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US 4,246,951 AGranted
Valance and cornice frames
OwnerRay K. Givensinventor
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Abstract
A modular pre-fabricated frame is made for cornices and valances from cardboard or synthetic material. Two portions are telescoped together to form the proper length. Each portion has a tongue which fits over the lip of a rack attached to the wall, thus, supporting the frame for substantially its entire length.
Claims12
An improved frame for valances and cornices placed against a wall comprising:
- a. an inner slide having
- (i) an end panel with a flap flat against the wall and the panel extending from the wall,
- (ii) a top connected to the end panel with a depending tongue adjacent the wall for substantially the full length of the inner slide,
- b. an outer slide having
- (i) an end panel with a flap flat against the wall and the panel extending from the wall parallel to the inner slide end panel,
- (ii) a top connected to the outer slide end panel and telescoped over and stapled to the top of the inner slide with a depending tongue flat against the wall for substantially the full length of the outer slide, and
- c. a rack extending substantially from one end panel to the other end panel having
- (i) a flange flat against the wall,
- (ii) fasteners holding the flange to the wall, and
- (iii) an upwardly extending lip above the flange spaced from the wall, and
- d. said tongues positioned between the lip and the wall, with the inner slide tongue against the lip.
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The invention as defined in claim 7 further comprising:
- g. said flaps fastened to the wall.
The method of installing frames for cornices and valances comprising the steps of:
- a. temporarily attaching a rack to the wall by a few fasteners, said rack extending over half the length of the frame,
- b. hanging the frame and associated curtains from the rack with the frame contacting the wall for over half its entire length,
- c. checking the hung material for appearance,
- d. removing the hung material from the rack,
- e. permanently attaching the rack to the wall by additional fasteners, and
- f. hanging the frame to the permanently attached rack, with the frame contacting the wall for over half its entire length,
- g. thus, supporting the frame for over half its contact to the wall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.