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US 6,182,739 B2Granted
Snap mounted drapery system
OwnerGary F. Jonesinventor
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Abstract
A drapery system comprising, in combination, an elongated track; a carrier slidably attached to the track, the carrier having a snap member; a connector including a body member, an arm member attached to the body member, and a snap member attached to the arm member thereof and removably secured to the snap member of the carrier; and a drapery panel including an upper end attached to the body member of the connector.
Claims4
A drapery system comprising, in combination:
- (a) an elongated track having a top edge;
- (b) a carrier slidably attached to said track, said carrier having a snap member;
- (c) an elongated connector including a body member, an arm member attached to said body member, and a snap member attached to said arm member thereof and removably secured to said snap member of said carrier;
- said body member of said elongated connector having a top edge;
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- (d) a drapery panel including an upper end attached to said body member of said connector;
- said upper end of said drapery panel having a top edge aligned with said top edge of said body member of said elongated connector and said top edge of said elongated track.
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A drapery system comprising, in combination:
- (a) an elongated track having a top edge and including a body having an exterior surface, a hollow interior, and a keyway extending between said exterior surface and said hollow interior surface;
- (b) a plurality of carriers slidably attached to said track;
- each of said carriers including a body having a first end and a second end;
- said first end of said body of each of said carriers having a head positioned within said hollow interior of said body of said track, and having a neck extending through said keyway of said track;
- said second end of said body of each of said carriers having a snap member attached to said neck of said first end thereof;
- (c) a plurality of elongated connectors;
- each of said connectors including a body member having a flat, rectangular panel with parallel first and second sides, a top edge, a bottom edge, a front edge, a rear edge, a first flange extending outward of said first side along the length of said front edge, and a second flange extending outward of said second side along the length of said front edge;
- each of said connectors including an arm member extending from said front edge of said body member thereof between said top and bottom edges of said body member thereof;
- each of said connectors including a snap member attached to said arm member thereof and removably secured to said snap member of one of said carriers;
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- (d) a drapery panel including an upper end attached to said body member of said connector;
- said upper end of said drapery panel having a top edge aligned with said top edge of said body member of said connector and said top edge of said elongated track, and having a plurality of pleats therein;
- each of said pleats including a first panel having an end sewn to said first side of said body member of one of said connectors adjacent and along the length said first flange thereof;
- each of said pleats including a second panel having an end sewn to said second side of said body member of said one of said connectors adjacent and along the length of said second flange thereof;
- said front edge of each of said connectors being positioned between said elongated track and said drapery panel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.