Patent 6840482 was granted and assigned to LG on January, 2005 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Curtain mounting brackets for curtain rods for use with conventional blind bracket mounting devices of a blind assembly for attaching one or more curtain rods thereon in order to hold a curtain and/or valance thereto. The curtain mounting brackets include a first bracket housing having a first holding wall member with an upper channel, a lower channel, a first side perimeter edge and a second side perimeter edge; the first holding wall member having mounted thereon a first curtain rod holding prong member and a second curtain rod holding prong member; and the upper and lower channels of the first holding wall member are for engaging and being joined to an upper and lower receiving channel of the conventional blind bracket mounting device, respectively for preventing one end of the blind assembly from falling out of the blind bracket mounting device. The curtain mounting brackets also include a second bracket housing having a second holding wall member with an upper channel, a lower channel, a third side perimeter edge and a fourth side perimeter edge; the second holding wall member having mounted thereon a third curtain rod holding prong member and a fourth curtain rod holding prong member; and the upper and lower channels of the second holding wall member are for engaging and being joined to an upper and lower receiving channel of the conventional blind bracket mounting device, respectively, for preventing the other end of the blind assembly from falling out of the blind bracket mounting device. The curtain rod holding prong members of the first and second holding wall members are used for receiving one or more curtain rods thereon.