CA2012994C - Shirring tape - Google Patents
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Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
There is disclosed stirring tape for use in shirring curtains and the like in combination with a mounting fitting for fixing to a support surface. The shirring tape comprises a length of material including a number of parallel cords threaded through the material and exposed at intervals on a first or reverse side of the material, pulling of the cords drawing up the material.
A second side of the material is adapted for affixing to a curtain and the like and the first side, or both first and second sides, includes one of a co-operating fastening surface integral with the material and adapted for engaging the other of a co-operating fastening surface provided on the mounting fitting.
There is disclosed stirring tape for use in shirring curtains and the like in combination with a mounting fitting for fixing to a support surface. The shirring tape comprises a length of material including a number of parallel cords threaded through the material and exposed at intervals on a first or reverse side of the material, pulling of the cords drawing up the material.
A second side of the material is adapted for affixing to a curtain and the like and the first side, or both first and second sides, includes one of a co-operating fastening surface integral with the material and adapted for engaging the other of a co-operating fastening surface provided on the mounting fitting.
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RBP File No. 5438-0001 Title: SHIRRING TAPE
FIELD OE' THE INVENTION
This invention relates to drapery heading tapes and in particular to shirring tape for use in pleating and supporting a curtain and the like.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Shirring tape is frequently provided on curtains and drapes and is used to pleat the upper edge of the curtain to provide an attractive appearance. The shirring tape typically features a length of material having, ror example, four cords threaded along the length of the material, the cords being exposed at regular intervals along the length of the tape. The cords are secured at one end of the material, and when the free ends of the cords are pulled from the other end the material is drawn up and folded to form regular or irregular pleats. When tape has been attached to the upper edge of a curtain, the tape gives ~he head of the curtain an attractive pleated appearance.
The shirring tape is also often used to provide a mounting for curtain hooks and the like for mounting the curtains on a curtain rail or rod such that the curtain may be drawn. However, drapes and curtains are often arranged merely to provide a decorative surround for a window when, for example, horizontal or vertical blinds or other drapes or blinds are being used to control light access. In these circumstances, the provision of curtain hooks and rails is superfluous as the curtain ~emains stationary and does not normally have to be drawn.
SUI~ARY OF THE INVENTION:
In accordance with the present invention there is provided shirring tape for use in shirring curtains and the like in combination with a mounting fitting for fixing to a supporting surface. The shirring tape comprises a length of material including an elongate member extending through the material and exposed at intervals on a first 2~2~
side of the material. When a first end of the member is held relative to the material, pulling on the other end of the member draws up the material. A second side of the material i8 adapted for fixing to a curtain and the like.
The first side further includes one of a pressure sen~itive attachment surface integral with the material and adapted for engaging the other of a complementary presqure sen~itive attachment surface provided on the mounting fitting.
The mounting fitting may be in the form of a curtain rod, rail or strip and may be located above or below or on the side of a window. The shirring tape may be affixed to a curtain which i8 not normally drawn, but which may be easily demounted from the mounting fitting for cleaning and the like.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS:
This aspect of the present invention will now be described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings in whish:
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shirring tape and a mounting fitting in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, shown in use, for mounting a curtain over a window;
Figure 2 is an enlarged view of a first side of the shirring tape of Figure ~, shown partially taken up;
and Figure 3 is a view, similar to Figure 2, of shirring tape in accordance with a further embodiment of the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS:
Reference is first made to Figure 1 of the drawings, which shows a curtain 10 mounted over a window 12 in an upright, planar wall 14. The curtain 10 is mounted to the wall 14 using shirring tape 16 and a mounting fitting 18 in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
The shirring tape 16 is attached to the head of ~3 ~2~ 2~
the curtain 10, while the mounting fitting 18 is in the form of an elongate strap 20 fixed to the wall 14, above and to the sides of the window.
Reference is now made also to Figure 2 of the drawings, which illustrates a rear view of the shirring tape 16 and a portion of the head of the curtain 10. The tape 16 is formed of woven polyester material and, in this particular example, is provided with four parallel lines of cord 22,23,24 and 25 which are threaded through the materia]. and are exposed through apertures 21 at intervals along a first side 26 of the tape. The tape 16 is supplied in a planar configuration, as seen in the left hand portion of Figure 2, and stitched to the curtain 10 in this condition. In the shirring tape illustrated in Figure 2, the cords are exposed transversely of one another, such that when the cords are held relative to the material at one end, and the other ends of the cords held tight the tape 16, and thus also the head of the curtain 10, may be drawn up on the cords to assume the form of a series of regular pleats 31. For the illustrated configuration, the pleat formed is known as a ~straight pencil pleat", as is shown in Figure 1 and as in the right hand side of Figure 2.
The first side of the tape includes one surface of a pressure sensitive fastening arrangement, while the mounting fitting includes the complementary second surface of the fastening arrangement. Preferably, the first surface includes the "female" or ~soft" or "velour" or "mushroom" or other similar surface, which commonly comprises a plurality of loops forming the surface of the material. Preferably also, the second surface includes the "male" or "hard" or "hook" or "mushroom" or other similar surface, which comprises a plurality of stiff fibres formed to catch on the soft loops of the first side. In this particular example the first side of the tapes includes a plurality of fine loops 28 which are 2~2~
adapted to engage hooks 30 (Figure 1~ provided on the mounting fitting 18.
Equally, the first side could be formed as a velour surface, the mounting fitting being provided with mushroom-shaped fibres to engage the loops which form the velour.
Thus, the curtain may be easily mounted and demounted from the mounting fitting 18. For simplicity, Figure 1 illustrates a plain curtain 10, though the present invention is more likely in conjunction with, for example, ~Roman" curtains which are not always drawn, but simply provide an attractive window surround.
The shirring tape 32 illustrated in Figure 3 of the drawings is substantially similar to the tape lS illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, apart from the spacings of the exposed portions of the cords 34, 35, 36 and 37. In this tape 32, the outer cords 34, 37 and the inner cords 35, 36 are exposed alternatively to one another, such that on drawing up the material on the cords, the tape assumes the form of a series of curved pleats 39, known as a "broken pencil pleat" configuration.
In both forms of tape 16, 32, the drawn up tape provides surfaces 40, 42 suitable for affixing to a co-operating surface provided on a corresponding mounting fitting.
It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to use on the forms of shirring tape described above, and may be utilized with all forms of shirring tape.
30Thus it may be seen that the present invention provides a convenient means for shirring and mounting curtains and the like. The provision of attachment loops and the like integral with the tape obviates the need for separate curtain hooks, rings, and the like, and permits use of a very simple mounting fitting, which may take the form of a strap as described above, or may be provided by altering an existing curtain mounting, for example, by 2~ 2~9~
placing a sleeve provided with a hook surface and the like over an existing curtain rail or rod.
It may also be seen from figure 1 that the present invention provides for the infinite adjustment of the height of the head of the curtain 10 relative to the window 12 and the fitting 18 within a range defined by substantially the full height of the surfaces 40, 42 on the tape 16 and substantially the full height of the hooks 30 on the fitting 18. Hence, the height of the curtain may be adjusted to cover the fitting 18 as desired and to adjust the clearance of the curtain 10 off a floor adjacent the wall 14 and below the window 12.
The shirring tape as described above may be formed of any suitable material, such as polyester, polyviscose, viscose, polycotton, cotton, cotton-viscose, nylon, rayon, or any synthetic or natural materials or fibres. Similarly the soft, loop side of the fastening arrangement may be formed of any suitable material, and the hard catch side may be formed of any suitable, relatively stiff or non-stiff material, such as nylon or the like.
RBP File No. 5438-0001 Title: SHIRRING TAPE
FIELD OE' THE INVENTION
This invention relates to drapery heading tapes and in particular to shirring tape for use in pleating and supporting a curtain and the like.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Shirring tape is frequently provided on curtains and drapes and is used to pleat the upper edge of the curtain to provide an attractive appearance. The shirring tape typically features a length of material having, ror example, four cords threaded along the length of the material, the cords being exposed at regular intervals along the length of the tape. The cords are secured at one end of the material, and when the free ends of the cords are pulled from the other end the material is drawn up and folded to form regular or irregular pleats. When tape has been attached to the upper edge of a curtain, the tape gives ~he head of the curtain an attractive pleated appearance.
The shirring tape is also often used to provide a mounting for curtain hooks and the like for mounting the curtains on a curtain rail or rod such that the curtain may be drawn. However, drapes and curtains are often arranged merely to provide a decorative surround for a window when, for example, horizontal or vertical blinds or other drapes or blinds are being used to control light access. In these circumstances, the provision of curtain hooks and rails is superfluous as the curtain ~emains stationary and does not normally have to be drawn.
SUI~ARY OF THE INVENTION:
In accordance with the present invention there is provided shirring tape for use in shirring curtains and the like in combination with a mounting fitting for fixing to a supporting surface. The shirring tape comprises a length of material including an elongate member extending through the material and exposed at intervals on a first 2~2~
side of the material. When a first end of the member is held relative to the material, pulling on the other end of the member draws up the material. A second side of the material i8 adapted for fixing to a curtain and the like.
The first side further includes one of a pressure sen~itive attachment surface integral with the material and adapted for engaging the other of a complementary presqure sen~itive attachment surface provided on the mounting fitting.
The mounting fitting may be in the form of a curtain rod, rail or strip and may be located above or below or on the side of a window. The shirring tape may be affixed to a curtain which i8 not normally drawn, but which may be easily demounted from the mounting fitting for cleaning and the like.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS:
This aspect of the present invention will now be described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings in whish:
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shirring tape and a mounting fitting in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, shown in use, for mounting a curtain over a window;
Figure 2 is an enlarged view of a first side of the shirring tape of Figure ~, shown partially taken up;
and Figure 3 is a view, similar to Figure 2, of shirring tape in accordance with a further embodiment of the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS:
Reference is first made to Figure 1 of the drawings, which shows a curtain 10 mounted over a window 12 in an upright, planar wall 14. The curtain 10 is mounted to the wall 14 using shirring tape 16 and a mounting fitting 18 in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
The shirring tape 16 is attached to the head of ~3 ~2~ 2~
the curtain 10, while the mounting fitting 18 is in the form of an elongate strap 20 fixed to the wall 14, above and to the sides of the window.
Reference is now made also to Figure 2 of the drawings, which illustrates a rear view of the shirring tape 16 and a portion of the head of the curtain 10. The tape 16 is formed of woven polyester material and, in this particular example, is provided with four parallel lines of cord 22,23,24 and 25 which are threaded through the materia]. and are exposed through apertures 21 at intervals along a first side 26 of the tape. The tape 16 is supplied in a planar configuration, as seen in the left hand portion of Figure 2, and stitched to the curtain 10 in this condition. In the shirring tape illustrated in Figure 2, the cords are exposed transversely of one another, such that when the cords are held relative to the material at one end, and the other ends of the cords held tight the tape 16, and thus also the head of the curtain 10, may be drawn up on the cords to assume the form of a series of regular pleats 31. For the illustrated configuration, the pleat formed is known as a ~straight pencil pleat", as is shown in Figure 1 and as in the right hand side of Figure 2.
The first side of the tape includes one surface of a pressure sensitive fastening arrangement, while the mounting fitting includes the complementary second surface of the fastening arrangement. Preferably, the first surface includes the "female" or ~soft" or "velour" or "mushroom" or other similar surface, which commonly comprises a plurality of loops forming the surface of the material. Preferably also, the second surface includes the "male" or "hard" or "hook" or "mushroom" or other similar surface, which comprises a plurality of stiff fibres formed to catch on the soft loops of the first side. In this particular example the first side of the tapes includes a plurality of fine loops 28 which are 2~2~
adapted to engage hooks 30 (Figure 1~ provided on the mounting fitting 18.
Equally, the first side could be formed as a velour surface, the mounting fitting being provided with mushroom-shaped fibres to engage the loops which form the velour.
Thus, the curtain may be easily mounted and demounted from the mounting fitting 18. For simplicity, Figure 1 illustrates a plain curtain 10, though the present invention is more likely in conjunction with, for example, ~Roman" curtains which are not always drawn, but simply provide an attractive window surround.
The shirring tape 32 illustrated in Figure 3 of the drawings is substantially similar to the tape lS illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, apart from the spacings of the exposed portions of the cords 34, 35, 36 and 37. In this tape 32, the outer cords 34, 37 and the inner cords 35, 36 are exposed alternatively to one another, such that on drawing up the material on the cords, the tape assumes the form of a series of curved pleats 39, known as a "broken pencil pleat" configuration.
In both forms of tape 16, 32, the drawn up tape provides surfaces 40, 42 suitable for affixing to a co-operating surface provided on a corresponding mounting fitting.
It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to use on the forms of shirring tape described above, and may be utilized with all forms of shirring tape.
30Thus it may be seen that the present invention provides a convenient means for shirring and mounting curtains and the like. The provision of attachment loops and the like integral with the tape obviates the need for separate curtain hooks, rings, and the like, and permits use of a very simple mounting fitting, which may take the form of a strap as described above, or may be provided by altering an existing curtain mounting, for example, by 2~ 2~9~
placing a sleeve provided with a hook surface and the like over an existing curtain rail or rod.
It may also be seen from figure 1 that the present invention provides for the infinite adjustment of the height of the head of the curtain 10 relative to the window 12 and the fitting 18 within a range defined by substantially the full height of the surfaces 40, 42 on the tape 16 and substantially the full height of the hooks 30 on the fitting 18. Hence, the height of the curtain may be adjusted to cover the fitting 18 as desired and to adjust the clearance of the curtain 10 off a floor adjacent the wall 14 and below the window 12.
The shirring tape as described above may be formed of any suitable material, such as polyester, polyviscose, viscose, polycotton, cotton, cotton-viscose, nylon, rayon, or any synthetic or natural materials or fibres. Similarly the soft, loop side of the fastening arrangement may be formed of any suitable material, and the hard catch side may be formed of any suitable, relatively stiff or non-stiff material, such as nylon or the like.
Claims (13)
1. A combination of a shirring tape and a mounting fitting mountable on a support surface, said shirring tape comprising:
a continuous length of material having first and second sides;
a plurality of apertures in said first side located along generally parallel lines;
said material being attachable to a head of a curtain with said second side in contact with said curtain along its length;
flexible elongated cords which extend through the material and are exposed at intervals through said apertures along a particular line, said cords being exposed identically or oppositely as may be desired to form different pleat patterns when said shirring tape is drawn up on said cords wherein said first side comprises a continuous repeating pattern of one of fine loops or fine hooks which are presented at each of the outward crests of said pleats for all pleating patterns for substantially the full height of the shirring tape;
and said mounting fitting comprising:
a continuous strip fixed to said mounting fitting, said continuous strip having the other of said fine loops or fine hooks from said first surface of said shirring tape to enable said shirring tape and said curtain to be detachably positioned on said mounting fitting in a fixed location around an object to be draped.
a continuous length of material having first and second sides;
a plurality of apertures in said first side located along generally parallel lines;
said material being attachable to a head of a curtain with said second side in contact with said curtain along its length;
flexible elongated cords which extend through the material and are exposed at intervals through said apertures along a particular line, said cords being exposed identically or oppositely as may be desired to form different pleat patterns when said shirring tape is drawn up on said cords wherein said first side comprises a continuous repeating pattern of one of fine loops or fine hooks which are presented at each of the outward crests of said pleats for all pleating patterns for substantially the full height of the shirring tape;
and said mounting fitting comprising:
a continuous strip fixed to said mounting fitting, said continuous strip having the other of said fine loops or fine hooks from said first surface of said shirring tape to enable said shirring tape and said curtain to be detachably positioned on said mounting fitting in a fixed location around an object to be draped.
2. The shirring tape and mounting fitting of claim 1 wherein the height of the head of the curtain relative to said object and said mounting fitting is infinitely adjustable within a range defined by substantially the full height of the shirring tape and substantially the full height of the continuous strip on the mounting fitting.
3. The shirring tape and mounting fitting of claim 2 wherein four cords are provided in the material.
4. A method of mounting a pleated curtain to a mounting fitting comprising:
(a) providing a planar first sheet of material for forming the curtain;
(b) providing a continuous length of second material having first and second sides and a plurality of apertures in said first side located along generally parallel lines, and having flexible elongated cords which extend through said second material and are exposed at intervals through said apertures along a particular line, and said first side further including one surface of a catch and loop attachment arrangement;
(c) attaching the second material to the head of the curtain with said second side of the second material in contact with the curtain along its length;
(d) pushing or pulling one end of each cord to draw up the length of second material and the head of the curtain to form pleats, said first side comprising a continuous repeating pattern of one of fine loops or fine hooks which are presented at each of the outward crests of said pleats for all pleating patterns for substantially the full length of the second material;
(e) providing a mounting fitting having a continuous strip of the other of said fine loops or fine hooks from said first surface;
(f) mounting said mounting fitting to a support surface;
(g) detachably positioning said first surface on said strip on said mounting fitting in a fixed location around an object to be draped.
(a) providing a planar first sheet of material for forming the curtain;
(b) providing a continuous length of second material having first and second sides and a plurality of apertures in said first side located along generally parallel lines, and having flexible elongated cords which extend through said second material and are exposed at intervals through said apertures along a particular line, and said first side further including one surface of a catch and loop attachment arrangement;
(c) attaching the second material to the head of the curtain with said second side of the second material in contact with the curtain along its length;
(d) pushing or pulling one end of each cord to draw up the length of second material and the head of the curtain to form pleats, said first side comprising a continuous repeating pattern of one of fine loops or fine hooks which are presented at each of the outward crests of said pleats for all pleating patterns for substantially the full length of the second material;
(e) providing a mounting fitting having a continuous strip of the other of said fine loops or fine hooks from said first surface;
(f) mounting said mounting fitting to a support surface;
(g) detachably positioning said first surface on said strip on said mounting fitting in a fixed location around an object to be draped.
5. The method of claim 4 further including infinitely adjusting the height of the head of the curtain relative to said object and said mounting fitting within a range defined by substantially the full height said first side of said second material and substantially the full height of said continuous strip.
6. A combination of a shirring tape and a continuous strip fixable to a mounting fitting mountable on a support surface, said shirring tape comprising:
a continuous length of material having first and second sides;
a plurality of apertures in said first side located along generally parallel lines;
said material being attachable to a head of a curtain with said second side in contact with said curtain along its length;
flexible elongated cords which extend through the material and are exposed at intervals through said apertures along a particular line, said cords being exposed identically or oppositely as may be desired to form different pleat patterns when said shirring tape is drawn up on said cords wherein said first side comprises a continuous repeating pattern of one of fine loops or fine hooks which are presented at each of the outward crests of said pleats for all pleating patterns for substantially the full height of the shirring tape;
and said continuous strip comprising:
the other of said fine loops or fine hooks from said first surface of said shirring tape for enabling said shirring tape and said curtain to be detachably positioned on said mounting fitting in a fixed location around an object to be draped.
a continuous length of material having first and second sides;
a plurality of apertures in said first side located along generally parallel lines;
said material being attachable to a head of a curtain with said second side in contact with said curtain along its length;
flexible elongated cords which extend through the material and are exposed at intervals through said apertures along a particular line, said cords being exposed identically or oppositely as may be desired to form different pleat patterns when said shirring tape is drawn up on said cords wherein said first side comprises a continuous repeating pattern of one of fine loops or fine hooks which are presented at each of the outward crests of said pleats for all pleating patterns for substantially the full height of the shirring tape;
and said continuous strip comprising:
the other of said fine loops or fine hooks from said first surface of said shirring tape for enabling said shirring tape and said curtain to be detachably positioned on said mounting fitting in a fixed location around an object to be draped.
7. The shirring tape and continuous strip of claim 6 wherein the height of the head of the curtain relative to said object and said mounting fitting is infinitely adjustable within a range defined by substantially the full height of the shirring tape and substantially the full height of the continuous strip.
8. The shirring tape and continuous strip of claim 7 wherein four cords are provided in the material.
9. The shirring tape and continuous strip of claim 7 wherein three cords are provided in the material.
10. In a shirring tape for use with a continuous strip fixable to a mounting fitting mountable on a support surface, said shirring tape made of a continuous length of material attachable to a head of a curtain, said material having a first side and having a second side in contact with said curtain along its length, the improvement comprising:
a plurality of apertures in said first side of said material and located along generally parallel lines;
flexible elongated cords which extend through the material and are exposed at intervals through said apertures along a particular line, said cords being exposed identically or oppositely as may be desired to form different pleat patterns when said shirring tape is drawn up on said cords, wherein said first side comprises a continuous repeating pattern one of fine loops or fine hooks which are presented at each of the outward crests of said pleats for all pleating patterns for substantially the full height of the shirring tape to enable said tape to be detachably positioned on a continuous strip having the other of said fine hooks or fine loops from said shirring tape on said mounting fitting in a fixed location around an object to be draped.
a plurality of apertures in said first side of said material and located along generally parallel lines;
flexible elongated cords which extend through the material and are exposed at intervals through said apertures along a particular line, said cords being exposed identically or oppositely as may be desired to form different pleat patterns when said shirring tape is drawn up on said cords, wherein said first side comprises a continuous repeating pattern one of fine loops or fine hooks which are presented at each of the outward crests of said pleats for all pleating patterns for substantially the full height of the shirring tape to enable said tape to be detachably positioned on a continuous strip having the other of said fine hooks or fine loops from said shirring tape on said mounting fitting in a fixed location around an object to be draped.
11. The shirring tape of claim 10 wherein the height of the head of the curtain relative to said object and said mounting fitting is infinitely adjustable within a range defined by substantially the full height of the shirring tape and substantially the full height of the continuous strip.
12. The shirring tape of claim 11 wherein four cords are provided in the material.
13. The shirring tape of claim 11 wherein three cords are provided in the material.
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