the internal size of the curtain rod loading opening. The mounting bracket in the form of replaceable curtain rod positioning clamp in the present application can be adapted according to different diameters of the curtain rods, so that the mounting bracket can adapt to curtain rods with different diameters to improve the universality of the mounting bracket. The split type base can adjust the position of the support rod relative to the fixing portion, so that the mounting bracket can be better adapted when applied in pairs.