ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,087, issued on Aug. 12.

"Support apparatus for a curtain rod" was invented by Deborah Ramos (San Antonio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support apparatus for supporting a curtain rod in a horizontal orientation during installation of the curtain rod includes a post with a top end and a bottom end which is extendable and retractable. Each one of a pair of extension arms is coupled to the post adjacent to the top end and extends outwardly from the post in one of a pair of opposing directions. Each one of a pair of saddles is coupled to a distal end of an associated extension arm with respect to the post. Each saddle comprises a centr...