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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7237303 | Curtain suspension device and a method of suspending curtains A curtain suspension device for hanging curtains flatly (for hanging panel curtains) comprises a main rod (16) arranged to a wall and at least two elongate shorter rods (15) with open books (17, 26) at both ends. The short rods are adapted to be... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7152838 | Recreational vehicle awning hook hanger An RV hook hanger to be used to display items from an awning roller rail. The RV hook hanger includes a top portion that has a substantially cylindrical cross section, mounted on a planar body. The top portion is provided to be accepted by the retainer channel on an... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7137172 | Suspension arrangement The invention pertains to a hanger for guiding an element suspended from a rail so that the element can be moved back and forth. To create a hanger which forms a compact and visually attractive unit and which occupies the least possible amount of space without sacri... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7137515 | Extendable storage rack An extendable storage rack comprises an elongated horizontal housing of relatively small thickness, provided laterally, at one side, with a continuous surface, and at an opposite side, with a longitudinal passage extending along its length. At its bottom it is provi... | 11/21/2006 |
| 6085826 | Runner with line tensioning capabilities, guide rails for electrically-opened and closed curtains, and guide rails for manually-opened and closed curtains A runner and guide rail for curtains intended to maintain a line for opening and closing the curtains automatically and constantly to the tension state by intermediately installing elastic members at the connections between the runner and the line. A guid... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5765260 | Drapery with removable header An apparatus for providing stiffness to the upper end of an elongated section of drapery fabric which selectably allows the drapery fabric to be readily foldable when stiffness is not needed. The apparatus also connects the drapery to an overhead, travers... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5611111 | Curtain rail glider The invention comprises a glider with a head portion (1), a connecting portion (3) and a bottom portion (4), the connecting portion (3) having a smaller side than the bottom side of the head portion or the upper side of the bottom portion, the bottom port... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5518058 | Curtain-rail slide A tubular rail formed with a longitudinally extending and downwardly open slot of predetermined width is provided with a plurality of curtain slides spaced along the rail and each having a body and a core. The body is formed with a pair of horizontally op... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5347683 | Curtain rod and attachment system A curtain hanging device is disclosed. The curtain hanging device features a rod which has a rectangular cross section composed of a first surface, a second surface, a third surface, a fourth surface, and a fifth surface. The first and fifth surfaces of t... | 09/20/1994 |
| 4984332 | Slide shoe Slide shoe for sliding roofs, sliding lifting roofs and the like. The slide shoe has a slide shoe body made of rubber, which can be mounted onto a slide shoe carrier, and which, in an assembled state, is displaceably guided in a longitudinal guideway whic... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4935986 | Window slider A window slider for guiding a vehicle window in a guide channel having spaced, side and base walls comprises a one-piece molded plastic part having stiffly resilient projections integral with the part and extending laterally in two directions to bear agai... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4846249 | Window shade carrier and carrier assembly The window shade track hook carrier includes a body of plastic, metal, ceramic or the like which is adapted to slide or roll freely in a shade track and bear a depending shade hook which is adapted to extend out of an opening in the bottom or side of the ... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4829630 | Window slider A window slider for guiding a vehicle window in a guide channel having spaced, side and base walls comprises a one-piece molded plastic part having stiffly resilient projections integral with the part and extending laterally in two directions to bear agai... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4827565 | Sliding drapery hanger A drapery hanger which includes a plurality of individual slide members which are snap fitted in a slidable fashion within a wall or ceiling mounted track. The drape has an elongated tape fixed to its upper margin and includes snap fasteners which mate wi... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4765022 | Combination stop plug and frame member for channelled drapery track A combination stop plug and open frame member for installation in the channel of a drapery track. The plug and frame parts are integrally formed. The plug part is sized and configured to be installed by sliding through an open end of the channel and immob... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4584737 | Drapery support with snap-in pendant and pendant retainer clip A drapery panel support system of the type including a rod defining a track, carriers mounted for movement along the track, and pendants mounted on the carriers for swivelling movement about an upright axis. The carriers each have a pendant support portio... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4581788 | Telescoping curtain rod including runners The curtain rod acts as shield concealing the runners and the upper edge of the curtain. The runners are guided by edges of slots in the inner and outer rod sections by means of grooves. The grooves receive the slot edges of the inner as well as outer rod... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4308637 | Shower curtain hanger A unitary shower-curtain hanger in the form of a resilient elongated torus, interrupted at one point on its circumference. Mounting of a shower curtain thereon is accomplished by applying force to the hanger at the site of the interruption to deform the h... | 01/05/1982 |
| 4282630 | Drapery carrier assembly A plurality of drapery carriers are arranged and maintained in an aligned form from the point of production to installation in a drapery track. A group of such carriers are simultaneously molded in multiple cavities and interconnected by a tear strip mold... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4271560 | Arrangement for attaching, folding and slidable suspension of curtains, draperies and the like at a curtain rod A curtain suspension device including a curtain clasp which is mounted in the slot of a curtain rod which curtain clasp comprises a needle slide member consisting of an oblong mirror-symmetrical plate provided at one of its longitudinal faces with a proje... | 06/09/1981 |
| 4242772 | Traverse rod drapery hook A traverse rod drapery hook is attachable to the terminal end of a curtain or drape and includes a member into which the terminal end of the traverse rod telescopes. The hook hereof includes a plate which provides a rigid surface for maintaining the drape... | 01/06/1981 |
| 4240178 | Curtain runner A curtain runner T-shaped in a front view for use with a tubular curtain rod. The curtain runner is mountable on or removable from a groove at the bottom of the tubular rod by turning a leg of the runner in the groove through about 90 degrees.... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4217676 | Pleat filler and drapery hanger combination This combination, consists primarily of cylindrical tubes that are inserted into drapery pleats, so as to retain the pleat shape indefinitely, and the drapery hanger device is of such structure that it will eliminate under-rod swing of drapery hooks. The ... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4216564 | Drapery hanger A drapery hanger having a support with a channel shaped track and a flexible tape secured to the upper margin of a drape and characterized by integral longitudinally spaced track-engaging parts each terminating in a V-shaped flange adapted for snap interl... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4196494 | Curtain rail runner A curtain rail runner having a head part slidable in the curtain rail, and a hook-shaped locking part which is adapted to be engaged in the curtain or the curtain runner fixing tape and which can be bent open manually for such engagement. This curtain rai... | 04/08/1980 |
| 4178656 | Glide for drapery traverse rod A drapery hook support glide is designed to be mountable on a traverse rod at any location along the length of the rod. It is provided with a rod engaging head portion having a longitudinal dimension greater than the width of the track slot in the rod to ... | 12/18/1979 |
| 4124918 | Rail and glide assembly A one-piece, rail glide system which includes a rail glide which can be assembled from the end or the side of a rail or other support structure with equal ease, said glide being resistent to disassembly from the rail throughout a wide arc of applied loose... | 11/14/1978 |
| 4120474 | Drapery support assembly A drapery support assembly comprises a bracket adapted to support a drapery rod and slide means to adjustably support the bracket with respect to a wall or the like. The bracket is adapted to support a drapery rod in a first position for supporting a deco... | 10/17/1978 |
| 4047262 | Device for interconnecting curtain rods Device for eliminating a clearance at the center where a pair of curtains of the center draw type are overlapped. The device can be interposed between two straight curtain rods aligned end-to-end to detachably interconnect the curtain rods and comprises t... | 09/13/1977 |
| 4004319 | Drapery holder A drapery support for temporary drapery engagement during cleaning and pressing operations. A horizontal support receives a quantity of drapery engaging members with one of said members being slidable into cooperating successive engagement with drapery pl... | 01/25/1977 |
| 3992749 | Drapery slide and adjustable clip combination A carrier and clip combination slidably mounted in a traverse rod to support a drapery. The carrier and clip include cooperating projections and apertures permitting selective engagement of one to the other so as to correctly locate the drapery hem with r... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3943598 | Arm construction for drapery master slide A master slide for supporting the leading edge portion of a drape which includes a horizontally extending arm having vertical holes for receiving in upright position a forwardly projecting drapery hook at the front and a laterally projecting drapery hook ... | 03/16/1976 |
