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US3222710A US281192A US28119263A US3222710A US 3222710 A US3222710 A US 3222710A US 281192 A US281192 A US 281192A US 28119263 A US28119263 A US 28119263A US 3222710 A US3222710 A US 3222710A
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  • This invention is directed to new and useful improvements in the art of drapery suspension systems.
  • the major purposes of the present invention are to create a new, improved and simplified system for attaching, suspending, and operating panels of drapery fabric, to so form a system as to minimize pull cord entanglements in the system, to provide a system that maintains the draperies in a neat upright order, and to provide a drapery rail and pull cord assembly together with hanging means for drapery panels which are capable of simple and convenient assembly, these and other purposes of the invention being more apparent in the course of the ensuing specification and claims, when taken with the accompanying drawings, in which:
  • FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of drapery panels which may be utilized with the present invention
  • FIGURE 2 is a front elevation of drapery rail apparatus embodying the principles of the present invention, with certain parts being omitted for purposes of clarity;
  • FIGURE 3 is a plan or top view of the apparatus illustrated in FIGURE 2, while illustrating certain additional mounting facilities for the apparatus, the cover plate for the upper rail assembly and a cord-locking element attached to the cord;
  • FIGURE 4 is a cross-sectional view of a rail assembly with attached cord-locking elements as illustrated in FIGURES 2 and 3;
  • FIGURE 5 is a front view of a slip ring element illustrated in FIGURES 2, 3 and 4;
  • FIGURE 6 is an end view of the element illustrated in FIGURE 5;
  • FIGURE 7 is a top view of the element illustrated in FIGURES 5 and 6;
  • FIGURE 8 is a front view of a cord-locking element illustrated in FIGURES 2 and 3;
  • FIGURE 9 is an end view of the figure illustrated in FIGURE 8.
  • FIGURE 10 is a top view of the element illustrated in FIGURES 8 and 9;
  • FIGURE 11 is an exploded view illustrating the relation of the cord-locking element of FIGURE 9 to a drapery pull cord and a drapery suspending member;
  • FIGURE 12 is a cross-sectional view of the cover for the cut-out medial portion of a rail assembly as it is being snapped in place on the assembly;
  • FIGURE 13 is an end view of a rail mounting bracket having a drapery rail assembled thereon;
  • FIGURE 14 is a front view of the assembled bracket and rail of FIGURE 13 and illustrating the relation of pull cords thereto, with certain portions being shown in section for purposes of clarity;
  • FIGURE 15 is a top or plan view of the mounting bracket illustrated in FIGURES 13 and 14;
  • FIGURE 16 is a side view of a drapery suspending hook which may be utilized in accordance with the principles of the invention.
  • FIGURE 17 is a side view of another form of drapery suspending hook which may be utilized with the principles of the present invention.
  • FIGURE 1 designate drapery panels which, in accordance with conventional ice drapery practice, have pleated portions 22 at the upper edges thereof, which pleated portions may extend throughout the entire length or height of the panels, if de 'sired.
  • drapery suspending members 23 are fixed to each group of pleated portions at the upper margins thereof and at the lower margins thereof.
  • both upper and lower portions of the panels are adapted to be held by drapery rail and operating apparatus as is illustrated in FIGURE 2.
  • Certain of the suspending members 23 may be formed with recesses 2312 which are adapted to engage slip rings in a manner to be pointed out more fully hereinafter.
  • These members 23 include lower surfaces 23c which are adapted for abutting relation with drapery rails, all as is in accordance with the principles set forth in my copending application, Serial No. 271,387, filed in the United States Patent Office on April 8, 1963.
  • Certain other suspending and holding members 23a may include vertically spaced pairs of recesses 23d for attachment to plural rails as is illustrated in FIGURE 2.
  • FIGURE 1 is particularly adapted for use with drapery rail apparatus having both mounting and operating rail assemblies for the upper and lower portions of the panels, the principles of the invention can also be applied to drapery systems wherein the draperies are suspended and operated from their upper marginal portions only.
  • the drapery panels are adapted to be fixed to upper and lower rail assemblies generally designated at 24 and 25. These rail assem blies, as seen in FIGURE 2, and adapted to extend generally horizontally across the upper and lower portions of a window or opening which is to be spanned by the drapery panels.
  • the upper and lower rail assemblies are each fixed to a supporting wall structure through use of brackets 26 and 26a which are adapted to support the opposite ends of the rails and which are fixed to a supporting wall structure such as generally designated at 27.
  • Each of the upper and lower rail assemblies is preferably identically formed and is illustrated in detail in FIGURES 4 and 12.
  • Each rail is preferably defined from relatively thin sheet material, such as sheet steel, which is formed to define upper and lower rail portions 28 and 29, respectively.
  • These upper and lower portions 28 and 29 are formed with curvilinear cross sections, as is seen in FIGURE 4, and are connected by a medial portion of the strip 30.
  • the upper and lower portions 28 and 29 are spaced outwardly from the middle portion 30 so that the curvilinear surfaces there face outwardly and toward the drapery panels to be suspended thereon.
  • the curvilinear portions 28 and 29 are formed as a major portion of a circle while leaving inwardly facing slots 31 and 32 for a purpose which will appear hereinafter.
  • the rail supporting brackets 26 and 26a are similarly formed with flange portions 33 which are adapted to be fixed to the supporting wall surface.
  • These brackets include arm portions 34 which are adapted to extend generally perpendicularly from the wall portions.
  • Upper and lower tubular projections 35 and 36 are formed at the outer ends of the arm portions and are spaced in accordance with the spacing of the upper and lower portions 28 and 29 of the rails.
  • These upper and lower projections 35 and 36 are adapted to snugly receive the ends of the tubular portions 28 and 29 of the rails.
  • Spaced flanges 37 are formed on the ends of the arm portions 34 in alignment with the openings through the projections 35 and 36.
  • flanges 37 serve to support pulleys 38 and 39 as is seen best in FIGURE 14.
  • lengths of drapery pull cords 40 and 41 may be passed over pulleys 38 and 39 and through the tubular portions 28 and 29 and through the supporting brackets therefor.
  • the upper and lower projections 35 and 36 may have ridgelike projections 42 at the outer ends thereof for the purpose of providing confinement for the drapery suspending member at the end of the drapery panel positioned adjacent to the mounting brackets.
  • both the upper rail assembly 24 and the lower rail assembly 25, as seen in FIGURE 2 may be fixed to and supported from the wall surface by brackets of the type illustrated in FIGURES 13, 14 and 15.
  • a medial section of each of the upper and lower tube-like portions 28 and 29 of the rail assemblies may be cut away as at 43 to allow exposure of the drapery draw cords at these points.
  • Suitable covers as are illustrated in FIGURES 3 and 12, may be provided to fit with the cut-out sections of the rails.
  • covers 44 may have medial portions adapted to overlie and fit against the medial portions of the rails with curvilinear end portions 46 and 47 adapted for a snap fitting overlying engagement with the rails.
  • Each of the upper and lower portions 28 and 29 is adapted to receive a plurality of slip rings 48.
  • Slip rings 48 are defined as essentially tubular members as is best seen in FIGURES 5, 6 and 7. These tubular members are formed with inner diameters corresponding generally to the diameters of the rail portions 28 and 29. Each is formed so as to define the major portion of a circle while leaving an outwardly divergent opening or recess 49. This opening or recess 49 is for the purpose of allowing the curvilinear portions 28 and 29 to be passed therethrough so that the rings are positioned over the rails. The material of these rings is slightly resilient so as to allow expansion thereof to receive the rail portions.
  • Each of these rings 48 includes spaced flanges 50 and 51 which are positioned on the outer surface thereof so as to confine the drapery suspending members 23 or 23a therebetween.
  • a cord-locking ring is also slidably mounted on each of the upper and lower rail portions 28 and 29.
  • the cordlocking rings 52 are illustrated in detail in FIGURES 8, 9 and and are formed in a fashion similar to the slide rings 48 of FIGURES 5, 6 and 7.
  • Each cord-locking ring for example, has the characteristic flanges or projections 53 and 54 so as to receive the drapery suspending members 23 or 23a therebetween.
  • Cord-locking rings also have the characteristic recess 55 so as to allow the rings to be passed over the rings 28 and 29.
  • the cordlocking rings are provided with arms 56 which extend inwardly from the outer wall of the ring at one side of the recess. These arms 56 extend generally inwardly with respect to the rings. Arms 56 terminate at their inner extremities in curvilinear portions 57 which extend about the general center of the ring 52. These portions 57 are adapted to receive the drapery pull cord 40 in a removable snap-fitting engagement.
  • FIGURE 16 a form of hook is illustrated in FIGURE 16.
  • the hook is defined by a single piece of wirelike stock 58 which is bent into the configuration illustrated so as to provide a curvilinear portion 59 at one end of the wire and at the upper end of the hook.
  • This curvilinear portion 59 terminated in a rearwardly facing opening 60.
  • Curvilinear portion 59 defines a major portion of a circle while the opening 60 is large enough, with respect to the resiliency of the wire, as to allow the curvilinear portion to be expanded and snap-fitted over the upper rail portion 28.
  • the wire 58 is bent forwardly from the lower portion of the curvilinear portion 59 and then bent downwardly to provide a more or less straight portion 61 which is generally aligned with the outermost surface 62 of the curvilinear portion 59.
  • the wire is then bent upwardly along a line extending generally in parallelism with the straight portion 61 and terminates at its other end in a point 63 which may be positioned generally alongside the curvilinear portion 59.
  • the curvilinear portion 59 is snapped over the upper rail 28 while the straight portion is adapted to bear against the lower rail 29.
  • the draperies are held upright in view of the fact that the drapery panels are engaged at upper and lower spaced points with the rail assemblies.
  • FIGURE 17 Another form of suspending member is illustrated in FIGURE 17.
  • a hook 64 is bent to provide an upper curvilinear portion 65 similar to the curvilinear portion 59 in FIGURE 16.
  • Another curvilinear portion 66 is defined below at curvilinear portion 65 so as to engage the lower curvilinear section 29 of the rail.
  • the other end of the hook terminates at a point at its upper end.
  • the point may be formed at the end of a section 67 which extends in general parallelism to a line between the centers of the curvilinear portions 65 and 66.
  • Curvilinear portions 65 and 66 are each formed as an arc which comprises a major portion of a circle so that the curvilinear portions may be snap-fitted over the rings for a removable engagement therewith.
  • the drapery suspending apparatus as herein illustrated and described is easily assembled and operated.
  • the upper and lower rail sections may, if desired, be formed as adjustable telescoping sections as is more or less customary in drapery rails.
  • the rail 24 is easily mounted thereon simply by inserting the opposite ends of the rail within the tubular projections 35 and 36.
  • the upper and lower pull cord sections 40 and 41 may be inserted in the rails and through the brackets either before or after mounting of the rails on the brackets.
  • installation of the pull cords requires only that they be passed through the relatively small openings in the brackets because thereafter the cord is easily fitted into the upper and lower rail sections 28 and 29 simply by passing the cord through the slotted openings at the rears of the rail sections.
  • the cord may be initially inserted only through the openings in the brackets 26 and 26a prior to installation of the rails. In this event the rails may be inserted into the brackets in such wise that the cord is received through the slots leading to the interiors of the rails.
  • the slip cords 48 and cord-locking rings 52 are positioned over the rails.
  • a single cord-locking ring is provided on each of the upper and lower portions 28 and 29 of the rails while any number of slip rings 48 may be provided in accordance with desires and experience with the overall width of the opening to be spanned by the drapes.
  • Both the slip rings 48 and cord-locking rings 52 are simply snap-fitted over their mating curvilinear portions 28 and 29.
  • the cord-locking rings are positioned on the rails in such wise that they are closest to the centers of the rails. Prior to fitting the cord-locking rings 52 over the rails they are engaged with the cord.
  • the cord may be pulled outwardly from the cutaway portion of the rails 43, as is illustrated in FIGURE 3, and the cord fitted within the curvilinear portion 57 of these rings.
  • the ring is then snap-fitted over the upper and lower rail portion with which it is associated and the cover 44 is then snap-fitted over the rail section.
  • the drapery panels are snap-fitted over the flanges of the several rings.
  • the outermost ends of the drapery panels may have suspending members 23 which are snap-fitted over the tubular projections 35 and 36 of the brackets in such wise that the suspending members are confined between the flange 42 and the flanges 37 of the brackets.
  • the drapery is suspended not only on the upper rail 28 but the drapery may also bear against the lower rail 29, thereby preventing swinging movement of the drapery inwardly with respect to the opening spanned by the drapery panels.
  • the upper section of the panels is held neatly in a Vertical position, and swinging movement of the panels either inwardly or outwardly is thus minimized.
  • the upper and lower rail sections 28 and 29 also provides separate channels for the upper and lower sections of the cords 40 and 41, respectively, thus minimizing entanglement of the cords with one another.
  • Such entanglement of the pull cords is further minimized by the fact that the slip rings for the panels engage the outer portions of the rails.
  • the only obstruction to the passage of the cord within the rails is the single arm 56 to which the cord is fixed.
  • the frictional binding engagement of the cord within the curvilinear portion 57 is sufiicient to prevent slippage of the cord. In other cases slippage maybe prevented altogether by providing small abutments, such as knots on the cord on opposite sides of the arms 57.
  • the principles of the invention may be utilized with upper and lower rail assemblies 24 and 25 as illustrated in FIGURE 2 so as to positively fix both upper and lower marginal portions of the panels to the operating cord.
  • the upper cord length 40 is passed through the bracket 26, makes a U-turn for passage through the lower rail portion 29 of this rail assembly to define the cord 41.
  • Cord 41 then passes through the lower rail portion 29 of the lower assembly, makes a U-turn through the bracket 26 for the lower rail assembly to define the cord length 40 passing through the upper rail portion 28 of the lower assembly.
  • the left-hand panel is fixed to a cord-locking ring 52 on the upper rail portion 28 of the upper rail assembly 24 and a cord-locking ring 52 on the lower rail portion 29 of the lower rail assembly 25.
  • the right-hand panel is fixed to a cord-locking ring 52 on the lower rail portion 29 of the upper rail assembly 24 and a cord-locking ring 52 on the upper portion 28 of the lower assembly 25.
  • the principles of the invention may also be used with assemblies wherein only the upper portions of the drapes are suspended.
  • a single rail assembly 24 is provided for the upper portion of the opening to be spanned by the drapes.
  • One panel is fixed to a cord-locking ring on the upper rail portion 28 while the other panel is fixed to the cord-locking ring on the lower portion 29 of the rail assembly. Pulling downwardly on one or the other of the cords 40 or 41 will cause the panels to move toward and away from the open and closed positions.
  • rail sections may be defined from sheet metal stampings, they may also be defined from plastic sections of the configuration illustrated and described herein.
  • the brackets 26 and 26a for the rails may be formed from plastic material or metallic materials.
  • the slip rings and cord-locking rings may be defined from either molded plastic materials or relatively thin sheet metal materials having resilient characteristics such that they may be expanded resiliently to enable the snap-fitting engagement with the rails.
  • a slip ring of the type used to engage and carry drapery supporting members and adapted to be slidably mounted on a drapery support rail of circular cross section and having cord means for controlling the sliding movement of the ring including a circular hollow ringlike body having a hollow interior with an interior wall shaped to match and fit with said support rail, said body being formed of relatively rigid but resilient material, the body having an opening leading from the exterior thereof to the interior thereof, said opening having a size such that said body may be resiliently expanded from its normal shape to allow said support rail to be passed therethrough and into the hollow interior of the body, means on the body providing a releasable locking engagement with the cord means, and flange means on the exterior of the body so as to allow reception of a drapery supporting member on said body while said flange means prevents longitudinal movement of said members with respect to said body.
  • a drapery supporting assembly including an elongated rail having an outwardly facing surface which is arcuate in cross section, said surface extending throughout substantially the entire length of said rail, a plurality of slip rings slidably supported on said rail, each slip ring being hollow with an internal Wall surface shaped to match and fit with said surface of the rail, each of said slip rings being formed of relatively rigid but resilient material, each of said slip rings having an opening leading from the exterior thereof to the interior thereof, said opening having a size such that said ring may be resiliently expanded from its normal shape to allow said outwardly facing surface of said rail to be passed therethrough and into the hollow interior of the ring, and drapery supporting members removably received over the exterior wall of said rings, said slip rings having means preventing displacement of said supporting members in directions generally parallel to the length of said rail when said supporting members are received over said rings.
  • a slip ring adapted for slidable mounting on a drapery support rail to engage and carry drapery supporting members including a hollow body having an interior wall surface shaped to match and fit with said support rail, said body being formed of relatively rigid but resilient material, the body having an opening leading from the exterior thereof to the interior thereof, said opening having a size such that said body may be resiliently expanded from its normal shape to allow said support rail to be passed therethrough and into the hollow interior of the ring, and the exterior wall of said body being shaped for removable reception of drapery supporting members, said exterior wall having abutment means to restrict movement, in directions generally parallel to the axis of said body, of a drapery supporting member received on said body.
  • a slip ring of the type used to engage and carry drapery supporting members and adapted to be slidably mounted on a drapery support rail having cord means therein for controlling the sliding movement of the ring including a hollow body having an interior wall shaped to match and fit with said support rail, said body being formed of relatively rigid but resilient material, the body having an opening leading from the exterior thereof to the interior thereof, said opening having a size such that said body may be resiliently expanded from its normal shape to allow said support rail to be passed therethrough and into the hollow interior of the body, means on the 'body to form a releasable locking engagement with the cord means, the exterior wall of said body being shaped for a releasable engagement with drapery supporting members, and abutment means on said exterior wall to restrict movement, in directions generally parallel to the axis of said body, of a drapery supporting member received over said exterior wall.
  • a drapery supporting assembly including an elongated rail having an outwardly facing surface which is arcuate in cross section, said surface extending throughout substantially the entire length of said rail, a plurality of slip rings slidably supported on said rail, each slip ring being hollow with an internal wall surface shaped to match and fit with said surface of the rail, each of said slip rings being formed of relatively rigid but resilient material, each of said slip rings having an opening leading from the exterior thereof to the interior thereof, said opening having a size such that said ring may be resiliently expanded from its normal shape to allow said outwardly facing surface of said rail to be passed therethrough and into the hollow interior of the ring, and drapery supporting members removably engaged with the exterior wall of said rings, each ring having a tubular form with longitudinally spaced flanges on the exterior wall thereof, said supporting members being positioned between said flanges.
  • a drapery supporting assembly including an elongated rail having an outwardly facing surface which is arcuate in cross section, said surface extending throughout substantially the entire length of said rail, a plurality of slip rings slidably supported on said rail, each slip ring being hollow with an internal wall surface shaped to match and fit with said surface of the rail, each of said slip rings being formed of relatively rigid but resilient material, each of said slip rings having an opening leading from the exterior thereof to the interior thereof, said opening having a size such that said ring may be resiliently expanded from its normal shape to allow said outwardly facing surface of said rail to be passed therethrough and into the hollow interior of the ring, drapery supporting members removably engaged with the exterior wall of said rings, said rail having a slotted opening extending lengthwise thereof and being hollow in form, and a pull cord positioned within said rail, at least one of said rings having an arm extended through said slotted opening with a portion having a frictional, snap fitting engagement with said cord.
  • a slip ring adapted for slidable mounting on a drapery support rail to engage and carry drapery supporting members including a hollow, elongated body having an interior wall surface shaped to match and fit with said support rail, said body being formed of relatively rigid but resilient material, the body having an opening leading from the exterior thereof to the interior thereof, said opening having a size such that said body may be resiliently expanded from its normal shape to allow said support rail to be passed therethrough and into the hollow interior of the ring, and means on the exterior wall of the body for engagement with the drapery supporting members, said ring having spaced flanges on the exterior wall thereof for the reception of drapery supporting members between said flanges.
  • a slip ring of the type used to engage and carry drapery supporting members and adapted to be slidably mounted on a drapery support rail having cord means for controlling the sliding movement of the ring including an elongated body having a hollow interior with an interior wall shaped to match and fit with said support rail, said body being formed of relatively rigid but resilient material, the body having an opening leading from the exterior thereof to the interior thereof, said opening having a size such that said body may be resiliently expanded from its normal shape to allow said support rail to be passed therethrough and into the hollow interior of the body, means on the body to form a releasable locking engagement with the cord means and releasably engaging means for the drapery supporting members comprising spaced flanges on the exterior wall of the body, said flanges being spaced to receive a drapery supporting member therebetween.

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ATTORNEY United States Patent 3,222,710 DRAPERY RAIL APPARATUS John J. Potye, 1245 Marengo, Forest Park, Ill. Filed May 17, 1963, Ser. No. 281,192 8 Claims. (Cl. 1687.2)
This invention is directed to new and useful improvements in the art of drapery suspension systems.
The major purposes of the present invention are to create a new, improved and simplified system for attaching, suspending, and operating panels of drapery fabric, to so form a system as to minimize pull cord entanglements in the system, to provide a system that maintains the draperies in a neat upright order, and to provide a drapery rail and pull cord assembly together with hanging means for drapery panels which are capable of simple and convenient assembly, these and other purposes of the invention being more apparent in the course of the ensuing specification and claims, when taken with the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of drapery panels which may be utilized with the present invention;
FIGURE 2 is a front elevation of drapery rail apparatus embodying the principles of the present invention, with certain parts being omitted for purposes of clarity;
FIGURE 3 is a plan or top view of the apparatus illustrated in FIGURE 2, while illustrating certain additional mounting facilities for the apparatus, the cover plate for the upper rail assembly and a cord-locking element attached to the cord;
FIGURE 4 is a cross-sectional view of a rail assembly with attached cord-locking elements as illustrated in FIGURES 2 and 3;
FIGURE 5 is a front view of a slip ring element illustrated in FIGURES 2, 3 and 4;
FIGURE 6 is an end view of the element illustrated in FIGURE 5;
FIGURE 7 is a top view of the element illustrated in FIGURES 5 and 6;
FIGURE 8 is a front view of a cord-locking element illustrated in FIGURES 2 and 3;
FIGURE 9 is an end view of the figure illustrated in FIGURE 8;
FIGURE 10 is a top view of the element illustrated in FIGURES 8 and 9;
FIGURE 11 is an exploded view illustrating the relation of the cord-locking element of FIGURE 9 to a drapery pull cord and a drapery suspending member;
FIGURE 12 is a cross-sectional view of the cover for the cut-out medial portion of a rail assembly as it is being snapped in place on the assembly;
FIGURE 13 is an end view of a rail mounting bracket having a drapery rail assembled thereon;
FIGURE 14 is a front view of the assembled bracket and rail of FIGURE 13 and illustrating the relation of pull cords thereto, with certain portions being shown in section for purposes of clarity;
FIGURE 15 is a top or plan view of the mounting bracket illustrated in FIGURES 13 and 14;
FIGURE 16 is a side view of a drapery suspending hook which may be utilized in accordance with the principles of the invention; and
FIGURE 17 is a side view of another form of drapery suspending hook which may be utilized with the principles of the present invention.
Like elements are designated by like characters throughout the specification and drawings.
With particular reference now to the drawings and in the first instance to FIGURE 1, 20 and 21 designate drapery panels which, in accordance with conventional ice drapery practice, have pleated portions 22 at the upper edges thereof, which pleated portions may extend throughout the entire length or height of the panels, if de 'sired. As illustrated in the drawings, drapery suspending members 23 are fixed to each group of pleated portions at the upper margins thereof and at the lower margins thereof. In the form of drapery panels illustrated in FIGURE 1, both upper and lower portions of the panels are adapted to be held by drapery rail and operating apparatus as is illustrated in FIGURE 2. Certain of the suspending members 23 may be formed with recesses 2312 which are adapted to engage slip rings in a manner to be pointed out more fully hereinafter. These members 23 include lower surfaces 23c which are adapted for abutting relation with drapery rails, all as is in accordance with the principles set forth in my copending application, Serial No. 271,387, filed in the United States Patent Office on April 8, 1963. Certain other suspending and holding members 23a may include vertically spaced pairs of recesses 23d for attachment to plural rails as is illustrated in FIGURE 2.
It should be understood that, while the panels illustrated in FIGURE 1 are particularly adapted for use with drapery rail apparatus having both mounting and operating rail assemblies for the upper and lower portions of the panels, the principles of the invention can also be applied to drapery systems wherein the draperies are suspended and operated from their upper marginal portions only.
The drapery panels, as illustrated in FIGURE 1, are adapted to be fixed to upper and lower rail assemblies generally designated at 24 and 25. These rail assem blies, as seen in FIGURE 2, and adapted to extend generally horizontally across the upper and lower portions of a window or opening which is to be spanned by the drapery panels. The upper and lower rail assemblies are each fixed to a supporting wall structure through use of brackets 26 and 26a which are adapted to support the opposite ends of the rails and which are fixed to a supporting wall structure such as generally designated at 27.
Each of the upper and lower rail assemblies is preferably identically formed and is illustrated in detail in FIGURES 4 and 12. Each rail is preferably defined from relatively thin sheet material, such as sheet steel, which is formed to define upper and lower rail portions 28 and 29, respectively. These upper and lower portions 28 and 29 are formed with curvilinear cross sections, as is seen in FIGURE 4, and are connected by a medial portion of the strip 30. The upper and lower portions 28 and 29 are spaced outwardly from the middle portion 30 so that the curvilinear surfaces there face outwardly and toward the drapery panels to be suspended thereon. The curvilinear portions 28 and 29 are formed as a major portion of a circle while leaving inwardly facing slots 31 and 32 for a purpose which will appear hereinafter.
The rail supporting brackets 26 and 26a are similarly formed with flange portions 33 which are adapted to be fixed to the supporting wall surface. These brackets, as is best seen in FIGURES 13, 14 and 15, include arm portions 34 which are adapted to extend generally perpendicularly from the wall portions. Upper and lower tubular projections 35 and 36 are formed at the outer ends of the arm portions and are spaced in accordance with the spacing of the upper and lower portions 28 and 29 of the rails. These upper and lower projections 35 and 36 are adapted to snugly receive the ends of the tubular portions 28 and 29 of the rails. Spaced flanges 37 are formed on the ends of the arm portions 34 in alignment with the openings through the projections 35 and 36. These flanges 37 serve to support pulleys 38 and 39 as is seen best in FIGURE 14. Thus, lengths of drapery pull cords 40 and 41 may be passed over pulleys 38 and 39 and through the tubular portions 28 and 29 and through the supporting brackets therefor. The upper and lower projections 35 and 36 may have ridgelike projections 42 at the outer ends thereof for the purpose of providing confinement for the drapery suspending member at the end of the drapery panel positioned adjacent to the mounting brackets.
It should be understood that both the upper rail assembly 24 and the lower rail assembly 25, as seen in FIGURE 2, may be fixed to and supported from the wall surface by brackets of the type illustrated in FIGURES 13, 14 and 15. A medial section of each of the upper and lower tube- like portions 28 and 29 of the rail assemblies may be cut away as at 43 to allow exposure of the drapery draw cords at these points. Suitable covers, as are illustrated in FIGURES 3 and 12, may be provided to fit with the cut-out sections of the rails. For example, covers 44 may have medial portions adapted to overlie and fit against the medial portions of the rails with curvilinear end portions 46 and 47 adapted for a snap fitting overlying engagement with the rails.
Each of the upper and lower portions 28 and 29 is adapted to receive a plurality of slip rings 48. Slip rings 48 are defined as essentially tubular members as is best seen in FIGURES 5, 6 and 7. These tubular members are formed with inner diameters corresponding generally to the diameters of the rail portions 28 and 29. Each is formed so as to define the major portion of a circle while leaving an outwardly divergent opening or recess 49. This opening or recess 49 is for the purpose of allowing the curvilinear portions 28 and 29 to be passed therethrough so that the rings are positioned over the rails. The material of these rings is slightly resilient so as to allow expansion thereof to receive the rail portions. Each of these rings 48 includes spaced flanges 50 and 51 which are positioned on the outer surface thereof so as to confine the drapery suspending members 23 or 23a therebetween.
A cord-locking ring is also slidably mounted on each of the upper and lower rail portions 28 and 29. The cordlocking rings 52 are illustrated in detail in FIGURES 8, 9 and and are formed in a fashion similar to the slide rings 48 of FIGURES 5, 6 and 7. Each cord-locking ring, for example, has the characteristic flanges or projections 53 and 54 so as to receive the drapery suspending members 23 or 23a therebetween. Cord-locking rings also have the characteristic recess 55 so as to allow the rings to be passed over the rings 28 and 29. The cordlocking rings are provided with arms 56 which extend inwardly from the outer wall of the ring at one side of the recess. These arms 56 extend generally inwardly with respect to the rings. Arms 56 terminate at their inner extremities in curvilinear portions 57 which extend about the general center of the ring 52. These portions 57 are adapted to receive the drapery pull cord 40 in a removable snap-fitting engagement.
Other forms of suspending members for the drapery panels may be utilized with the rail assemblies. For example, a form of hook is illustrated in FIGURE 16. In FIGURE 16 the hook is defined by a single piece of wirelike stock 58 which is bent into the configuration illustrated so as to provide a curvilinear portion 59 at one end of the wire and at the upper end of the hook. This curvilinear portion 59 terminated in a rearwardly facing opening 60. Curvilinear portion 59 defines a major portion of a circle while the opening 60 is large enough, with respect to the resiliency of the wire, as to allow the curvilinear portion to be expanded and snap-fitted over the upper rail portion 28. The wire 58 is bent forwardly from the lower portion of the curvilinear portion 59 and then bent downwardly to provide a more or less straight portion 61 which is generally aligned with the outermost surface 62 of the curvilinear portion 59. The wire is then bent upwardly along a line extending generally in parallelism with the straight portion 61 and terminates at its other end in a point 63 which may be positioned generally alongside the curvilinear portion 59. With the form of suspending member illustrated in FIGURE 16, the curvilinear portion 59 is snapped over the upper rail 28 while the straight portion is adapted to bear against the lower rail 29. Thus, with either the form of suspending member 23 or that form illustrated in FIGURE 16, the draperies are held upright in view of the fact that the drapery panels are engaged at upper and lower spaced points with the rail assemblies.
Another form of suspending member is illustrated in FIGURE 17. In FIGURE 17, for example, a hook 64 is bent to provide an upper curvilinear portion 65 similar to the curvilinear portion 59 in FIGURE 16. Another curvilinear portion 66 is defined below at curvilinear portion 65 so as to engage the lower curvilinear section 29 of the rail. The other end of the hook terminates at a point at its upper end. The point may be formed at the end of a section 67 which extends in general parallelism to a line between the centers of the curvilinear portions 65 and 66. Curvilinear portions 65 and 66, as is the case with the curvilinear portions of the other suspending members, are each formed as an arc which comprises a major portion of a circle so that the curvilinear portions may be snap-fitted over the rings for a removable engagement therewith.
The drapery suspending apparatus as herein illustrated and described is easily assembled and operated. The upper and lower rail sections may, if desired, be formed as adjustable telescoping sections as is more or less customary in drapery rails. After installation of brackets 26 and 26a the rail 24 is easily mounted thereon simply by inserting the opposite ends of the rail within the tubular projections 35 and 36. The upper and lower pull cord sections 40 and 41 may be inserted in the rails and through the brackets either before or after mounting of the rails on the brackets. In this regard installation of the pull cords requires only that they be passed through the relatively small openings in the brackets because thereafter the cord is easily fitted into the upper and lower rail sections 28 and 29 simply by passing the cord through the slotted openings at the rears of the rail sections. The cord may be initially inserted only through the openings in the brackets 26 and 26a prior to installation of the rails. In this event the rails may be inserted into the brackets in such wise that the cord is received through the slots leading to the interiors of the rails.
After assembly of the rails on the brackets, the slip cords 48 and cord-locking rings 52 are positioned over the rails. A single cord-locking ring is provided on each of the upper and lower portions 28 and 29 of the rails while any number of slip rings 48 may be provided in accordance with desires and experience with the overall width of the opening to be spanned by the drapes. Both the slip rings 48 and cord-locking rings 52 are simply snap-fitted over their mating curvilinear portions 28 and 29. The cord-locking rings are positioned on the rails in such wise that they are closest to the centers of the rails. Prior to fitting the cord-locking rings 52 over the rails they are engaged with the cord. For example, the cord may be pulled outwardly from the cutaway portion of the rails 43, as is illustrated in FIGURE 3, and the cord fitted within the curvilinear portion 57 of these rings. The ring is then snap-fitted over the upper and lower rail portion with which it is associated and the cover 44 is then snap-fitted over the rail section. After assembly of the slip rings and cord-locking rings, the drapery panels are snap-fitted over the flanges of the several rings. The outermost ends of the drapery panels may have suspending members 23 which are snap-fitted over the tubular projections 35 and 36 of the brackets in such wise that the suspending members are confined between the flange 42 and the flanges 37 of the brackets.
By using both upper and lower curvilinear rail portions 28 and 29, the drapery is suspended not only on the upper rail 28 but the drapery may also bear against the lower rail 29, thereby preventing swinging movement of the drapery inwardly with respect to the opening spanned by the drapery panels. By using the engagement between both upper and lower rail portions 28 and 29, the upper section of the panels is held neatly in a Vertical position, and swinging movement of the panels either inwardly or outwardly is thus minimized.
Use of the upper and lower rail sections 28 and 29 also provides separate channels for the upper and lower sections of the cords 40 and 41, respectively, thus minimizing entanglement of the cords with one another. Such entanglement of the pull cords is further minimized by the fact that the slip rings for the panels engage the outer portions of the rails. Thus, the only obstruction to the passage of the cord within the rails is the single arm 56 to which the cord is fixed. In some cases the frictional binding engagement of the cord within the curvilinear portion 57 is sufiicient to prevent slippage of the cord. In other cases slippage maybe prevented altogether by providing small abutments, such as knots on the cord on opposite sides of the arms 57.
The principles of the invention may be utilized with upper and lower rail assemblies 24 and 25 as illustrated in FIGURE 2 so as to positively fix both upper and lower marginal portions of the panels to the operating cord. In this event the upper cord length 40 is passed through the bracket 26, makes a U-turn for passage through the lower rail portion 29 of this rail assembly to define the cord 41. Cord 41 then passes through the lower rail portion 29 of the lower assembly, makes a U-turn through the bracket 26 for the lower rail assembly to define the cord length 40 passing through the upper rail portion 28 of the lower assembly. When so arranged, the left-hand panel is fixed to a cord-locking ring 52 on the upper rail portion 28 of the upper rail assembly 24 and a cord-locking ring 52 on the lower rail portion 29 of the lower rail assembly 25. The right-hand panel is fixed to a cord-locking ring 52 on the lower rail portion 29 of the upper rail assembly 24 and a cord-locking ring 52 on the upper portion 28 of the lower assembly 25. Thus, pulling downwardly on one or the other of cords 40 and 41 will cause the drapes to move toward and away from the closed and open positions.
The principles of the invention may also be used with assemblies wherein only the upper portions of the drapes are suspended. In this event a single rail assembly 24 is provided for the upper portion of the opening to be spanned by the drapes. One panel is fixed to a cord-locking ring on the upper rail portion 28 while the other panel is fixed to the cord-locking ring on the lower portion 29 of the rail assembly. Pulling downwardly on one or the other of the cords 40 or 41 will cause the panels to move toward and away from the open and closed positions.
While the rail sections may be defined from sheet metal stampings, they may also be defined from plastic sections of the configuration illustrated and described herein. The brackets 26 and 26a for the rails may be formed from plastic material or metallic materials. The slip rings and cord-locking rings may be defined from either molded plastic materials or relatively thin sheet metal materials having resilient characteristics such that they may be expanded resiliently to enable the snap-fitting engagement with the rails.
Whereas I have shown and described an operative form of the invention, it should be understood that this showing and description thereof should be taken in an illustrative or diagrammatic sense only. There are many modifications in and to the invention which will fall within the scope and spirit thereof and which will be apparent to those skilled in the art. The scope of the invention 6 should be limited only by the scope of the hereinafter appended claims.
I claim:
1. A slip ring of the type used to engage and carry drapery supporting members and adapted to be slidably mounted on a drapery support rail of circular cross section and having cord means for controlling the sliding movement of the ring including a circular hollow ringlike body having a hollow interior with an interior wall shaped to match and fit with said support rail, said body being formed of relatively rigid but resilient material, the body having an opening leading from the exterior thereof to the interior thereof, said opening having a size such that said body may be resiliently expanded from its normal shape to allow said support rail to be passed therethrough and into the hollow interior of the body, means on the body providing a releasable locking engagement with the cord means, and flange means on the exterior of the body so as to allow reception of a drapery supporting member on said body while said flange means prevents longitudinal movement of said members with respect to said body.
2. A drapery supporting assembly including an elongated rail having an outwardly facing surface which is arcuate in cross section, said surface extending throughout substantially the entire length of said rail, a plurality of slip rings slidably supported on said rail, each slip ring being hollow with an internal Wall surface shaped to match and fit with said surface of the rail, each of said slip rings being formed of relatively rigid but resilient material, each of said slip rings having an opening leading from the exterior thereof to the interior thereof, said opening having a size such that said ring may be resiliently expanded from its normal shape to allow said outwardly facing surface of said rail to be passed therethrough and into the hollow interior of the ring, and drapery supporting members removably received over the exterior wall of said rings, said slip rings having means preventing displacement of said supporting members in directions generally parallel to the length of said rail when said supporting members are received over said rings.
3. A slip ring adapted for slidable mounting on a drapery support rail to engage and carry drapery supporting members including a hollow body having an interior wall surface shaped to match and fit with said support rail, said body being formed of relatively rigid but resilient material, the body having an opening leading from the exterior thereof to the interior thereof, said opening having a size such that said body may be resiliently expanded from its normal shape to allow said support rail to be passed therethrough and into the hollow interior of the ring, and the exterior wall of said body being shaped for removable reception of drapery supporting members, said exterior wall having abutment means to restrict movement, in directions generally parallel to the axis of said body, of a drapery supporting member received on said body.
4. A slip ring of the type used to engage and carry drapery supporting members and adapted to be slidably mounted on a drapery support rail having cord means therein for controlling the sliding movement of the ring including a hollow body having an interior wall shaped to match and fit with said support rail, said body being formed of relatively rigid but resilient material, the body having an opening leading from the exterior thereof to the interior thereof, said opening having a size such that said body may be resiliently expanded from its normal shape to allow said support rail to be passed therethrough and into the hollow interior of the body, means on the 'body to form a releasable locking engagement with the cord means, the exterior wall of said body being shaped for a releasable engagement with drapery supporting members, and abutment means on said exterior wall to restrict movement, in directions generally parallel to the axis of said body, of a drapery supporting member received over said exterior wall.
5. A drapery supporting assembly including an elongated rail having an outwardly facing surface which is arcuate in cross section, said surface extending throughout substantially the entire length of said rail, a plurality of slip rings slidably supported on said rail, each slip ring being hollow with an internal wall surface shaped to match and fit with said surface of the rail, each of said slip rings being formed of relatively rigid but resilient material, each of said slip rings having an opening leading from the exterior thereof to the interior thereof, said opening having a size such that said ring may be resiliently expanded from its normal shape to allow said outwardly facing surface of said rail to be passed therethrough and into the hollow interior of the ring, and drapery supporting members removably engaged with the exterior wall of said rings, each ring having a tubular form with longitudinally spaced flanges on the exterior wall thereof, said supporting members being positioned between said flanges.
6. A drapery supporting assembly including an elongated rail having an outwardly facing surface which is arcuate in cross section, said surface extending throughout substantially the entire length of said rail, a plurality of slip rings slidably supported on said rail, each slip ring being hollow with an internal wall surface shaped to match and fit with said surface of the rail, each of said slip rings being formed of relatively rigid but resilient material, each of said slip rings having an opening leading from the exterior thereof to the interior thereof, said opening having a size such that said ring may be resiliently expanded from its normal shape to allow said outwardly facing surface of said rail to be passed therethrough and into the hollow interior of the ring, drapery supporting members removably engaged with the exterior wall of said rings, said rail having a slotted opening extending lengthwise thereof and being hollow in form, and a pull cord positioned within said rail, at least one of said rings having an arm extended through said slotted opening with a portion having a frictional, snap fitting engagement with said cord.
7. A slip ring adapted for slidable mounting on a drapery support rail to engage and carry drapery supporting members including a hollow, elongated body having an interior wall surface shaped to match and fit with said support rail, said body being formed of relatively rigid but resilient material, the body having an opening leading from the exterior thereof to the interior thereof, said opening having a size such that said body may be resiliently expanded from its normal shape to allow said support rail to be passed therethrough and into the hollow interior of the ring, and means on the exterior wall of the body for engagement with the drapery supporting members, said ring having spaced flanges on the exterior wall thereof for the reception of drapery supporting members between said flanges.
8. A slip ring of the type used to engage and carry drapery supporting members and adapted to be slidably mounted on a drapery support rail having cord means for controlling the sliding movement of the ring including an elongated body having a hollow interior with an interior wall shaped to match and fit with said support rail, said body being formed of relatively rigid but resilient material, the body having an opening leading from the exterior thereof to the interior thereof, said opening having a size such that said body may be resiliently expanded from its normal shape to allow said support rail to be passed therethrough and into the hollow interior of the body, means on the body to form a releasable locking engagement with the cord means and releasably engaging means for the drapery supporting members comprising spaced flanges on the exterior wall of the body, said flanges being spaced to receive a drapery supporting member therebetween.
References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 203,270 5/1878 Herlt -344 1,215,126 2/1917 Donnelly 160-344 1,569,680 1/ 1926 Sarkisian 160-345 2,533,780 12/1950 Eutzler 1687.2 2,542,077 2/ 1951 Gershen 1687 .2 2,638,977 5/1953 Hardwick 160-344 2,652,586 9/1953 Ramsberger 16-87.2 2,812,534 11/1957 Graber 16--87.4
FOREIGN PATENTS 1,225,396 2/1960 France.
510,435 7/ 1939 Great Britain.
DONLEY J. STOCKING, Primary Examiner.
HARRISON R. MOSELEY, Examiner.

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1. A SLIP RING OF THE TYPE USED TO ENGAGE AND CARRY DRAPERY SUPPORTING MEMBERS AND ADAPTED TO BE SLIDABLY MOUNTED ON A DRAPERY SUPPORT RAIL OF CIRCULAR CROSS SECTION AND HAVING CORD MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE SLIDING MOVEMENT OF THE RING INCLUDING A CIRCULAR HOLLOW RINGLIKE BODY HAVING A HOLLOW INTERIOR WITH AN INTERIOR WALL SHAPED TO MATCH AND FIT WITH SAID SUPPORT RAIL, SAID BODY BEING FORMED OF RELATIVELY RIGID BUT RESILIENT MATERIAL, THE BODY HAVING AN OPENING LEADING FROM THE EXTERIOR THEREOF TO THE INTERIOR THEREOF, SAID OPENING HAVING A SIZE SUCH THAT SAID BODY MAY BE RESILIENTTLY EXPANDED FROM ITS NORMAL SHAPE TO ALLOW SAID SUPPORT RAIL TO BE PASSED THERETHROUGH AND INTO THE HOLLOW INTERIOR OF THE BODY, MEANS ON THE BODY PROVIDING A RELEASABLE LOCKING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CORD MEANS, AND FLANGE ME ANS ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE BODY SO AS TO ALLOW RECEPTION OF A DRAPERY SUPPORTING MEMBER ON SAID BODY WHILE SAID FLANGE MEANS PREVENTS LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT OF SAID MEMBERS WITH RESPECT TO SAID BODY.
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