US3003210A - Drapery hook construction - Google Patents

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Filed Jan. 2, 1959 N R R mm Wm NT. m f m R m A A T TORNEY Patented Oct. .10, 1961 I 3,003,210 DRA-PERY 1100K CONSTRUCWIQN Andrew F. Wintercorn, Rockford, Ill., assignor to Western .Newell Mfg. (10., -Freeport, IlL, a=conporatiomof Illinois Filed Jan. 2, 1959,Ser..No. 7845649 4 Claims. (Cl. 24-84) This invention relates to a new and improved drapery hook construction, and is more particularly concerned with'improvements in the general type of draperyhook disclosed in Perlmutter Patent No. 2,553,272, ,issued May 15, 1951.

The principal object of my invention is to provide an improved construction for drapery hooks of the kind mentioned whereby .the cost of manufacture (is lowered and the resulting drapery hook is of .farmore uniform characteristics in quantity production than was possible with the earlier constructions, and there is much less likelihood of the shank portion of the supporting hook, which in theearlier constructions was:merely spot-welded to the loweriend of the body of the drapery hook, .breaking off at the weld,'the present construction enabling .as long a weld as the strength required dictates and the line-weld also insuring good alignment ofthe parts, whereas with a spot-weld the parts were often more or less misaligned.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- FIGS. 1 and 2 are a front view and side view, respectively, of a drapery hook made in accordance with the present invention and shown on an enlarged scale;

FIG. 2a is an enlarged sectional detail on the line a-a of FIGS. 1 and 2;

FIG. 3 is a view of a drapery showing drapery hooks of the present construction applied thereto, the hooks in this view being shown approximately full size, and

FIG. 4 is a cross-section on the line 4-4 of FIG. 3.

The same reference numerals are applied to corresponding parts in these views.

Referring to the drawing, the reference numeral 5 designates the improved drapery hook of my invention generally, the same comprising a main planar body portion 6 to which the upper turned-over hem or border portion 7 of a drapery 8, having the usual spaced vertical lines of stitching indicated at 9, is applied with the two closely spaced arms 10 and 11 of the body 6 disposed on opposite sides of a line of stitching 9, as appears in FIG. 3, the drapery hooks 5 being provided at uniformly spaced intervals along the top of the drapery for the uniform support thereof on a horizontal rod 12 in the usual way, namely, by means of supporting hooks 13 carried on the body 6 of the hooks 5 and slidably engaging the rod 12.

In accordance with the present invention, the drapery hooks 5, instead of having the body 6 thereof bent from a single piece of wire to provide the closely spaced supporting arms 10 and 11, has the body 6 formed by two identically formed interchangeable pieces of wire which, next to the downwardly diverging lower end portions 14 and inwardly bent end portions 15 (that are used as attaching means in sewing the hooks onto the drapery after entry in the hem portion 7 in the manner described above), have abutting parallel more or less elongated straight extensions or extremities 16 of predetermined length welded together along the line 17 of abutment. The supporting hook 13, which is disposed in a plane at right angles to the plane of the body 6, is provided also, in accordance with my invention, just below the outwardly bent shank portion 18 and inwardly bent end portion 19 thereof, with a straight end extension or extremity 20 that is more or less elongated and of a predetermined length for abutment with and welding to extensions or extremities 16-16 of the two parts of the 'body 6 along the line w. Three important advantages are derived as a result of this construction:

':(l) The attaching end ,portion 20 of the supporting hook 13is assured of good alignment with the abutting end portions 16 of the two parts of the body 6, because the end portion 20 lies in a 4crotch defined between the end portions 16, as most clearly appears in FIG. 2a.

.(2) The more or 'less elongated line-weld, which can be of any suitable or preferred length, is much stronger and far more reliable than a spot-weld, and its strength is further increased as a result .of the extent to which the end portion 20 lies down in the crotch defined between the end portions 16, and is accordingly better supported against twisting or lateral displacement, accordingly relieving the line-weld or an appreciable portion of the strain that would otherwise have to be assumed directlyby the weld alone, and

.(3) The'back of the hook 13, which 'is Til-shaped, one side of the V being the outwardly bent shank portion '18, has the apex of the -V engaging in the crotch defined between the closely spaced arms 10 and 11 of the body 6, and due to the fact that this crotch is longitudinally aligned with the crotch defined between the extremities 16, as clearly appears-in FIGS. 1 and 3, there is further assurance of good alignment of the parts, and the hook I 13 when deflected away from the body 6 by the material of the hem 7 will pinch the material between the hook and body, as illustrated in FIG. 4, to hold the hook in place in the hem well enough to make it unnecessary to sew the hook onto the drapery if it is preferred to dis pense with such stitches. The V-shape of the back of the hook clearly shown in FIGS. 2 and 4 is advantageous both from the standpoint of easier entry of the hem 7 between the hook and body and from the standpoint of tighter pinching of the material, because of the concentration of pressure of the hook at one point.

In passing, it will be observed that the upper ends of the arms 10 and 11 have outwardly bent loops 21 formed thereon defining there-between a crotch 22 for easy entry of the stitched portion of the hem 7 of the drapery.

In the quantity production of the present drapery hooks 5, it is obvious that an appreciable saving in die cost is realized as a result of the employment of interchangeable, identically formed wire parts 10 and 11 for the main body part of the drapery hook, and it goes without saying that this also contributes toward the closer uniformity of the end product in large quantity production of drapery hooks. There is, furthermore, no sacrifice in strength by reason of this two-piece construction of the body 6, inasmuch as the welding along the line 17 indicated at w can he as long as required for the requisite strength and durability of the drapery hooks 5. The line-welding of the elongated end extension 20 of the shank of the supporting hook 13 in the crotch defined between the end portions 16 as also indicated at w (instead of using a spot-weld on a flat or round surface), further insures maximum strength and durability and also much closer uniformity in the large quantity production of these drapery books.

It makes no difference whether the body 6 of the drapery hook 5 is made up first as a sub-assembly, linewelding the end portions 16 together along the line 17, and thereafter line-welding the end portion 20 of the shank of the supporting hook 13 to the sub-assembly, or whether the two end portions 16 and the end portion 20 are held together in a fixture and line-welded together in one welding operation, but the latter procedure is considered the more economical and preferable.

It is believed the foregoing description conveys a good understanding of the objects and advantages of my invention. The appended claims have been drawn to cover all legitimate modifications and adaptations.

I claim:

1. A drapery hook comprising two equal lengths of stiif round wire which serve as the two halves of an elongated vertical planar body, the two lengths of wire having straight elongated lower extremities lying in close abutment and secured together by welding along the line of abutment and defining an elongated crotch therebetween, the upper end portions of said wires being substantially vertical and disposed in close parallel relationship to one another and constituting drapery supporting arms and defining therebetween another elongated crotch in longitudinal alignment with the first mentioned crotch, and an elongated vertical stiff round wire hook member for support of said body on a horizontal rod, said hook member being disposed in a substantially vertical plane substantially perpendicular to the plane of said body and including a hook portion on the upper end facing downwardly and forwardly with respect to the supporting arms of said body with the back of said hook portion disposed in the crotch between said arms, said hook member having a straight elongated attaching shank portion on the lower extremity thereof that is entered in the first mentioned crotch and rigidly secured by welding to the first mentioned straight elongated lower extremities along substantially the full length of said attaching shank portion.

2. A drapery hook as set forth in claim 1 wherein the two lengths of wire forming the two halves of the elongated vertical planar body have at the lower ends of the drapery supporting arms and above the welded extremities downwardly diverging lower end portions and therebelow inwardly converging end portions in coplanar relationship to said drapery supporting arms adapted to serve as attaching portions which may be fastened to the drapery material to secure the drapery hook to the drapcry.

3. A drapery hook as set forth in claim 1 wherein the elongated vertical round wire hook member has the back portion of the hook shaped upper end portion generally V-shaped with the apex of the V disposed in the crotch defined between the drapery supporting arms and with both sides of the V extending in angular relationship to the plane of the body portion.

4. A drapery hook as set forth in claim 1 wherein the upper ends of the two lengths of wire forming the body are bent outwardly away from one another to form substantially circular loops on opposite sides of the crotch defined between the drapery supporting arms in coplanar relationship with the body portion.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 450,317 Munn Apr. 14, 1891 2,473,564 Bergren June 21, 1949 2,553,272 Perlmutter May 15, 1951 2,607,977 Serrell Aug. 26, 1952 2,716,793 Perlmutter Sept. 6, 1955 2,758,645 Sherman Aug. 14, 1956 2,779,404 Hess Jan. 29, 1957 rev

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