US1053254A - Shade. - Google Patents

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G. A. WALKER.,

SHADE.

APPLIGATION IILED 00T. 25, 1911.

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l"To all whomt may lconcern: Be' it known that lI, GEORGE A. WALKER,

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GEORGE A. WALKER, or OAK PARK, ILLINoIs, AssIGNonmo THE o'Ax rAnx :rnUs'r .e SAVINGS BANK, TRUSTEE, or oAK PARK. ILLINoIs, AV ConronA'rIoN oF ILLINOIS.V

SHADE..

Application led October 25, 1911.' Serial No. 656,655.

a'citizen of the United States, residing at 'Oak Park,- in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new' and useful lImprovements in Shades, of which 'the followmg'is a specification.

l AThis invention 'relates to' shades, curtains. and the like, and particularly to devices of 10' this class which are intended to be used upon porches and in similar locations.

y -provide means for pre\fenting;or;minimiz lng movement of the shade by the wind, and

' One of the objects of thefinvention is to particularlv to provide such means as' a part of the shade, the shade and its restraining,

means forming a complete and unitary arti? j cle 'of manufacture.

' Another object is to provide shade-re' straining I'neans which shall not subject the body of the shade 4to stress.A n'

Afurther'object'of they lnventionis to provide means 'for binding: the lower 'edges l of shades or curtains. 25

"In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1'" is. a Iview showing a porch shade in edge elevation 'and in operative relation t-o .a porchor Vopening to be screened. Fig. 2 1s I 5 is a' ragmental view of an alternative con#I v struction. I

a ortionfa porch'roof 'or' structure, and" 'b a' part :of the Irailingvor 'lower portion of' The bod' of which t e pairsbf cords 1 'constitute the warp Iand' thefsplints 2 form the weft or' f' filling. jT he upper end of the shade`isre- 1 'finforced'wby 'suitable meansl 'such 'asf'v two strips 'ofwoo'd or' other Suitable material placed at'oppsitel's'ides of the upper end` ,of the body. 4of Vthe shade,and"se'c`ured together by nails 4;, 'or any 'otherdesired" means. Commonly 'the shade 'is se'cuned'in` '2 place .byfserefws .5 passing throu h the rein# forced upper edge of thefsha' e into the member a, but it will be understood' that any www.

In the 'drawings',.a maybe vassumed to be 'f the shade consists'of a fabric purpose. The lower edge lof the shade isV strengthened'by securing one or' more strips 6 to the bottom 'splint of the shade and se` l'255 curing said strips by means of nails 7 or any other preferre means` Herein I have shown two Such strips, one at -each 'sideof the bottom'splint.'- In order 'to bind. the strips 6 securely to the shade, the lower ends 450 of the pairsof warp cords l are. turned back and caused .to encircle the strengthenin strip or strips 6 and the lower splint '2, an I the'ends of the cords tied or` otherwise suit'-A f ably united.` (See Fig. 4). 65'l In order to prevent the shade' from fla ping in the wind,- I providea cord 8, or its equivalent, loosely attached at intervals' to the body of the'shade, the lower end of said cord being attached to the porch or some 'I0 other suitablefxed point, saidcord being i placed under suiiicient tension so asl Ato prevent or minimize Vswaying of the curtain'in i the breeze. If desired, a cord S may be pr'0' vided ateach side of the shade, and-herein 75 I have shown, by Way of example', two' such cords, one at each side othe curtain,A in order that the shad'emay'be held -inplace' whether the wind-isfrom one side 'or Vthe other of the shade. The lower ends of said 80 cords, as herein' shown, are .inte rally connected together, the 'uppe'ends' ing suitably united 'as by' a knot 9, (Fig. 1)."The' c'ords'8 constitute a' closed" loop. Tli'eloop" vmay belconnectedtothe. upper endv'of the 85 shade in.4 a suitable manner, as by'fbeing' 'passed through anopening therein; or if desired, the loop forniediby the cords 8f' may be passed overtheupperv edgev of they shade,

as shown in Fig. 5,'instead 'of through -said 90 edge'At intervals' the cords 8 are connected together and to the sh'ade b meansof loops 1 0 of cord or 'other' Isuita le 5 'material'A inclosing the cords 8 and a pair of the warp cords 1. vThe loops l0 are l'ooseenough 'to 95. permit of manually pushing the'shade. up between the two cords-.8,the shade buckling vat the' points of connection betweenl the 'splints when thus pushed up betweenthe cords. The'functions ofthe loops IO'aret-o 100 prevent the cords 8 from getti-ng out of place with'relation to the shade when 'fthe latter isbeing rolledV np,'an d' to prevent-the shade" from getting' out of-control of 'the cords 8 in a high wind. When the cords 8 shade.-

are provided at only one side of the shade, the loo s 10l serve to hold the shade in place whent e wind is from the side 'at which the compensate for variationsy in the length of2 the cords, the connection between the cords `and the fixed point of attachment is preferably made yielding, as, for example, byintcrposing a' -cfoiled spring 11 between the cords 8 and said point of attachment. Herein I have shown a securing device 12 and a cord 13 extending between said device and the cords 8. The c'oiledvspring is secured at v shown two such devices.

its ends to the cord 13, suicient slackv being provided. in said cord between the points of attachment of the spring to permit the'plat.- ter to4 be extended to a predetermined degree. It will' be apparent that when a hook, such as 12, is used, the tension upon the cords 8' and 13 and the spring 11 prevents the cord 13 from slipping-off' the hook. The restraining means being releasably attached to the porch, said means may be released when desired andthe sh'ade rolled up, Athe restraining means rolling up with the shade.

'Any suitablel number of restraining devices may be applied to the shade. Herein I have Itwill Abe seen that when the shade is subjected to wind pressure the shade will be .eonned-jbetween, and its movement restrained by, the cords 8, the noise and the wear upon the'curt'ain caused by flapping and shaking being thus obviated. 'The springs 11 yield to considerable wind ressure, to the extent permitted by the cor s 13.

In the present embodiment, wind-pressure does not cause tension upon the shade, since the lower edge of the shade is not rigidly held in position, nor are the cords 8 ri idly attached to the lower edge orto the ody of the shade.

I claim as my invention:

1. As an article of manufacture, a porch shade having restraining cords lobsely connected to the body of the .shade and extending below and unconnected to the. lower edge of the shade and below the shade.

2. As an article of manufacture, a porch shade, a restraining cord attached to said shade and extending longitudinally thereof and attaching means at the lower end of sal cord.

3. As an article of manufacture, a porch shade having two restraining cords extendin at opposite sides of the shade, said cords I,` `bc1ng attached to the upper end ofthe shade and extending below the lower end of the shade.

4. As an article of manufacture, a porch shade ,having restraining cords loosely `con nccted to the body of the shade and unconnected tothe lower edge of the shade, and spring means attached to the lower -ends of said cords. 4

5. As an articleof manufacture, a porch shade having a reinforced upper edge, an

elongated closed loop of flexible material.

connected to said upper edge and lencircling the body' of the shade, and means connecting' the shade and the loop at' intervals in the length o f the shadebelow the shade.

6. As an article of manufacture, a porch shade having a reinforced upper edge, an

'elongated closed loop of flexible material connected' to said upper edge and encircling the body of the shade, and loops loosely encircling the sides of the first mentioned loop and located at Vintervals in the length of the shade'.

7. As an article of manufacture, a porch shade consisting of transverse splints and warp cords, two restraining cords attached at their upper ends .to'the upper end of the shade and extending longitudinally of the shade at opposite sides thereof to and past thejlower edge of the shade, and means connecting the restraining cords and the warp cords intermediate the ends of theshade.

8. As an article of manufacture, a porch shade consisting of transverse -splints and warp cords, two restraining cords attached 'at their upper ends to the upper 'end of the shade and-extending longitudinally of the shade at opposite sides thereof to and past the lower edge of the shade, and a loop loosely encircling the restraining cords and a warp cord at a point intermediate the ends of the shade.

9. As an article of manufacture, a porch shade comprising transverse wooden splints and a pair of warp' cords the lower end portions of said cords being turned back 'and one of said end portions being passed through the space between the lower two splints, and said end portions being united.

10. As an article of manufacture, a porch shade comprising transverse splints'and a pair of warp cords, and a strengthening -strip attached to one side of the lowermost splint, thelower end portions of said cords being turned back to embrace the lowest splint and said strengthening strip, one of said end portions being passed through the shade and said end portions being united.

' 11. As an article of manufacture, a porch shade consisting of transverse splints and warp cords, and rest-raining cords attached to the upper end of the shade and extending alongside theshade to a point below the lower edge of the shade.

12.l As an-article of manufacture, a porch and extending longitu inally of they shnde,

sheds eonsi'stng 'of trpnsverse splints `and In testimon, `whereof I my sigmtun warp eordfnl n restramlng cord attached at in presence o two t v lts'upperend to the up r end of'the shade GEORGE WALKER -and meaxisconnectmg the restraining lcord Witnesses: and the warp cords intermediate the ends of N. HL Fm, lthe shade.V

Corrections In Lettes lat'ent Ne. 411,053,254. i

t is hereby certified that in Letters Patent' No. 1,053,294, granted February 18, `19,13,upm-the application of George A. walker, of oak-Park, lui'nois, fof u; improyement in Shades, errors appear inthe vprinted specification tion'as` followsi Page 2, line 56, 'strike ont thewkorde and below the `shalt-ie, and,` line 8.0, .strike otthe words -below the shade; same page, iine 61:, after the wordoord insert `the words and below he slaadle, and line 73, afterthe word'fordgf insert the wordsbelow the .v /lade; s ,nd that the said Letters Patent shouldube read with these corrections therein thsitfthe saine mayr conform to the record o f the inthe Pai-m office. y

Signed andeealed this 25th day of March, A. D., 1913.

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` and extending longitu inally of they shnde,

sheds eonsi'stng 'of trpnsverse splints `and In testimon, `whereof I my sigmtun warp eordfnl n restramlng cord attached at in presence o two t v lts'upperend to the up r end of'the shade GEORGE WALKER -and meaxisconnectmg the restraining lcord Witnesses: and the warp cords intermediate the ends of N. HL Fm, lthe shade.V

Corrections In Lettes lat'ent Ne. 411,053,254. i

t is hereby certified that in Letters Patent' No. 1,053,294, granted February 18, `19,13,upm-the application of George A. walker, of oak-Park, lui'nois, fof u; improyement in Shades, errors appear inthe vprinted specification tion'as` followsi Page 2, line 56, 'strike ont thewkorde and below the `shalt-ie, and,` line 8.0, .strike otthe words -below the shade; same page, iine 61:, after the wordoord insert `the words and below he slaadle, and line 73, afterthe word'fordgf insert the wordsbelow the .v /lade; s ,nd that the said Letters Patent shouldube read with these corrections therein thsitfthe saine mayr conform to the record o f the inthe Pai-m office. y

Signed andeealed this 25th day of March, A. D., 1913.

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