drapery rod and which are adapted for supporting the drape or curtain therefrom and which are slidingly suspended from the drapery rod the flexible drapery rod portion 10 is preferably used as a corner portion engaged between two sections 34 35 44 of standard rigid curtain rod the properties of the u201c goose neck u201d which makes up the central flexible tube body 14 of the flexible rod portion 10 permit the flexible rod portion 10 to be given and retain substantially any shape as such the flexible rod portion 10 can be bent or curved such that it comprises a curved configuration between the abutted rigid rod sections although simple curves having an angle of 90 degrees or an angle of between about 90 and 180 degrees are most commonly used almost any alternately angled curved configuration is equally possible fig2 a shows the flexible drapery rod portion 10 having been given a gradual obtuse curve fig2 b shows the flexible rod portion 10 formed into a right angled corner and fig2 c alternately depicts a flexible rod portion having a fully u shaped curve defining an angle equal to or just greater than 0 degrees the flexible drapery rod portion 10 is therefore sufficiently flexible to permit being formed into substantially any shaped curve while being rigid enough to retain a shape given it and be able to support rings or similar attachments from which a drape or curtain is suspended the flexible drapery rod portion 10 additionally permits being selectively re formed into another shape many times without causing any weakening or cyclic fatigue of.