Covering for architectural surfaces and method of forming and applying same
AssigneeHunter Douglas Inc.
InventorsWendell Colson, Daniel Fogarty, David Hartman
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Abstract
A covering for architectural surfaces as well as a method of forming and applying the covering is described in various embodiments and arrangements wherein fabric can be utilized and folded to provide a three-dimensional appearance with hollow or padded cells and wherein folds in the material used to make the covering or reveal strips conceal otherwise distractive seams between adjacent strips of the covering material.
Claims13
A covering for architectural surfaces wherein the covering includes a plurality of strips of material positioned in adjacent side-by-side relationship, said strips comprising in combination:
- a flexible base sheet having opposite faces and lateral edges, said lateral edges adapted to be placed adjacent to the lateral edges of base sheets of adjacent strips, one face of said base sheet being adapted to be secured to said architectural surface, and
- fabric material secured to the other face of said base sheet, said fabric material having at least one fold therein and overlying a portion of said base sheet so as to form a cell between said fabric material and said base sheet, said fold being adjacent to and overlying one of said lateral edges such that when said one lateral edge is positioned on said architectural surface adjacent to a corresponding lateral edge of an adjacent side-by-side strip, the folds on the respective base sheets conceal the underlying lateral edges from view.
A covering for architectural surfaces wherein the covering includes a plurality of strips of material positioned in adjacent side-by-side relationship, said strips comprising in combination:
- a flexible base sheet having opposite faces and lateral edges, said lateral edges adapted to be placed adjacent to the lateral edges of base sheets of adjacent strips, one face of said base sheet being adapted to be secured to said architectural surface, and
- fabric material secured to and substantially overlying the other face of said base sheet so as to form a cell between said fabric material and said base sheet that covers less than all of said base sheet such that said fabric material and base sheet are engaged along lateral edges of said base sheet, and
- reveal material secured to and overlying adjacent lateral edges of said strips of material.
A covering for architectural surfaces comprising in combination:
- a plurality of elongated strips of material adapted to be mounted on said architectural surface, each said strip having at least one fold therein so as to define a cell between said strip of material and said architectural surface when mounted on the architectural surface.
A covering material for an architectural surface comprising in combination:
- an elongated base layer of sheet material, having first and second surfaces, and longitudinal edges, said second surface being adapted to be secured to said architectural surface;
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- a secondary layer of relatively thick padding material, said secondary layer being laminated to said first surface of said base layer over a majority of said first surface of the base layer so as to define relatively thin laminated longitudinal edges,
- said laminated longitudinal edges being folded longitudinally and secured to said secondary layer such that said second surface of said base layer is exposed along said laminated longitudinal edges.
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