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US 8,997,830 B1Granted
Drape assembly
OwnerMarcia S. Leeinventor
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Abstract
A drape assembly facilitates replacement of curtains without tools and without disassembling or taking down a curtain rod. The assembly includes a suction cup that may be coupled to a support surface. A tubular rod is removably coupled to the suction cup so the tubular rod is spaced from the support surface. A coupler is slidably coupled to the tubular rod so the coupler is movable between a first end and a second end of the tubular rod. A drape is selectively coupled to the coupler so the drape extends downwardly from the tubular rod.
Claims8
A drape assembly comprising:
- a pair of suction cups each being configured to be coupled to a support surface;
- a tubular rod removably coupled to said suction cups wherein said tubular rod is spaced from the support surface, said tubular rod having an elongated front slot extending therethrough, said front slot being positioned opposite of said suction cups, said front slot extending between a first end and a second end of said tubular rod;
- a coupler slidably coupled to said tubular rod wherein said coupler is movable between said first end and said second end of said tubular rod, said coupler being positioned within an interior of said tubular rod, an outer surface of said coupler abutting a bottom surface of an interior surface of said tubular rod, said coupler including a snap, said snap extending through said front slot;
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- a drape selectively coupled to said snap of said coupler wherein said drape extends downwardly from said tubular rod;
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- said front slot being in a front side of said tubular rod, a rear slot being positioned in a rear side of said tubular rod;
- said snap being one of a pair of said snaps each positioned on an associated one of a front side and a rear side of said coupler, a rear one of said snaps extending through said rear slot.
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A drape assembly comprising:
- a suction cup comprising a coupling end of said suction cup selectively suctionally engaging a support surface wherein said suction cup is retained on the support surface, said coupling end of said suction cup having a diameter being larger than a diameter of a free end of said suction cup wherein said suction cup is bell shaped, said suction cup being one of a pair of said suction cups each being positionable on the support surface wherein said pair of suction cups is horizontally spaced apart;
- a groove extending inwardly from an outside surface of said suction cup proximate said free end of said suction cup wherein said groove extends around an entire perimeter of said outside surface of said suction cup;
- a tubular rod removably coupled to said suction cup wherein said tubular rod is spaced laterally away from the support surface and positioned horizontally with respect to Earth;
- a slot extending through an exterior wall of said tubular rod wherein said slot extends between a first and a second end of said tubular rod, said slot being one of a pair of said slots each positioned on an associated one of a front side and a rear side of said tubular rod;
- a mount coupled to said rear side of said tubular rod, said mount having a U-shape wherein said mount selectively engages said groove on said suction cup wherein said mount is removably coupled to said suction cup, said mount being one of a pair of said mounts each positioned proximate an associated one of said first and second ends of said tubular rod;
- a coupler having a cylindrical shape, an outside surface of said coupler coextensively abuts an inside surface of said tubular rod wherein said coupler is slidably coupled to said tubular rod wherein said coupler is movable between said first end and said second end of said tubular rod, said coupler being one of a plurality of said couplers each positioned within an interior of said tubular rod wherein said plurality of couplers is distributed between said first and second end of said tubular rod, said cylindrical shape having an axis being a longitudinal axis oriented parallel to a longitudinal axis of said tubular rod;
- a centrally positioned snap coupled to and extending laterally away from said outside surface of said coupler, said snap being one of a pair of said snaps each positioned on an associated one of a front side and a rear side of said coupler, a front one and a rear one of said snaps each extending through an associated one of a front and a rear slot in said tubular rod;
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- a drape being positionable on said coupler wherein each of said front snaps extends through a back and a front of said drape proximate a top of said drape wherein said drape is removably coupled to said coupler wherein said drape extends downwardly from said tubular rod.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.