US Patent 7461431 Stair rod bracket

The present invention provides a transversely interconnecting slidable stair rod bracket. The bracket may also be provided for use in a stair rod set, the set also including a stair carpet retaining rod and a finial. The bracket has a top portion and a bottom portion. The top portion having a plurality of projections and complementary shaped channels for receiving projections from the bottom portion; the bottom portion contains a rod-receiving portion, an outside end wall with an aperture therein for accepting either a threaded finial fastener which engages with a “female” finial, or the fastening portion of a “male” finial, and a plurality of projections and complementary shaped channels for receiving projections from the top portion.