Curtain slider clip This invention relates to a combined curtain slider and It is an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved curtain slider and According to the present invention there is provided a integrally formed n slider and clip prising a pair of an elastically flexible bridge member formed said arms at respective intermediate positions formed each said intermediate position serving to divide each arm into two component each component being virtually pivotable with respect to said bridge member about said intermediate one pair of opposite component levers forming gripping jaws and constituting said clip and the other pair of opposite ponent lovers being shaped to interengage with a curtain rail and constituting said opposite of said other pair of component levers being recessed to define a and a retaining member insertable into said so as to constrain said one pair of levers into a gripping The invention will be described by way of example and with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings in 1 is a front view of the clip of a slider with a straight flexible without the fixing 2 is a slider showing the clip in 1 from the after its insertion into a curtain is a front view of a different embodiment of a cli of similar construction to the cli in Fi 1 after its insertion into a curtain 5 to 7 are views of the fixing member which is inserted for locking the 8 is another embodiment of a slider seen from the front after insertion of fixing member which locks the and which is also provided with the means for suspending the 9 is a section of a slider taken on the line in 10 is a front view of a clip with a flexible and 11 is a portion of the face of one gripping arm of the 1 is a front view of the combined clip and 1 according to the This comprises two arms 3 and cross connected by a straight flexible bridge member The two arms 3 and 5 are deflectable towards and from each other by flexing the upwards or Each arm 3 or 5 has a gripping jaw 13 or 17 and a locking end 15 or 19 respectively and the inside faces 21 and of the locking ends 15 and 19 together with the surface of the bridge 7 define a triangular slot 27 which is open on each side and at Bosses 29 and 31 project from the two faces 21 and It will be understood from 2 a shoulder 33 and 37 and 39 projects from each side of each locking end 15 and 19 of the two arms 5 The inside of the gripping ends 13 and as in t eme t s t o The clip 1 is of appropriate size for slidable insertion into a curtain rail 44 having the cross section shown in Conventiently the clip is integrally made of a synthetic plastics particularly a thermoplastics for instance by injection end for strengthen ing the elastically flexible bridge 7 a metal spring 46 may be embedded as indicated in discontinuous lines in The embodiment of a clip 1 illustrated in 3 and 4 is in principle analogous to that shown in it differs therefrom in that the clip in 3 and 4 is formed with shoulders resembling yokes each comprising an arched portion 50 or 52 with a sliding nose 54 or and shoulders The arched portions 50 and 52 and their noses 54 and 56 embrace the bottom flange of a curtain rail having the cross section illustrated in 5 to 7 illustrate the fixing member which ably consists of the same material as the and which in the illustrated has the form of a key 70 with anose 72 and a head The nose 72 has a tapering whereas the sides of the key 70 are inclined in the manner indicated in Ea of the two sloping sides is provided with a transverse notch 76 conforming in cross section with the shape of the bosses 29 and 31 on the two locking ends 15 and The curtain is attached to the above described sliders in the following The two gripping ends 13 and 17 are splayed apart by compressing the locking ends 15 and and a required portion of the end of the pleat in curtain is inserted between the two gripping ends 13 and external faces of the locking when handling the The looking ends 15 and 19 then She elasticity of the clip 1 causes the expanded gripping arms 13 and 17 to and the teeth 41 and 42 to engage the material of the gripping the In order to prevent the curtain from becoming detached key 70 is picked up by head 74 and pushed its nose 72 foremost into the triangular slot 27 in the clip This is facilitated by the tapering shape of the and the progressive insertion of the key gradually tightens the grip of the gripping ends 13 and 17 on the curtain The key 70 is thus inserted into the triangular slot 27 until the two lateral notches 76 snap into ment with the bosses and 31 and thus retain the key 70 in One slider after another is thus attached to the curtain and slidably inserted into the rail in the manner illustrated in The shoulders 37 and 39 rest on the flanges of the rail which provide the sliding surfaces for pulling the curtain the length of the The sliders can be readily from the curtain by extracting the key 70 b its head 74 and thereby gaging the notches 76 from the bosses 29 and pression of the ends 15 and 19 between forefinger and thumb opens the gripping ends 13 and 17 and releasee the In the manner described a can be easily vided with sliders ithout special tools and the position of the sliders on the curtain can also be ohanged quickly the embodimen in Figs 3 and 4 the manner of securing the slider is substantially as has been this particular slider is intended for cooperation with a curtain rail of different cross as will be readily understood from Instead of being provided with wide supporting these are here formed with a rounded supporting 54 or which reduces the area of sliding wise this slider functions in the same way as that already Figs 3 and 9 illustrate a slider 1 comprising a clip 1 of substantially analogous construction to that shown in Pigs 1 and in this instance the clip lacks supporting this slider is generally applicable than the sliders according to Figs 1 and because the fixing member SO which is intertable into the triangular slot 27 may be so contrived that its foot 82 operates as the locking means for cooperation with the looking ends 15 and 19 and that upper incurved extensions 50 and 52 of lateral shoulders 58 and 59 of the fixing formed with sliding noses 54 and 56 rest on the flange of a fixing member 80 has a centre of constant section but its two ends are tapered to facilitate as well as In this form of construction is therefore the fixing member which looks the clip which serves for pending the slider and the upper part of the fixing member 80 may be formed either with arched portions 50 and 5 with laterally projecting shoulders 35 and 39 for insertion between the flanges of an inverted rail In order to provide a clip 1 of even wider applicability and more particularly to enable it to grip curtain pleats of the clip shown in 10 has gripping arms 3 and 5 interconnected by an elastically flexible bridge 86 comprising two shanks 88 d 90 with an intermediate arch 92 in such manner that the two shanks 88 90 define a deeply recessed slot A slider clip 1 as illustrated in 10 is used as already Compression of the two locking 15 and 19 the two ends 13 and 17 to be splayed widely apart whilst the shanks 88 and 89 are squeezed together into the slot 11 is a portion of the of the gripping arm 17 which in this form of construction is armed with spikes 98 which provide an even better grip on the curtain material vrhen the clip above described curtain slider is of extremely simple construction and it is therefore cheap to made of a plastics material the clip the may be produced in the same for in the form of an injection comprising both parts which can be broken apart a line of Instead of providing a triangularly shaped slot 27 and conformably shaped fixing elements such as key members 70 and other shapes of slot and fixing member of say square circular section could also be It will be understood from the foregoing tion that functionally the proposed curtain slider prises three different The upper element fits or into the curtain rail and the slider to slide on the element supports the o the curtain and transmits this and any load on the curtain to the The fixing normally in the form of a key slot serves fo the of the fixing for instance of a which may be located inside 1 and or neath the curtain rail section and The ing element comprising the gripping arms for gripping and holding the insufficientOCRQuality