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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7699090 | Drapery master carrier with automatic disengager A disengageable master carrier assembly for a motor driven drapery is provided, having a master carrier block section and a locking block section. The locking block section has entrance ramps and a detent pocket sized to receive an engagement member mounted to the m... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7370839 | Pass through sliding drapery suspension system A drapery mounting system comprised of a drapery rod member, a drapery hanger element, and a support member for the rod. The support member is positioned below and intermediate the respective opposed ends of the drapery rod. The support member includes a saddle, a s... | 05/13/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7185795 | Collapsible hanger for suspending clothes and other items A collapsible hanger for suspending clothing and other items includes: a pin; a suspension member mounted on the pin; and first, second, and third hanger arms. The ends of the first hanger arm are pivotally joined to the pin and the second hanger arm. The ends of th... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7174943 | Curtain hoisting clutch apparatus An improved curtain hoisting apparatus is wedged to a left end of a track and mainly includes a gear located on the bottom of an anchor body. The gear has a spindle pin movable in an m-shaped channel formed on an inner side of a wedge plate. The spindle pin is allow... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7137171 | Custom ornamental traverse rods A new and useful traverse rod structure, designed to maintain or improve the functionality of a traverse rod, while improving the aesthetics of the traverse rod is provided. The traverse rod is designed to improve the functionality of the rod, while minimizing the r... | 11/21/2006 |
| 6994145 | Motorized drapery pull system A quiet drapery pull system includes an elongated track that receives a master car and auxiliary cars. The track defines a pair of curved surfaces for nested receipt of roller members of the cars to facilitate linear tracking of the cars. The cars preferably include... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6986915 | Method for impregnating multi-filamentous net or mesh with pigment formulations A pigment formulation and its method of application to multi-filamentous net or mesh to generate an image that is visible from only one side of the multi-filamentous net or mesh is provided. The pigment formulation may comprise of either a paint or an ink compositio... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6935403 | Motorized drapery pull system A quiet drapery pull system includes an elongated track that receives a master car and auxiliary cars. The track defines a pair of curved surfaces for nested receipt of roller members of the cars to facilitate linear tracking of the cars. The cars preferably include... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6761206 | Traverse curtain rod with frontal operation Attachments are provided to a traverse curtain rod, whereby the control cords are caused to hang down in front of the rod, and the draw curtain supported therefrom and away from the end of the rod, to avoid being hidden behind a proscenium surface created by a valen... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6182739 | Snap mounted drapery system A drapery system comprising, in combination, an elongated track; a carrier slidably attached to the track, the carrier having a snap member; a connector including a body member, an arm member attached to the body member, and a snap member attached to the ... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6125909 | Traverse rod assembly A traverse rod assembly (10) includes a support rod (12) having a viewing side (32) and an opposite backside (34). A track (26) is connected to the backside (34) of the support rod (12), and the track (26) has a sideways opening (36) hidden from the viewi... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6098699 | Easy curtain The assembly relates to a way of hanging and removing a shower curtain. The curtain eliminates the tedious job of attaching the curtain holders, then taking them off one at a time to remove the curtain when it is time to wash or replace. Bead attachment m... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6098246 | Adapter for conversion of vertical blinds to curtains This invention relates to a glide which permits curtains to be hung from conventional vertical blind systems, such as those using carriers movable along horizontal blind tracks. In the invention, a glide designed to secure a curtain to a carrier is provid... | 08/08/2000 |
| 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 |
| 6056035 | Apparatus and method for hanging shades and curtains Apparatus for hanging and removing various styles of shades and curtains such as Roman, Austrian, balloon, or cloud type shades or curtains. The apparatus comprises a hanging bracket, which can either be attached to a wall above a window or within the win... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5993100 | Curtain-rail connector A connector is used with a pair of hollow rails having longitudinally confronting ends and each forming a downwardly open longitudinal slot and having a pair of upwardly directed support faces flanking the slot. A hanger has a head longitudinally displace... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5975187 | Self-centering distributed load blind & drapery system An improved wall covering track system includes an elongate track for vertically supporting a series of carriers and enabling the carriers to horizontally translate along the track, the raceway surfaces of the track are inclined downwardly from the horizo... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5791394 | Adjustable blind rail An improved adjustable window blind rail having a rail, two end fitting members, two guide members, a plurality of slide members, a pull cord, and two adjusting members. The guide members and the slide members are received in the rail such that they can s... | 08/11/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5560417 | Drapery traverse rod master carrier A two-piece drapery traverse rod master carrier comprising a carrier body having rod guides for supporting the carrier body for movement along a traverse rod, and a drapery support arm having lead and trail ends and a mounting stem extending laterally fro... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5544387 | Curtain attachment connector assembly and curtain attachment connector A molded curtain attachment connector for connecting a curtain hanger member and the top edge of a curtain includes a fastener member having a fastener surface releasably engageable with the fastener surface of a surface-type separable fastener member att... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5520983 | Outerlining fabric for curtain and curtain attachment structure using the same An outerlining fabric woven of warp threads and a weft thread and including at least two fastener portions composed of a male or a female member of a surface-type separable fastener, and a mesh portion of a predetermined width disposed between the fastene... | 05/28/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5476266 | Net fastener device A net fastener device for affixing a net to a soccer goal frame having two front posts and a crossbar. The device comprises different types of net attaching components for securing the net to the front posts and the crossbar in a safe and quick way. A yok... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5309973 | Curtain carrier slide structure A curtain carrier slide structure comprises a hollow body with open top and bottom sides to slidably receive therein a slidable block which is biased by springs toward the top side of the hollow body The carrier slide is slidably mounted on a track to mov... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5217057 | Standard dimension curtain hanger apparatus and process for variable height ceiling A suspended curtain system adaptable to non-uniform height ceilings having modular curtain panels suspended from a plurality of hangers, each hanger selected from an assortment of prefabricated lengths and is attached to roller mounted carriers supported ... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5123475 | Drape construction Disclosed is a shirr-pleated drape and the method of manufacturing the drape. An elongated stiffened fabric strip, preferably crinoline which may be precut to size, is formed with evenly-spaced drapery hook pockets. The drape is provided with a longitudin... | 06/23/1992 |
| 4957152 | Cord tensioning device Disclosed is a device for applying tension to the free ends of a curtain track draw cord that is looped about a pulley at one end of the track. The device consists of a first member containing two parallel channels to acept the free ends of the draw cord ... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4935988 | Curtain rod assembly An improved curtain rod assembly is disclosed which includes a track having a decorative fascia attached thereto. The track and fascia cooperate to permit the fascia to be easily attached thereto. A return plate is configured for attachment to the track a... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4915153 | Vertical window covering systems A vertical window covering system which utilizes an area of prepleated drapery fabric having permanently set pleats of a nature such that the fabric behaves like a tension spring tending to bias pleats toward the folded state or a vertical blind with tape... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4881588 | Drapery hanger and manipulator A drapery hanger and manipulator is disclosed herein with drapery panels or segments suspended on groups of drapery hook hangers, and a series of carriers slidably actuatable along a track with inter-working structures and mechanisms driven and operated b... | 11/21/1989 |
| 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 |
| 4833756 | Bendable drapery rod assembly A bendable drapery rod assembly comprising an elongated plastic rod member formed of flexible plastic and defining a trackway for drapery carriers, an elongated metal rod member, and provision for laterally retaining the plastic rod member and metal rod m... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4821370 | Combination drapery track and side wall mounting bracket A single or multiple drapery track and mounting bracket therefor. A cooperating locking latch is provided for mounting the track to the bracket quickly and without using tools. The track has a longitudinal bead along one edge and a dependant wall spaced t... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4793399 | Hanger assembly A hanger assembly for suspending an article or articles such as a curtain or other flexible sheet material below a support rail comprises a series of trolleys for travelling engagement with the support rail, each trolley including a downwardly depending h... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4785867 | Traverse rod with universal master carrier A traverse rod having a lengthwise extending slot at the bottom and forward and rear guide rails along opposite sides of the slot. A master carrier is movable along the rod and includes a carrier body having first and second carrier guide heads extending ... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4785866 | Traverse rod and support assembly A drapery traverse rod and support assembly including a pulley housing at each end of the rod and a mounting bracket for mounting the pulley housing on a supporting surface. The pulley housing has a bottom wall, upstanding inner and side walls and a front... | 11/22/1988 |
| 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 |
| 4747182 | Drapery traverse rod and support bracket A drapery traverse rod of the type having telescopically adjustable inner and outer rods each having a lengthwise extending trackway and a lengthwise extending dovetail shaped mounting rail at the rear side. A rod engaging bracket has a first pair of oute... | 05/31/1988 |
