US2272657A - Valance - Google Patents

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Patented Feb. 10, 1942 umran STATES: P

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VALANCE Thomas F. Byron, Cleveland, Ohio Application; March 6, 1941, Serial-No. 382,047

5 Claims.

Theinvention relates to valances and particularly to drapery valances for the windows and doors of dwellings. The object of the inventionis to provide selective decorative and draped effects in the-use of such valances, with or'without the accompanying useof variousforms of standard draperies. Th improved valance may be made in one part with a depending fringe by sewingor may bemade in two parts by sewing and by the use of a selective lower valance portion forming a fringe. Theirnproved valance which,

in use, depends from any suitable supporting member such as a pole or a rod, comprises an upper fabric portion amenable to the formation of a seriesof selectively positioned loops for the accommodation of the supporting member, and a lower portion forming a fringe or skirtdepending from the upper portion. The lower skirt portion may be asolid panel or mayconsist of a plurality of separate members such as a series of transversely-aligned strands, cords, twisted:

threads, or other fringe-composing members.

The annexed drawings and the following description set forth in detail certain means. illustrating th invention, such disclosedmeans constituting, however, only two of the various forms in which the principle of the invention may be.

embodied.

In said annexed drawings:

Figure l is an elevation of oneform of th improved valance depending from a supporting member, the figure illustrating one particulararrangement of the valance on the supporting member;

Figure 2 is an elevation of the same form of improved valance differently arranged on a supporting member, the view also showing a standard form of draperies associated with the valance and depending from the same supporting member;

Figure3 is an elevation of the same form of valance but still differently arranged on the supporting member, this arrangement involving two valances, of the sam formation but assumedly of different colors, one valance being draped over the other to give a desirable twoetone color effect, in addition to a desirable draping effect;

Figure 4 is an enlarged broken elevation of the form of valence shownv in Figure 1;

Figure 5 is an end- View, taken from the plane indicated by the line 5--5, Figure 4;

Figure 6 is an enlarged brokenelevation of the.

form of valance shown in Figure 1, showing an arrangement of the valance on a supporting member in one of the many possible arrangee ments different from that shown in Figure 1'; Figure 7 is an end view, taken from the plane indicated bythe line 1 1, Figure 6;

Figure 8- is. afragmentary elevation showing still anotherarrangement of the improved valanceon a supporting member;

Figure 9'is. a. fragmentary elevation similar to Figure 8-, this view being an enlargement of a portion of the valance arranged on a supporting member in the mannershown in Figure 1;

Figure l0.is.a fragmentary elevation of a second-for-m of the: improved valance, this form being; particularly designed to furnish two-tone color effects;

Figur 11; is an end view, taken from the-plane indicated by the line I l.-H, Figure 10;

Figure 12 is a fragmentary elevation of the.

formof valance shown-inFigure. 10- arranged on a supporting member-inone of themany possible.

arrangements. thereof; and

Figure 13.is .an endview, takenfrom. the plane indicated by-the line. |3 -|-3, Figure 12..

Referring. to the annexed drawings wherein the.

. at the top provide a decorative upper edge por-.

tion. for the valancabut. itis within, the spirit of the invention to. make th individual valance members I of a single depending. part instead of a double or U-formation.

The-severalmembers I. are secured together adjacenttheir upper edges by suitable transverse stitching 2, andv are als secured together by lower suitable transverse stitching 3, the verticalv space between the stitchings 2 and 3. being largeenough toaccommodate a transverse supporting. member i. su hv as. a p d, ompas e hrou h loops form d y ember pa ts I; or b he comple e. mem r i, f e ch. of the. a c ns s f a s ngle depend n par hen nser in he supp rt n member the m mbe arts. re. manipulated. intdoffset, positions respectively forwardly and rearwar lly, as clearly appears in Figures 6. and, '1. atsu h intsas t i desired. to. pass. hrough he. sup o tin membe 4.- The. stitching. 3. islocated mate ia ly absv the bq o The structural make-up.

edges of the members I so as to provide a considerable valance fringe portion depending below the supporting member 4.

The lines of stitchings 2 and 3 make a unitary whole of the series of members I and the same forms in its broad aspects the improved valance with the lower portion thereof below the stitching line 3 forming a depending fringe 5. This fringe 5 need not necessarily be constituted of separate or individual or several parts, such as the poleaccommodating upper valance portion between the stitchings 2 and 3, but may be a solid panel lower portion depending from an upper panel portion which latter is comprised of or formed into separable members having vertically-spaced transverse securing means between which the supporting member may be threaded through the separable members at selective points. Furthermore, the lower fringe portion of the valance may be an entirely different member from the upper pole-accommodating portion, and is so illustrated in Figures 10, 11, 12, and 13. In the form of valance shown in these figures, the upper pole-accommodating members 6 are formed of a continuous cord reversely bent or folded successively upwardly and downwardly to form adjacent strands or legs 6 terminating in U-bends 6 at the upper and lower edges of the members 6. The several reversely bent strands are secured together by an upper transverse stitching l and a lower transverse stitching 8, and to these members 6 is secured a lower depending fringe portion 9. The fringe portion 9 comprises, in the embodiment shown in Figures to 13, a series of twisted cords 9' arranged in inverted elongated U-shaped formations having a U-bend 9 at the top. The several cords 9' are secured together adjacent their upper edges by suitable transverse stitching it]. As will appear, the upper edge of the fringe 9 and the lower edge of the pole-accommodating members 6 are secured together by means of stitching I l preferably passing through the transverse stitching 8 and 10. Such a valance assembly of different upper and lower portions lends itself to the formation of two-tone color effects since the upper members 6 may be of one color and the lower fringe 9 of another color.

The object of the invention is to provide a large selection of decorative and draped effects which may be readily and conveniently obtained by the use of an economical valance structure. The described valance gives these advantages and some of the many possible selections are illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

In Figure 1. and also shown enlarged in Figure 9. the supporting member 4 is shown as passing at both ends of the top portion of the valance through loops formed by the respectively forwardly and rearwardly offsetting of two adjacent member parts I; then next adjacent inwardly it passes through loops formed by three adjacent member parts I offset forwardly and a member part I offset rearwardly: then next adjacent inwardly it passes through loops formed by four adjacent member parts I offset forwardly and a member part I offset rearwardly: then next adjacent inwardly it passes through loops formed by five adjacent member parts I offset forwardly and a member part I offset rearwardly: and progressively thus to the center of the valance.

In Fi ure 6, the supporting member 4 is shown as passing successively through loops each of which is formed by the two parts I of a member I, the several member parts I' thus being offset in symmetrical arrangement alternately forwardly and rearwardly of the supporting member 4.

In Figure 8, the supporting member 4 is shown as passing at the ends of the upper portion of the valance through loops formed by adjacent member parts I offset respectively forwardly and rearwardly; then throughout the remainder of the valance it passes through loops each formed by three adjacent member parts I offset forwardly and one member part I offset rearwardly.

In Figure 12, the two-part or two-tone valance is arranged on the supporting member 4 in the same manner as has been described with reference to the one-part valance of Figure 6, viz., alternate forward and rearward offsetting of the successive individual member parts.

In Figure 2 -is illustrated one of the many possible draped effects which can be obtained by the use of the improved valance, this particular draped effect being combined with the use of a standard form of side draperies [2 depending by any suitable means such as rings l3 from the same supporting member 4 as that from which the especially draped improved valance depends. As shown, the particular draping consists in suspending the valance from the supporting member 4 at the ends and the center of the upper portion of the valance by loops formed of member parts I and providing sufficient valance width to permit any desired lower draped or freely hanging valance portions between adjacent suspended areas.

In Figure 3, an improved valance I4 is suspended and draped as desired from a supporting member 4, being combined with a second valance l5, preferably of contrasting color, also suspended and draped from the supporting member 4 in substantially the same manner, one valance, I4, for instance, being hung in front of valance l5 and draped in a series of formations alternating or having a different periodicity from that of a series of similar formations in which valance I5 is draped.

What I claim is:

1. A valance comprising a continuous series of closely-adjacent depending readily flexible fabric strands, transverse stitching flexibly tying the strands together adjacent their upper ends, lower transverse stitching flexibly tying the strands together, the individual strands between the two lines of stitching being amenable to offsetting forwardly and rearwardly to form spaced loops at selective positions for the accommodation of a transverse supporting member.

2. A valance comprising a series of depending readily flexible fabric strands, vertically spaced lines of transverse stitching each flexibly tying the strands together, said stitching lines being at the upper portion of the valance, the valance portion below the stitching lines providing a flexible fringe, the valance strands between adjacent stitching lines being amenable to offsetting forwardly and rearwardly to form spaced loops at selective positions for the accommodation of transverse supporting members.

3. A valance having an upper flexible portion comprising a series of transversely-aligned independent depending readily flexible fabric members, said members being flexibly stitched together top and bottom to form a unitary whole with the member parts between the stitched top and bottom amenable to offsetting forwardly and rearwardly to form spaced loops at selective positions for the accommodation of a transverse supporting rod, the valance having also a lower flexible skirt portion depending from its upper portion.

4. A valance having an upper flexible portion comprising a series of transversely-aligned independent depending readily flexible fabric strand members, said members being flexibly stitched together top and bottom to form a unitary whole 5. A valance having an upper flexible portion comprising a series of transversely-aligned independent depending readily fiexible fabric strand members, said members being flexibly stitched together top and bottom to form a unitary whole with the member parts between the stitched top and bottom amenable to offsetting forwardly and rearwardly to form spaced loops at selective positions for the accommodation of a transverse supporting rod, the valance having also a lower portion consisting of a series of transverselyaligned depending fabric strands secured at their upper ends to the upper valance portion by the bottom line of stitching and forming a fringe.

THOMAS F. BYRON.

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