Method of forming scalloped configuration in curtains

• US 7,213,633 B2
• Filed: 07/01/2004
• Issued: 05/08/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Anchor Sales & Marketing Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Frank Petronzio
• Inventors: Petronzio, Frank
• Primary Examiner(s): Johnson; Blair M.
• Application Number:
  US10/880,475
• Publication Number:
  US 20050211399A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,041 Days
• Field of Search: 160/349.2, 160/348, 160/330, 160/84.01, 160/349.1, 135/117, D65/78
• US Class Current: 160/330
• CPC Class Codes: A47H 13/00 Fastening curtains on curtain rods or rails
• CPC Class Codes: A47H 2023/003 Additional elements for the decoration of curtains

Abstract

A method of forming scalloped configuration in a single or double-layer curtain comprises providing the curtain with a pair of ties with their upper ends attached to the curtain and their lower ends hanging freely. A solid bead having a passageway therethrough is slipped upwardly through each tie to approximately the same height until a scalloped configuration is formed in the curtain.

Claims

1. A method of forming scalloped configuration in a double-layer curtain for hanging from windows, said curtain having a front layer and a back layer, each of said layers being defined by an upper edge and a lower generally parallel edge, and two generally parallel sides, said method comprising:

(c) providing two pairs of ties, each tie having an upper end attached to said curtain, and a freely hanging lower end,

(c) each of said pairs of ties being attached at their upper ends to one of said curtain layers a finite distance from the top edge and its respective side edge, and

(c) slipping each pair of said ties a through solid bead having a passageway therethrough for passage of said ties and raising each bead to approximately the same height until forming the scalloped configuration in said curtain.

2. A method as in claim 1 wherein each of said beads is spherical in shape having a central through passageway.

3. A method as in claim 1 wherein the ends of each pair of ties which are attached to the curtain lie on a common line which is generally parallel to the top and bottom edges of each of said layers.

4. A method as in claim 2 wherein the ends of each pair of ties which are attached to the curtain lie on a common line which is generally parallel to the top and bottom edges of each of said layers.

5. A method of forming a scalloped configuration in a single layer curtain, said curtain layer being defined by an upper edge and a lower generally parallel edge, and two generally parallel side edges, said method comprising:

(a) providing two pairs of ties, each tie having an upper end attached to said curtain, and a freely hanging lower end,

(b) each of said pairs of ties being attached at their upper ends to said curtain a finite distance from the top edge and respective side edge, and

(c) slipping each pair of said ties through a solid bead having a passageway therethrough for passage of said ties and raising each bead to approximately the same height until forming the scalloped configuration in said curtain.

6. A method as in claim 5 wherein each of said beads is spherical in shape having a central through passageway.

7. A method as in claim 5 wherein the ends of each pair of ties which are attached to the curtain lie on a common line which is generally parallel to the top and bottom edges of each of said layers.

8. A method as in claim 6 wherein the ends of each pair of ties which are attached to the curtain lie on a common line which is generally parallel to the top and bottom edges of each of said layers.