Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47H—FURNISHINGS FOR WINDOWS OR DOORS
  • A47H19/00—Rosettes for holding curtains; Festoon holders
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47H—FURNISHINGS FOR WINDOWS OR DOORS
  • A47H2201/00—Means for connecting curtains
  • A47H2201/01—Magnets

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a device for holding pieces of fabric such as curtains, in particular for forming tie-backs.
• the curtains are taken as an illustrative example without this application being limiting.
• the curtains are suspended from rods or any other support to keep them parallel to an opening generally. It should be possible to open these curtains, in particular when they comprise several sections, to release said opening. However, this clearance must be achieved by giving these curtains a satisfactory aesthetic form, other than a simple lateral folding in accordion, vertically, over the entire height, as is the case in known conventional systems.
• Means have been devised for carrying out such a movement of one or more sections of curtains called embraces.
• Such means consist of a fixed attachment against the wall carrying the opening on either side thereof and means for retaining one of the corresponding curtain sections.
• tiebacks can be rigid, in the form of a hook with a large opening, one end of which is secured to the wall and the other is open to receive the curtain panel tightened at one point.
• the mechanical tiebacks have sufficient rigidity to retain the weight of the pan concerned.
• These tiebacks can also be of the flexible type in the form of a chain or any other piece of fabric or cord secured at one end to a fixed point and
• REPLY SHEET RULE 26 likely to be removably attached to this fixed point by the other end.
• this type of tie-back cannot be arranged in the central part to link two sections of curtains for example or to create a central clamping point on at least one of the sections.
• the patent application DE 26 40 167 is known from the prior art which describes a device adapted to cooperate with a curtain so as to keep it in the open position by bringing a free median edge towards the other edge.
• This device of the prior art provides a base fixed to the wall and a removable part which is pressed against the support to immobilize the curtain panel concerned.
• the device is not self-supporting, which makes it possible to provide elements of large dimensions and magnets of large dimensions also.
• Such a device is not likely to be placed in any location of the curtain panel to make groupings of folds in half, in third, to one side or the other and constitutes a perfect illustration of the prior art and of its drawbacks.
• the two parts provide a peripheral space between the two parts in which the folded pan is pinched.
• the two pieces do not pinch the curtain across the fabric.
• the two central magnetized parts on the other hand, come to bear on one another, forming the abutment.
• FIGS. 3A and 3B a view of two alternative embodiments of the device according to the present invention on sections of curtains
• FIG. 4A a perspective view of a variant with a flexible link
• FIG. 6 a view of a variant of the device with a rigid link and a fixed point
• the device for holding pieces of fabric comprises two pieces
• This contact surface must essentially present a state compatible with the tissues with which it must cooperate.
• it may be curtains, it is preferable that the surface condition has at least no roughness without, however, that each contact surface is perfectly flat. Slips must be avoided.
• means 18 are provided for connecting these two parts. These connecting means are necessarily of magnetic type since the connection takes place through the tissue.
• a magnet 20 can be provided in the first part 10 and a plate 22 of iron-based material, therefore magnetic, in the second part 12 or two magnets.
• the choice essentially depends on the contact surface, the necessary force of attraction and the air gap.
• each piece 10, 12 made of polymeric material or integrated into the wood when the latter is used as a matrix, near the contact surfaces 14, 16 so as to keep the power of attraction of these elements the bulk of its capabilities.
• FIG. 3A shows two sections 24 and 26 of a curtain 28 suspended from a rod 30.
• FIG. 3B it is possible to implement the same two panels 24, 26 of the curtain 28 in central embrace, with central folding, which is impossible with the other known means.
• the two parts being on either side and cooperating by magnetic link.
• FIG. 4A an alternative embodiment of the device is shown with a flexible link 36 interposed between the two parts 10 and 12. This link makes it possible to surround the folding of the curtains even when the fabrics are thicker.
• the two parts are then placed on the outside edge of the panel of the curtain concerned, on either side of the fabric composing it so that their contact surfaces 14, 16 are arranged opposite so as to make the magnetized elements cooperate and / or magnetic.
• the link is 36-1 is a rigid link in the form of a hook, which makes it possible to retain the folds of the curtain in the same way as the flexible link.
• This rigid link is carried by only one of the two parts. Its shape and dimensions are adapted according to the type of curtain, the holding power of the magnetic parts and the desired aesthetics.
• FIG. 6 shows a variant in which a fixed point is provided.
• This fixed point consists of one of the two parts 10, 12 which is attached to the wall by any suitable means of fixing such as screwing or gluing. Therefore, this fixed part can be simplified in its manufacture and include only a magnetic and / or magnetic base 38, for example, a simple magnetic metal plate. In this case, the assembly of the two parts and of the link, in this case rigid, is retained at one point, which allows greater spacing and greater clearance of the opening 32, see FIG. 5.
• FIG. 7A there is shown a kit comprising two parts 10, 12, a link 36 and a base 38. It is noted in this embodiment, that the link comprises at its two ends a part 40-1 of removable connection means 40 while the parts 10, 12 and the base 38 carry the other part 40-2 of these means.
• the user can carry out at any time one or the other of the combinations with or without fixed point, with or without link, in central or lateral embrace, according to his needs or according to the evolution of these.
• FIG. 7B the variant shown shows the same arrangement of the kit but with a rigid link 36-1 carried by one of the parts.
• the snap-fastening of the end of this rigid link can take any form, an elastic notching lug making it possible to securely retain the link.

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