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Pleated shade with sewn in pleats

  • US 7,243,698 B2
  • Filed: 01/10/2005
  • Issued: 07/17/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A material for a pleated shade apparatus, the material comprising:

  • a panel of fabric having a front side and a back side;

    a first set of seams sewn through the panel at spaced apart locations in a manner to create a plurality of tabs extending from the back side of the panel of fabric; and

    a second set of seams sewn through the panel of fabric such that there is one seam from the second set of seams between each pair of adjacent seams from the first set of seams, each seam from the second set of seams positioned to form a pleat extending outward from the front side of the panel of fabric so that there is not more than one sixteenth of an inch of fabric between the seam and an outermost portion of the pleat.

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