Roman shade and method for making same
AssigneeClopay Corporation
InventorPhillip L. Brookshire
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Abstract
A Roman shade is formed from plastic sheet material having a heat sealable characteristic. Transverse, horizontally extending pleats are folded in the shade and are heat sealed to permanently secure them. A bottom hem is formed by folding and heat sealing a bottom portion of the shade together, and the terminal end portion of the shade may be joined to a bottom horizontally extending pleat, either within or adjacent the pleat, so that the bottom pleat and hem are formed at the same time. Aperture, through which shade pull strings are guided, are provided in the pleats.
Claims9
A thermoplastic Roman shade having a top portion and bottom portion and a plurality of spaced horizontally extending pleats therebetween, said pleats comprising portions of said shade folded upon and heat sealed directly to itself throughout said portions to form a horizontal pleat, and at least some of said pleats having at least one aperture for receiving a shade pull string.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.