US2395335A - Curtain - Google Patents

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Feb.r19, 194s. R. FfLQEB n i `2,395,335

. CURTAIN Filed May 18, 1945 Patented Feb. 19, 1946 UNITED STATS PATENT OFFICE CURTAIN .R'ichardR Loeb, Jenkintown, Pa.

Application "May 1T8, 1945, :Serial No. 594,545 (o1. .ico-124) 4 Claims.

This invention relates to what are known as criss-cross curtains. Hereto'fore this type o-f curtain has also-been commercially known fascot tage curtains and under that "designation are formed of two curtain uni-ts arranged in overlapping relation -to each other 'and permanently sewed together with a single continuous heading formed at their uppei` ends for reception of a single supporting rod.

Cottage curtains, when hung at a windoware separated at their lower ends and are drawn laterally Vin opposite Adirections and heldin draped folds by cords, or bands of the curtain material, known as draw-backs, which are :attached to the opposite side' rails respectively of the window frame.

`Curtains of 'the aboveu'noted type are usually made in various predetermined,overall'widths to t certain sizes :of windows, with enough excess in the width -o-f the .curtain to 'permit the curtain, as -a whole, to be lhunched along the curtain rod 'in loose -solft pleats to enhance the appearance thereof, however, no provision was made `for adjusting fthe curtain units relative to each other with .respect to the .de-

gree of overlap therebetween which .has been Ya Vdisadvantage responsible for a more or less limited demand for this type of "window hanging.

In order to overcome -the aforesaid disadvantage, some housekeepers have used two identical separate and distinct curtain `units respectively supported on and hanging lfrom a .pairof closely positioned, horizontally adjacent parallel rods, with one curtain unit slidably mounted on the front rod, adjacent one -side rail-ofthe window frame, and the other curtain unit 'slidablymounted on the back rod, adjacent theopposite 'side rail of the window frame.

The above arrangement permits maximum latitude in adjusting the 'curtain units relative to each other and tothe side rails of Vthe Window frame and 4permits the housekeeper to obtain any -degree of overlap of the-upper portions of the kcurtain `units as may be desired, fbut, withthis arrangement, there lis always a portion lof the front rod which is not covered or hidden byany portion of either of the curtain lunifts, and this exposed portion of the front 'rod spoilsthe estheticeiect of Vthe Aentire window hanging.

Now, the principal object of the present invention is to provide a pair of curtains which are adapted to be hung' on separate front and back rods respectively to afford the above-'noted maximum degree of relative adjustabili-ty therebetween, without at any time having any portion of the front rod exposed 'to View .and 'with sthat portion ofthe back rod which is not encasedin the heading of the curtain hanging therefrom, hidden 'from view by Vthe unit on .the .front rod.

More specifically, one .object of the invention is to provide each or one of a pair of cmtain units with a lateral extension including .a heading `for encasing 'that portion of the front, Aand if 4desired the back curtain rod which normally would Otherwise be left bare when using yseparate curtain units on separate rods as crisscross curtains.

And still another object of the inventionz-is to providea curtain unit `with a rodereceiving :heading of its own and' a 'lateral extension constituting an integral part thereof and providedwi'th a rod-receiving heading 1in `contiguous :alignment with the 4heading of said unit; land to provide such unitfand integral llateral extension :a valance extending the entire width `of Fthe said curtain unit and `the said lateral extension, thereby affording the `appearance of' a coordinated whole. Y

The construction Aand mode of operation ofthe curtain will be fully disclosed hereinafter, 'reference being had to the accompanying drawing of which:

Fig. 1 is a Vperspective view illustrating the preferred embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken lon the '-line'3--3 of Fig. `1; and

Fig. 4 is a schematic pattern view ofthe zpai of curtain units which make up the criss-.cross curtain illustrated in Fig. 1. i

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the pair of curtain units which malte iup the criss` cross curtain A of the present invention arefindicated at I and 2, in Fig. l; which shows "said curtain units in operative relation to each other.

The curtain unit l is provided with a'lateral-extension 3 which are, collectively, adapted A,to extend acrossthe full width of the window before which `the curtain is hung `and the entire length these units are respectively drawn back and held by draw-back bands B, B as shown in Fig. 1, for observation through the adjacent window. The two criss-crossed units form another closed triangle 1 with one corner portion 8 of the back unit 2 hidden from view by the overlapping corner portion 9 of front curtain unit I.

"By such construction the triangle opening 6 may be made large or small as desired, by merely adjusting of the respective curtain units along their respective curtain rods, and yet at no time in the course of such adjustment nor when com-V pleted will the artistic appearance of the curtain A as a whole be adversely affected, due to the laterally extended portion 3 of the front curtain unit I, as the front curtain rod will at all times be completely covered and thus never presents a bald display to the observer.

As shown in Fig. 4 the curtain units I and 2 are of substantially equal dimensions, the curtain unit I having in addition the laterally extended portion 3, said curtain unit and its lateral extension being formed or fabricated as one piece.

The units I and 2 are provided with rod-receiving headings I and Il respectively and which are in the form of'tubular hems, and-the lateral extension 3 of the unit I is provided with asimilar heading I2 continuous with the heading I0 of the unit I for reception of the rod 4.

To improve the esthetic effect of the curtain as a whole, the unit I and its lateral extension 3 are provided with a continuous double ruffle extending above and below the headings 9 and I I thereof in the form of a valance I5. The curtain unit I and its lateral extension 3 are placed upon the front curtain krod 4so that the headings thereof will collectively cover said rod 44 second curtain unit therewith and still present a pleasing apearance, due to the complete coverage of the curtain rod on which the rst said unit and its lateral extension are mounted. 'By

such use, for example, there may be two ad-v jacent windows having `a single curtain rod orY double rod extending across the combined widths of both windows, each of said windows could be partly or wholly coveredvby a curtain unit having a lateral extension with the respective units proper being draped at opposite sides of the combined adiacently dispose-d windows and the lateral extensions of the units lying adjacent each other, a very artistic appearance would result, so that the two curtainscould take the place of four while the entire curtain rod structure would be completely covered.

I claim: Y

1. A criss-cross curtain comprising a pair of curtain units adapted respectively to receive and hang down from a pair of laterally and horizontally spaced substantially parallel iront and back curtain rods, and a lateral extension onat least one of said curtain units adapted collectively to cover the entire length of the curtain rod upon which such. unit and its lateral `extension are mounted, said curtain units and extensions ibeing slidably movable on said curtain rods.

2.l A criss-cross curtain comprising a pair of curtain units adapted to be slidably mounted upon laterally spaced substantially parallel curtain rods, alateral extension on and formingra entirely, and since' combined widths of the unit I and its extension 3 are greater than the length of the rod 4, the valance I5 will assume a softly pleated 'and ruilled appearance, as shown in Fig. 1. The curtain unit 2 is placed on the back curtain rod 5, said curtain unit '2 will extend beyond the inner edge of the curtain unit I so that there results an overlapping of curtain unit I in front of the curtain unit 2, thus forming what is known in the art as a cross-cross curtain A.

Due to the aforesaid overlapping, when the two curtain units I and 2 are draped, as by pulling the inner side edges of the two units inwardly and holding them -in such relation as shown in Fig. 1 by means of draw-back bands B, B, there is' formed the triangular opening 6 for an observer, and the triangular criss-crossing of the top portions of the curtains, as indicated at 1. Thus, whether in a'n open or closed relationship, the front rod 4 is at all times covered by the curtain unit I and its lateral extension 3, and the valance I5, which covering obscures from View the otherwise uncovered portion of the front rod so that an `artistically integrated whole is presented to View from within the room'in which the curtain A is installed.

' It is also to be noted that one curtain unit having the lateral extension as a part thereof maybe used at a window without using the other part of at least one of said curtain units andV Yadapted in cooperation with said onefcurtain unit to completely cover the outermost of said curtain rods, and a valance forming a part of said curtain unit and said extension and ex,- tending across the combined widths thereof.'

3. A criss-cross curtain comprisingV a pair of said one unit and its lateral extension ,are f mounted, and a valance forming a part of said curtain unit and said extension and extending across the combined widths thereof.

4. A criss-cross curtain comprising a pair of curtain units adapted respectively to be mounted on-a pair of laterally spaced substantially parallel front and back curtain `rodsfa lateral extension 'of the unit mounted on said front rod and adapted in cooperation with said curtainunit to extend over and completelyrcover said front curtain rod, said units being adapted to be drawn back to form a triangular overlap of -r said units in the upper portions thereof adjacent said curtain rods, said triangular overlap being adapted to be varied in size by relative adjustability of said curtain units on their re- -spectivel rods while maintaining the appearance of an integrated whole.

RICHARD F.. LQEB`

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