Roman-type shade
AssigneeVerosol USA Inc.
InventorRalph Jelic
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Abstract
An improved Roman shade has a series of parallel, generally U-shaped ribs which grip the shade fabric at selected intervals to provide a series of cascading transverse pleats. Each rib is formed by a pair of legs connected together at a proximate end to form a top and abutting one another at their distal end to define a fabric receiving cavity therebetween. At least one cord carrier is attached to the top or one leg of each U-shaped rib and connected to a spacer cord.
Claims20
An improved Roman shade of the type consisting of a sheet of fabric connected between a bottom rail and a headrail and gathered at selected intervals to provide a series of cascading transverse pleats and lift cords for raising and lowering the shade wherein the improvement comprises:
- a. a plurality of spacer cords attached between the headrail and the bottom rail;
- b. a set of generally U-shaped ribs each rib comprised of a pair of legs connected together at a proximate end to form a top of the rib and abutting one another at their distal end to define a fabric receiving cavity therebetween;
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- c. at least one cord carrier attached to each rib and connected to one of the spacer cords, each cord carrier having a hole through which one of the lift cords passes, wherein the generally U-shaped ribs grip the fabric at selected intervals to form the series of cascading transverse pleats in the fabric when the shade is in an open position and in a fully closed position.
An improved Roman shade of the type consisting of a sheet of fabric connected between a bottom rail and a headrail and gathered at selected intervals to provide a series of cascading transverse pleats and lift cords for raising and lowering the shade wherein the improvement comprises:
- a. plurality of spacer cords attached between the headrail and the bottom rail;
- b. a set of generally U-shaped ribs each rib comprised of a pair of legs connected together at a proximate end to form a top of the rib and abutting one another at their distal end to define a fabric receiving cavity therebetween;
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- at least one cord carrier attached to one of the legs, wherein the generally U-shaped ribs grip the fabric at selected intervals to form the series of cascading transverse pleats in the fabric when the shade is in an open position and in a fully closed position.
A spacer for Roman shades of the type consisting of a sheet of fabric connected between a bottom rail and a headrail and gathered at selected intervals to provide a series of cascading transverse pleats comprising:
- a. at least one spacer cord;
- b. a set of generally U-shaped ribs each rib comprised of a pair of legs connected together at a proximate end to form a top of the rib and abutting one another at their distal end to define a fabric receiving cavity therebetween;
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- c. at least one cord carrier attached to each rib and connected to one of the at least one spacer cord, each cord carrier having a hole sized to permit passage of a lift cord therethrough, wherein the generally U-shaped ribs are sized and shaped to grip the fabric at selected intervals to form a series of cascading transverse pleats in the fabric.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.