Eliza Dorman, GB189418951A
Improvements in Curtain Rods.
Image credit: Dorman, E. (1894)
On August 10, 1895, Eliza Dorman, wife of engineer Henry Dorman of Stafford, patented an adjustable-length curtain rod. Her tubular rod had an eye for hooking onto existing fittings and a sliding companion piece that neatly held the curtain in place.
Date of Application: 6 October 1894
Date of Issuance: 10 August 1895
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