Decorative device for concealing the top of curtains and certain fixtures

A decorative device for concealing the top of curtains and curtain fixtures, said decorative device comprising:

• a pair of fixing plates, each of said fixing plates having two sliding rails extending perpendicularly from an upper edge and a lower edge thereof which are opposite to one another;
• a pair of L-shaped slide plates, each having an elongated plate which engages slidably with the respective fixing plate between said two rails of one of said fixing plates, each of said elongated plates having a connecting plate extending perpendicularly therefrom, each of said connecting plates having an upper side and a lower side which are opposite to one another;
• first and second elongated shielding plates having a uniform thickness, each of said first and second shielding plates having inwardly curving upper and lower sides which are opposite to one another and first and second ends which connect with said upper and lower sides, respectively, said first shielding plate being wider than said second shielding plate so that said first end of said second shielding plate can be telescoped with said second end of said first shielding plate with said inwardly curving upper and lower sides of said second shielding plate being received by said inwardly curving upper and lower sides, respectively, of said first shielding plate, said upper and lower sides of said connecting plates being received respectively in said inwardly curving upper and lower sides of said first end of said first shielding plate and said inwardly curving upper and lower sides of said second end of said second shielding plate;
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• means for retaining said first and second shield plates to said connecting plates;
• the improvements comprising:
• said retaining means including two L-shaped members fixed adjacent to said upper and lower sides of each of said connecting plates, respectively, each of said L-shaped members having a vertical plate and a horizontal plate, each of said horizontal plates having two opposite sides connected perpendicularly to its respective vertical plate and one of said connecting plates so that a receiving groove is formed between each of said vertical plates of said L-shaped members and its connecting plates, each of said receiving grooves having a width which is substantially identical to the thickness of said inwardly curving upper and lower sides of said first and second shielding plates so as to allow edges of said inwardly curving upper and lower sides, said edges of said inwardly curving upper and lower sides being adjacent to said first end of said first shielding plate and said second end of said second shielding plate and which are received by said receiving grooves of the connecting plates, respectively.