Strip curtain

• US 6,050,322 A
• Filed: 08/19/1997
• Issued: 04/18/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Kason Industries Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Kason Industries Incorporated
• Inventors: Kennedy, Mark, Finkelstein, Burl
• Primary Examiner(s): Stodola, Daniel P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): LEV, BRUCE ALLEN
• Application Number:
  US08/912,820
• Time in Patent Office: 973 Days
• Field of Search: 160/184, 160/332, 160/380, 160/196.1, 160/404, 160/178.1 V, 312/116
• US Class Current: 160/332
• CPC Class Codes: A47H 1/04 Curtain rails
• CPC Class Codes: A47H 13/00 Fastening curtains on curtain rods or rails
• CPC Class Codes: A47H 15/04 Gliders

Abstract

A strip curtain system has an elongated track (10) that has a back side (11) with a bottom flange rail (14) and a front side (12) with a bottom flange rail (14) providing a channel 15. The track back side has a ridge (17) extending above at least a portion of the back side bottom flange. The track front side has a channel access port 22 located in front of the back side ridge. A number of curtain strips (30) have a bifurcated hanger (31) mounted about opposite sides their top ends. The bifurcated hangers have a bottom (37) shaped to be slidably supported upon the track rails and a hang support surface (38) for support upon the track back side ridge.

Claims

1. A strip curtain system comprising an elongated track having an elongated back side with a bottom flange rail canted at an acute angle with respect to said back side and an elongated front side with a bottom flange rail canted at an acute angle with respect to said front side providing a channel, said track back side having a ridge extending above at least a portion of said back side bottom flange and said front side having a channel access port located in front of said back side ridge, the top of said ridge being accessible through said access port, a plurality of curtain strips and a plurality of bifurcated hangers mounted about opposite sides of top end portions of said curtain strips, and with said bifurcated hangers each having a bottom shaped to be slidably supported upon said track back side flange rail and said front side flange rail and a support surface for hanging support upon said track back side ridge upon being inserted into said track through said access port and wherein said track back side flange rail and said track front side flange rail converge downwardly along two opposed inclines to be collectively generally V-shaped.

2. The strip curtain system of claim 1 wherein each of said bifurcated hangers has a generally V-shaped bottom having flat bearing surfaces that converge along two opposed inclines.

3. A strip curtain track comprising an elongated back bottom back side with a bottom flange canted at an acute angle with respect to said back side and an elongated front side with a bottom flange canted at an acute angle with respect to said back side wherein said track back side bottom flange and said track front side bottom flange converge along two opposed inclines to be collectively generally V-shaped, and wherein said front side has an access opening through which hangers supporting curtain strips may be inserted into the track and mounted upon said back side support ridge and back side bottom flange prior to being slid down the track upon said back side bottom flange and front side bottom flange away from said access opening.

4. A hanger for a strip curtain comprising two plates of identical size and shape with each plate having a substantially flat side adapted to be mountable flush aside a top end portion of the curtain strip and opposed flat bearing ends that converge along two opposed inclines and that extend from opposite ends of said flat side at an acute angle, and means for fastening said two plates together about opposite side of the strip curtain whereby the weight of the strip curtain is exerted on the flat bearing ends in contact with the flanges and thereby pushes the flat sides toward one another compressively against the top end portion of the strip curtain.

5. The strip curtain hanger of claim 4 wherein said fastening means comprises a peg mounted to each of said plates.

6. The strip curtain hanger of claim 4 wherein each of said plates has a flat hanging support ridge located between said opposed flat ends.