Flexible or portable closure – partition – or panel – Pleating type – Lazy-tong links pivot about axes parallel to panel
Patent
1989-05-08
1990-05-29
Johnson, Blair M.
Flexible or portable closure, partition, or panel
Pleating type
Lazy-tong links pivot about axes parallel to panel
160330, 160385, A47H 1314
Patent
active
049287435
ABSTRACT:
A kit for constructing a raisable soft curtain mounted on a single conventional U-shaped curtain rod including a plurality of tough mesh loops which can hook onto the horn of a conventional U-shaped curtain rod's wall bracket. The loops have master rings or guides for pull cords. The kit also includes means for vertically mounting a series of cord guides or rings to a sheet of curtain fabric. Further included is a replacement combination rod mounting bracket and manually releasable cord latch or lock mechanism. Sufficient cord is also provided for running from the bottommost ring in each vertical series of rings, through that series of rings and through the master ring to the latch or lock mechanism and down one side of the installed curtain. A curtain is constructed by (a) securing the series of rings to a sheet of curtain fabric, (b) securing the loops and master rings at the top by folding over the margin of the fabric sheet and sewing the loops into or onto the curtain rod pocket, (c) tying the cord to the bottom and running it through the rings, and (d) installing and hanging the curtain from a rod using the combination latch at one end with the cords from each vertical series of passing through the master ring of a loop through to the latch and down the sides of the curtain, such that the loops, master rings serve to carry and transfer the weight and forces involved in raising the curtain to the curtain rod and its mounting bracket.
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