Window treatment support device

• US 5,375,644 A
• Filed: 01/21/1994
• Issued: 12/27/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Margaret R. Gilley, Paul D. Gilley
• Original Assignee: Margaret R. Gilley, Paul D. Gilley
• Inventors: Gilley, Paul D., Gilley, Margaret R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Purol, David M.
• Application Number:
  US08/185,109
• Time in Patent Office: 340 Days
• Field of Search: 160/348, 160/349.1, 160/19, 160/38, 160/39, 160/349.2, 160/330, 160/405, 211/87, 211/106, 211/105.1, 428/4, 428/5
• US Class Current: 160/348
• CPC Class Codes: A47H 13/14 Means for forming pleats

Abstract

An universal window treatment support device or holder for supporting various lengths, sizes and types of curtain and/or drapery material in a wide variety of different decorative treatment arrangements. The holder is an elongated, relatively thin, flat rigid element containing a number of openings of different sizes and shapes along its length. The device is vertically mounted in front of an area to be decorated and looped sections of material is passed from the back of the holder to its front through one or more of the openings after which the looped sections are fluffed out or draped in front of the holder to provide individualized decorative treatments.

Claims

1. A window treatment support device for holding and supporting drapery and curtain materials in a wide variety of non-uniform decorative treatment arrangements comprising in combination;

an elongated non-expansible rigid member of a generally rectangular cross-sectional configuration having at least one flat surface thereon and having first and second spaced-apart parallel rails extending along the length of said rigid member;

mounting means engaging one of said rails for positioning and maintaining said elongated rigid member a spaced distance in front of an area to be decorated with the flat surface of said elongated rigid member lying in a vertical plane; and

a plurality of material-receiving apertures located between said rails and spaced along the length thereof with each material-receiving aperture extending through said elongated rigid member at right angles to the flat surface thereof, and with each material-receiving aperture having a separate enclosing side wall.

2. A window treatment support device as set forth in claim 1, wherein portions of said rails are an integral part of the enclosing side walls of certain of said material-receiving apertures.

3. A window treatment support device for holding and supporting various lengths and widths of drapery and curtain materials in a wide variety of non-uniform decorative treatment arrangements comprising in combination;

an elongated non-expansible rigid member of a generally rectangular cross-sectional configuration having a flat front surface and a flat back surface and having upper and lower spaced-apart parallel rails extending along the length thereof;

mounting means engaging said upper rail for positioning and maintaining said elongated rigid member in front of an area to be decorated with said flat front and back surfaces of said elongated rigid member lying in respective parallel vertical planes;

said elongated rigid member having a plurality of material-receiving apertures located between said upper and lower rails and spaced along the length of said rigid member with each material-receiving aperture extending through said elongated rigid member at right angles to said flat surfaces thereof, and with each material-receiving aperture having a separate enclosing side wall; and

said mounting means positioning and maintaining said rigid elongated member a spaced distance in front of the area being decorated for the unrestricted passage of drapery and fabric material from the back surface of the elongated rigid member through said material-receiving apertures to the front surface of said elongated rigid member.

4. An area treatment support device comprising an elongated non-expansible member of a rectangular configuration having at least one flat surface thereon;

said elongated member comprising a row of a multiplicity of material-receiving apertures spaced along its length and intermediate its ends and further comprising end treatment sections each having a first opening and a second opening;

each of said material-receiving apertures and said first and second openings having a separate enclosing side wall and each said material-receiving aperture and said first and second openings extending through said elongated member at substantially right angles to said flat surfaces; and

mounting means for supporting said elongated member above said area to be decorated with said flat surface being disposed in a substantially vertical plane and with said first opening being disposed generally above said second opening.