US3737943A - Suspension clip for textiles or the like - Google Patents

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US3737943A
US3737943A US00156312A US3737943DA US3737943A US 3737943 A US3737943 A US 3737943A US 00156312 A US00156312 A US 00156312A US 3737943D A US3737943D A US 3737943DA US 3737943 A US3737943 A US 3737943A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47H—FURNISHINGS FOR WINDOWS OR DOORS
    • A47H13/00—Fastening curtains on curtain rods or rails
    • A47H13/04—Fastening curtains on curtain rods or rails by hooks, e.g. with additional runners
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47H—FURNISHINGS FOR WINDOWS OR DOORS
    • A47H13/00—Fastening curtains on curtain rods or rails
    • A47H13/06—Fastening curtains on curtain rods or rails by pins, e.g. with additional runners
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00—Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/13—Article holder attachable to apparel or body
    • Y10T24/1394—Article held by clip

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  • a suspension clip for curtains or the like made in one piece from plastic material having a sliding member for sliding in a rod track or the like, and a clamping memher for gripping the curtain material.
  • the clamping member comprises a series of thin pins or hooks which I 2 Claims, 8 Drawing Figures
  • the present invention relates to a suspension clip-of v the kind intended for suspending textiles, preferably curtains or the like.
  • Said suspension may be provided from the lower surface of a grooved curtain board or the like, the suspension clip in that case comprising a head portion and below this a clamping portion to which the curtains or the like can be attached by clamping effect.
  • the clip can also be shaped for suspension on runways, rods or the like, its head portion being adapted accordingly.
  • suspension devices are previously known. Thus, it is known to produce said devices in one piece from plastic material or the like. It is, furthermore, known to provide the cooperating clamping surfaces with pins, teeth or the like for engagement with the textile, and it is known to provide locking members which hold the clamping surfaces together.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a suspension clip which by combining of three features known per se forms a new and most advantageous device.
  • Each of the known suspension clips have had considerable disadvantages or deficiencies.
  • the clip according to the invention completely eliminates these disadvantages or deficiencies.
  • the textiles are not damaged by the suspension clip, only being penetrated by a comparatively large number of thin pins and simultaneously being effectively compressed by the clamping surfaces. For releasing the textiles, the clamping hold is easily released, and a suitable suspension on a runway, a rail or in a groove adapted to the suspension clip is achieved. Nevertheless, said clip can be produced in one piece in a very unexpensive manner by mass production.
  • a suspension clip of the above mentioned kind which is characterized by the combination of the following features known per se: That said clip is formed in one piece from plastic material or some other resilient material and consists of two, essentially equal branches or elongated halves, joined together at their headportions by a thin strip portion; that the outer portions of said branches on both sides facing each other are provided with a comparatively large number of thin pins or'hooks or similar engaging members; that these sides within the portion engaging the curtain or the like are provided with cooperating locking means, preferably in the form of push button members; and that the head portions of said halves together from a body adapted for suspension and are freely slidable horizontally in grooves in thelower surface of a curtain board, or on runways or the like, from which curtains or the like are to be sus-.
  • Such a clip including all portions and details of the one piece body can be produced by moulding in one single operational step. After moulding said body is bent at said joining strip portion, which then forms a resilient hinged joint, to be used as a suspension clamp according to the invention, the head portion of said clip simultaneously being shaped for suspension as mentioned.
  • FIG. 1 shows a suspension clip according to the invention in the shape it has after moulding.
  • FIG. 2 shows the ciipbni as”. clamping" osition ⁇ "ready for suspension of e.g. a curtain.
  • joining strip portion also forms the suspension means
  • FIG. 6 showing the moulded blank
  • FIGS. 7 and 8 showing said blank being bent into a position ready for used.
  • the halves are joined together at their head portions 1, which in the present case are formed as approximate semi-spheres having an inner hollow space 6.
  • the head portions form a spherical body adapted for insertion into a groove in the lower surface of a curtain board or the like so as to form slides in said grooves in a manner known per se.
  • Said head portions 1 continue as branch portions 2 provided with a cooperating locking member.
  • said locking member consists of a button shaped projection 3 on one branch and an opening or recess 3 in the other branch.
  • the surfaces of said branches or halves A and B facing each other are provided with pins or hooks 4, which will engage a curtain or the like when the portions A and B are interlocked, as indicated by dashed lines 7 in FIGS. 2 and 3.
  • the free ends 5 of the branches A and B are preferably formed with surfaces inclined away from each other, as shown in the drawing, to make it easier to part said portions when suspended curtain or the like isto be released.
  • FIG. 4 shows an embodiment with an annular head portion 1' of the clip. This embodiment is suitable for suspending curtains or the like on a runway on which annual members can slide.
  • FIG. 5 shows an embodiment with a button-shaped head portion 1" of the clip. Grooves 6 slidable on a rail are thus achieved.
  • the rail is preferably C-shaped so that the lower portion of the groove 6 slides on the lower edge of the opening of the C-rail, whereas the upper portion 6 slides on the upper opening edge.
  • FIGS. 6-8 an embodiment is shown, where the strip portion C is made so long as to form a loop C when the clip branches are bent towards each other.
  • Said loop C can slide on a rod like said annular member according to FIG. 4 or it can be used as a suspension loop.
  • the head portion of the clip can have some other shape, e.g. a hook shape or the like.
  • the locking members 3,3 as well could be exchanged by other embodiments forming cooperating locking members for the branches, so that the clip is effectively held together in an interlocked position by snap effect.
  • the suspension clip With a spherical sliding head the suspension clip can be mounted across the rail, so that folds can be suspended behind the curtain and the suspension is completely concealed.
  • the head portions are annular members with a hinged joint as shown and described the annular member can be opened and curtains or the like can thus be suspended on a runway without the necessity of taking the runway down.
  • a suspension clip for curtains or the like comprising a suspension head formed as a sliding member and a clamping portion below said suspension head, said clipbeing of one-piece integral plastic construction and .comprising two generally similar elongate branches can be pivoted about the hingei-nto abutting engagement to clamp a curtain edge or the like between the two branches in said clamping portion, the cooperating I branches of said clamping portions having a number of projecting members for' positively but releasably engaging a curtain edge or the like when brought together, mutually engageable locking means formed on the abuttable faces of said branches below said suspension head, said suspension head comprising two matable head halves located respectively at opposite ends of said narrow strip and each having a spherical surface portion and being larger than its immediately adjacent clamping portion such that the head halves stand proud from their immediately adjacent clamping portions to form, when-brought together, an enlarged suspension head having spherical surface portions for insertion into a groove or slot in the lower surface of a curtain supporter or
  • a suspension clip as claimed, in claim 1, wherein apart from said locking means, said two branches are substantially mirror images of each other.

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US3942191A (en) * 1975-01-02 1976-03-09 Hunnicutt Cecil C Snap-on necktie and device for convering ordinary four-in-hand necktie for snap-on usage
US4010503A (en) * 1976-02-12 1977-03-08 The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc. Shower curtain fastening device
US4012811A (en) * 1976-01-21 1977-03-22 Joseph Mazzaferro Molded plastic clamp
US4308637A (en) * 1976-11-29 1982-01-05 Artway Manufacturing Co., Inc. Shower curtain hanger
US5111868A (en) * 1991-07-02 1992-05-12 Sawaya Frederick J Replacement eyelet for flexible curtains
US5787954A (en) * 1997-02-05 1998-08-04 Herrera; Frederick F. Shower curtain ring
US6651938B1 (en) * 2002-09-26 2003-11-25 Karren Moreland Clip for track systems
US20080295978A1 (en) * 2007-06-04 2008-12-04 Keasberry Brian A Device and method for repairing a vertical louver
US20100060113A1 (en) * 2008-09-08 2010-03-11 4 Solutions Display Corp. Hinged Door System for Attachment to a Display Unit
US20150097097A1 (en) * 2013-10-07 2015-04-09 Sean M. Early Hook arrangement device and method of use
US11284733B2 (en) * 2019-06-14 2022-03-29 Arlinea Industries Co. Hook structure for positioning a curtain

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US675224A (en) * 1900-12-01 1901-05-28 John L F C Kober Curtain-hanger.
DE576791C (de) * 1933-05-16 August Kaemper Reissverschlussglied
US2542077A (en) * 1948-12-27 1951-02-20 Irvin J Gershen Self-securing curtain hanger
US2848735A (en) * 1955-03-07 1958-08-26 Ault Drapery carrier
US2988314A (en) * 1959-04-10 1961-06-13 Frederick C Urich Clothespins
DE1160589B (de) * 1960-06-02 1964-01-02 Rudolf Stoerzbach Gleitender Aufhaenger fuer Schleudergardinen od. dgl.
FR1522441A (fr) * 1967-03-15 1968-04-26 Pince pour bas
FR1565327A (de) * 1966-02-24 1969-05-02
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US675224A (en) * 1900-12-01 1901-05-28 John L F C Kober Curtain-hanger.
US2542077A (en) * 1948-12-27 1951-02-20 Irvin J Gershen Self-securing curtain hanger
US2848735A (en) * 1955-03-07 1958-08-26 Ault Drapery carrier
US2988314A (en) * 1959-04-10 1961-06-13 Frederick C Urich Clothespins
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FR1565327A (de) * 1966-02-24 1969-05-02
FR1522441A (fr) * 1967-03-15 1968-04-26 Pince pour bas
US3494072A (en) * 1967-07-10 1970-02-10 Famco Inc Devices for supporting plants

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3942191A (en) * 1975-01-02 1976-03-09 Hunnicutt Cecil C Snap-on necktie and device for convering ordinary four-in-hand necktie for snap-on usage
US4012811A (en) * 1976-01-21 1977-03-22 Joseph Mazzaferro Molded plastic clamp
US4010503A (en) * 1976-02-12 1977-03-08 The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc. Shower curtain fastening device
US4308637A (en) * 1976-11-29 1982-01-05 Artway Manufacturing Co., Inc. Shower curtain hanger
US5111868A (en) * 1991-07-02 1992-05-12 Sawaya Frederick J Replacement eyelet for flexible curtains
US5787954A (en) * 1997-02-05 1998-08-04 Herrera; Frederick F. Shower curtain ring
US6651938B1 (en) * 2002-09-26 2003-11-25 Karren Moreland Clip for track systems
US20080295978A1 (en) * 2007-06-04 2008-12-04 Keasberry Brian A Device and method for repairing a vertical louver
US20100060113A1 (en) * 2008-09-08 2010-03-11 4 Solutions Display Corp. Hinged Door System for Attachment to a Display Unit
US20150097097A1 (en) * 2013-10-07 2015-04-09 Sean M. Early Hook arrangement device and method of use
US11284733B2 (en) * 2019-06-14 2022-03-29 Arlinea Industries Co. Hook structure for positioning a curtain

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