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US 9,717,362 B1Granted
Drapery carrying method and apparatus
AssigneeRowley Company, LLC
InventorCliff Birch
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Abstract
A drapery hanging apparatus, method and system including a plurality of carriers, each carrier having a support portion and a pendant for carrying draperies. The carriers are retained by a flexible strip of indefinite length so that the carriers can be fed into a hanger track in a single step.
Claims16
An apparatus for hanging draperies, comprising:
- a plurality of carriers held by a retainer strip, wherein each of said carriers includes a support portion and a pendant portion, wherein said retainer strip is about flat with a top surface and a plurality of consecutive spaced openings, and wherein said pendent portions are respectively received by said openings, said pendent portions including first stop members that are adapted to rest on said top surface of said retainer strips, and wherein said openings are adapted to prevent said first stop members from passing beneath said top surface and through said openings.
A kit for hanging draperies, comprising:
- a plurality of carriers held by a retainer strip, wherein each of said carriers includes a support portion and a pendant portion, wherein said retainer strip is about flat with a top surface and a plurality of consecutive spaced openings, and wherein said pendent portions are respectively received by said openings, said pendent portions including first stop members that are adapted to rest on said top surface of said retainer strips, and wherein said openings are adapted to prevent said first stop members from passing beneath said top surface and through said openings;
- a spool around which said plurality of carriers held by said retainer strip are wound;
- a hanging track;
- draperies;
- and
- drapery hanging means.
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A method for installing a carrying apparatus for hanging draperies, comprising the steps:
- (1) providing a plurality of carriers held by a retainer strip, wherein each of said carriers includes a support portion and a pendant portion, wherein said retainer strip is about flat with a top surface and a plurality of consecutive spaced openings, and wherein said pendent portions are respectively received by said openings, said pendent portions including first stop members that are adapted to rest on said top surface of said retainer strips, and wherein said openings are adapted to prevent said first stop members from passing beneath said top surface and through said openings;
- (2) providing a transverse hanging track;
- (3) fixing said transverse hanging track to a support;
- (4) determining a number of said carriers needed to fill said hanging track;
- (5) counting out said number of carriers along a portion of said retainer strip using markings along said retainer strip;
- (6) separating said portion of said retainer strip from the remaining length of said retainer strip;
- (6) feeding said portion of said retainer strip holding the required number of said carriers in a single step into the interior of said hanging track so that said retainer strip is below the bottom, outer surface of said hanging track;
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- (7) removing said retainer strip from said carriers.
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A method for hanging draperies, comprising the steps:
- (1) providing a plurality of carriers held by a retainer strip, wherein each of said carriers includes a support portion and a pendant portion, wherein said retainer strip is about flat with a top surface and a plurality of consecutive spaced openings, and wherein said pendent portions are respectively received by said openings, said pendent portions including first stop members that are adapted to rest on said top surface of said retainer strips, and wherein said openings are adapted to prevent said first stop members from passing beneath said top surface and through said openings;
- (2) providing a transverse hanging track;
- (3) providing draperies and drapery connecting means;
- (4) determining a number of carriers needed to fill said hanging track;
- (5) counting out said number of carriers using markings along said retainer strip;
- (6) cutting said retainer strip at the appropriate length;
- (7) feeding said carriers in a single step into the interior of said hanging track so that said retainer strip is below the bottom, outer surface of said hanging track;
- (8) removing said retainer strip;
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- (9) connecting the draperies to said carriers.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.