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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8047256 | Window origami panels and the like A curtain kit comprising a sheet of curtain material having a sheet perimeter and a plurality of fastener elements spaced along and adjacent the sheet perimeter to be attached to mating fastener elements respectively on a structural member for hanging one edge porti... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7942186 | Fabric panel adaptable drape, as curtain, shade and valance A fabric panel adapted for use selectively as a drape, curtain, shade or valance. The panel has a loop at the upper edge region for receiving a curtain rod. A strip extending across the panel down from the upper end. Two fastening tie receivers are disposed on the p... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7730931 | Method and apparatus for producing pleats in curtains and pleated curtains and hanging said curtains using said apparatus A method and apparatus, for pleating curtains and pleated curtains using the apparatus, are described. The apparatus may be provided as a parts kit which includes a stiffener, pleat-forming members, and fasteners. The stiffener is attached to a curtain and bent into... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7487818 | Window origami panels and the like A plurality of holes or other fastener elements are equally spaced along all of the edge portions of a curtain panel to connect to similarly equally spaced protrusions or other mating fastener elements on a curtain rod sleeve or other structural member in order to p... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7467654 | Device for maintaining window coverings or vertically hanging flexible panels The device for maintaining window coverings or vertically hanging flexible panels includes a frame, apparatus for retaining the flexible panel in the frame and an attachment to attach the flexible panel to the frame. Preferably, the device is lightweight and nonporo... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7303345 | Pinion roller drive for recording apparatus An apparatus for recording an image onto a sheet medium (12) has an entrance drive roller (16) paired with a corresponding entrance pressure roller (18) to form an entrance nip (14) for transporting the sheet medium into an image recordin... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7290582 | Roman shade having suspension structure A roman shade includes a headrail, a plurality of tracks each mounted on the headrail, a plurality of suspension members each mounted on a respective one of the tracks and each having an inside formed with a locking groove, and a shade cloth having an upper end exte... | 11/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7222830 | Right angle bracket A bracket for securing an elongated support member elevated against a wall or adjacent a ceiling for attachment of a window or wall covering, is described. The bracket comprises a single flat metal piece bent to form a top horizontal flange and an integrally formed ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7213633 | Method of forming scalloped configuration in curtains A method of forming scalloped configuration in a single or double-layer curtain comprises providing the curtain with a pair of ties with their upper ends attached to the curtain and their lower ends hanging freely. A solid bead having a passageway therethrough is sl... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7213680 | Acoustical wall covering assembly pleated and secured in situ for covering walls in movie theatres and method An acoustical wall covering assembly (10) with pleats (11) formed and attached in situ to a trim member for covering a wall of a movie theatre, in which a panel (22) of an acoustical wall covering attaches to a pleating member (22) having... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7162836 | Temporary structure A kit for building a structure which includes a plurality of panels (28, 30), each panel having at least one respective peripheral formation (34) and a plurality of fasteners (10); each fastener having at least two clip formations (12, 14... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7160600 | Hook-engageable fastener sheets, and methods and articles of manufacture Lightweight, hook-engageable materials capable of functioning as hook-engageable fasteners are treated and configured for use for economical and attractive displays and decorations. Laminates of the material with various substrates with associated printing are used ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7150304 | Cordless blind structure A cordless blind can include an upper beam, a body, and a plurality of magnet components. Generally, the body is attached to an underside of the upper beam. The body may include a top and foldable slats. One slat can be the bottommost slat. Generally, the plurality ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7100339 | Garage door system with integral environment resistant members The present invention is a garage door system having durable, yet cost effective characteristics. In one embodiment, a garage door system is comprised of a frame and a garage door. The frame comprises a top jamb and two side jambs. Each side jamb has upper- and lowe... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7096633 | Method of hanging a false cloth ceiling A false ceiling having flexible material connected to an elongate U-shaped beam or rail, the beam fixedly connected to existing trusses via clamps. The U-shaped beam has a pair of vertical flanges with inner surfaces for receiving an end portion of the flexible mate... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7086444 | Slat assembly for blind A slat assembly for blind includes a plurality of support rods that are sequentially lined up side by side in abutment with an adhesive glue layer coated at the bottom side thereon for a woven fabric of various diagrams and designs to be attached thereto wherein, vi... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7074475 | Cellular structure A cellular structure such as a honeycomb window treatment comprises a plurality of rows of elongated cells secured to one another. Each of the rows is constructed by providing a first longitudinally extending length of material, which includes a first surface and a ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7059381 | Curved window blind A flexible curved window is made by arranging a plurality of fine size elongated rods in a parallel manner. A plurality of strings interlaced between alternate ones of the rods to form a matt-like base structure and a flexible liquid absorbent sheet material wetted ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6996929 | Folding sign system A sign system particularly useful for point of purchase displays is provided. The sign system includes an elongated trough for carrying one or more folding sign members. The trough is provided with a slot which because of its dimensions allows a media portion of the... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6935402 | Suspended materials having external slits Hanging products having an opening for suspending the item from a rod without removing the rod from its mounted supports. ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6931694 | Hanging ring used in curtain A hanging ring used in a curtain by punching from a metal sheet comprises: a ring body containing a ring piece having a round hole, an extending piece one end of which extends from the ring piece and an extending bar extending from another end of the extending piece... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6832642 | Window treatment panels A window treatment sized to fit substantially over a window opening is disclosed. The window treatment comprises a row of buttons positioned along an upper portion of the window treatment. The window treatment also comprises one or more rows of loops extending horiz... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6830092 | Decoration article secured to the ends of upper beam of venetian blind A decoration article secured to the ends of an upper beam of a Venetian blind is mainly made up of a decoration unit, and a fixing mount wherein the decoration unit has a decoration piece disposed at one side to increase the overall beauty of the Venetian blind in d... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6789600 | Multifunctional window covering system and corresponding methods for securing fabric material with respect to a window structure A multifunctional window covering system for securing various lengths, sizes and types of curtains and/or drapery or other fabric material in a wide variety of different window treatment styles and configurations with respect to a window structure includes at least ... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6740389 | Cellular structure with internal limiting member and method for making the cellular structure The present invention relates to a cellular structure for use in honeycomb window shades having plurality of rows forming a single column of double cells, which forms a uniformly pleated appearance for the face and rear of the cellular structure. Each of the plurali... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6732783 | Mass marketable decorative window treatments A mass marketable decorative window treatment system employs adjustable-width and adjustable-length valance pieces that can be hung from a conventional curtain rod on which a rod sleeve has been mounted. Hook and loop fasteners are employed on both the valance piece... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6672364 | Curtain structural form and curtain structural form having pleats A curtain structure comprises: (1) clips, each of which has a U-shaped connection section, a reversed U-shaped connection section and a rectangularly-shaped engagement section which, are consecutively formed, and co-planar with one another, from a bas... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6655439 | Preformed window treatment The present invention provides a scalable, preformed, mold covered with fabric to form a window treatment. The fabric is cut to fit the mold and adhered to its contours in order to obtain the shape of the desired window treatment. The fabric can also have... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6630222 | Acoustic media An acoustic medium for temporary acoustic treatment of a room is formed from one or more continuous curtains, preferably, with pleated first and second major surfaces. Each pleated curtain preferably has one or more series of collapsible elongated tubular... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6546571 | Re-enforced shower curtain liner and method for fabricating same The header is heat sealed along the top of one side of the liner body with both ends extending beyond the edges of the liner body. The ends of the header are folded around the edges of the liner body to a position parallel to the other side of the liner a... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6474609 | Drapery hanging device A drapery hanging device which has first and second members, the members being formed of an elongated rod material, the first and second members being pivotably connected with a drapery receiving section therebetween. The arrangement permits easy mounting... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6408927 | Drapery retainer Drapery retainers generally comprising very large beads each pierced by a cylindrical hole through which a curtain or drape is drawn. The beads may be joined together to form multiple stacked beads or the beads may be equipped with attachment devices to f... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6342574 | Propylene polymers incorporating macromers A polyolefin composition is provided which consists essentially of isotactic polypropylene and, optionally, one or more comonomers, wherein the total comonomer content of the polyolefin composition is from 0 to 20 mole percent, and further, wherein the we... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6336493 | Pleated wall covering and method of making same A wall covering system including a pleated material, and the method of producing and installing the plated material. The pleated material includes a plurality of permanently fixed pleats extending in substantially parallel vertical relation to each other.... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6213190 | Device for and method of draping curtains A device for draping curtains, includes a holder about which curtain fabric may be placed and which is adapted to be mounted on a wall by means of a bracket in spaced relationship to the wall such that the plane defined by the holder extends approximately... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6041481 | Hook for pleating and hanging curtains A hook for pleating and hanging curtains, composes of preferably of a rectangular a plate having first and second edges opposed from each other, opposed parallel edges, and a series of grooves (2, 2', 3, 3', 4, 4', 5, 5') symmetrical about an axis (6) of ... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6015004 | Fabric supporting ring fixtures for creating bed canopy and window drapery arrangements Fabric supporting ring fixtures for use in creating bed canopy and window drapery arrangements. A corner ring fixture has a central body portion configured to be supported in a first plane from a support surface and a pair of fabric receiving ring element... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5996673 | Header tape for curtains and the like A header tape for curtains or the like has loops for a hook and loop fastener woven at discrete, spaced apart regions. The loops are formed from the warp threads. The back of the tape is coated only in the regions, for fixing the loops, so that the interv... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5996674 | Rapid installation curtain Provided is an improved curtain for garage door windows, standard windows, and the like, with at least one curtain element overlying a support sleeve portion. The support sleeve portion is affixed adjacent the top edge of the curtain element such that the... | 12/07/1999 |
