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US 2006/0048902 A1Published application
Raisable panel
AssigneePark B. Smith, Inc.
InventorsPark Smith, Linda Johnson
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a non-ballooning raisable and/or rollable fabric panel that can be easily installed on or uninstalled from a rod, such as a conventional curtain rod. In one embodiment, the panel can be easily installed by sliding a rod through a sleeve positioned at or near the top of the panel. Installation of the present invention is completed without using collateral hardware typically used in installing fabric panels over a window or from a ceiling, for example.
Claims15
A raisable panel suspendable from a rod, the panel comprising:
- (i) a horizontally extending top and a horizontally extending bottom;
- (ii) a front side and a back side;
- (iii) a sleeve positioned at or near the top of the panel to enable insertion of the rod through the sleeve for installing and suspending the panel;
- the sleeve is adapted to enable the installation to be completed without collateral hardware;
- (iv) a top support element positioned below the sleeve, the top support element is adapted to enable the panel to be rolled up below a lower side of the top support element;
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- (v) a plurality of laterally spaced guide elements on the lower side of the top support element, multiple pull cords secured at or near the top of the panel at laterally spaced locations corresponding to the laterally spaced guide elements, each pull cord passing downward over the front side of the panel, around the horizontally extending bottom of the panel, upward over the back side of the panel, and through the guide elements such that when the pull cords are pulled down, the panel is rolled up towards the lower side of the top support element.
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