Composite window covering and method and apparatus for manufacture thereof
AssigneeFashion Tech, Inc.
InventorMarvin L. Jones
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A composite window shade is constructed of short lengths of cellular fabric that may be from the same dye lot or that may be of different colors or textures to achieve desired decorative or functional results by trimming the lengths to have attachment strip surfaces and bonding of the surfaces using a glue applicator machine through which each length of cellular fabric to be attached is passed to place beads of hot melt glue and then pressing the attachment strip surface of the length of fabric to be attached to the attachment strip surface of the length of fabric to which attachment is to be made and maintaining pressure thereon until bonding occurs.
Claims8
A method of making a composite window covering from panels of cellular fabric, said fabric being constructed of tubular cells arranged in side by side relationship, comprising the steps of:
- providing a first panel of cellular fabric of desired width;
- trimming a cell of said first panel of cellular fabric to leave a first attachment strip surface extending centrally of the thickness of said first panel of material and the full length of said cell;
- providing a second panel of cellular fabric of said desired width;
- trimming a cell of said second panel of cellular fabric to leave a second attachment strip surface extending centrally of the thickness of said second panel the full length of said cell;
- placing an adhesive along the length of said second attachment strip surface;
- and
- pressing said second attachment strip surface to said first attachment strip surface in aligned relationship until bonding occurs between said first and second panels of cellular fabric.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.