Patents Assigned to Zahner Design Group, Ltd.
  • Patent number: 11612264
    Abstract: A modular track system for hanging a curtain, the track system consisting of modules or sections with attachments and accessories designed to adjust to varying environments and specifications. Track shape and length are adjusted by specifying various combinations of the specialized components created as part of the system. Complementing the track system is a curtain with integrated loop fasteners which allows the curtain to be attached and removed without removing the track. The system further preferably includes a side support for use in attached the track to a fixed support in the environment, and a guiderail on the side of the track on one or more track sections, the track and curtain all being coordinated to form an efficient and improved curtain hanging system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Zahner Design Group, Ltd.
    Inventor: David Zahner
  • Publication number: 20180317689
    Abstract: Hanging products having an opening for suspending the item from a rod without removing the rod from its mounted supports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: Zahner Design Group, Ltd.
    Inventor: David Zahner
  • Patent number: 10085582
    Abstract: A modular track system for hanging a curtain, the track system consisting of modules or sections with attachments and accessories designed to adjust to varying environments and specifications. Track shape and length are adjusted by specifying various combinations of the specialized components created as part of the system. Complementing the track system is a curtain with integrated loop fasteners which allows the curtain to be attached and removed without removing the track. The system further preferably includes a side support for use in attached the track to a fixed support in the environment, and a guiderail on the side of the track on one or more track sections, the track and curtain all being coordinated to form an efficient and improved curtain hanging system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Zahner Design Group, Ltd.
    Inventor: David Zahner
  • Patent number: 10045649
    Abstract: Hanging products having an opening for suspending the item from a rod without removing the rod from its mounted supports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Zahner Design Group, Ltd.
    Inventor: David Zahner
  • Patent number: 8408275
    Abstract: A modular track system for hanging a curtain, the track system consisting of modules or sections with attachments and accessories designed to adjust to varying environments and specifications. Track shape and length are adjusted by specifying various combinations of the specialized components created as part of the system. Complementing the track system is a curtain with integrated loop fasteners which allows the curtain to be attached and removed without removing the track. The system further preferably includes a side support for use in attached the track to a fixed support in the environment, and a guiderail on the side of the track on one or more track sections, the track and curtain all being coordinated to form an efficient and improved curtain hanging system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Zahner Design Group, Ltd.
    Inventors: John Stuart DeWees, David Zahner
  • Patent number: 8235088
    Abstract: Hanging products having an opening for suspending the item from a rod, the hanging product being provided with a ring having a gap, the ring further being provided with a movable member for opening and closing the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Zahner Design Group, Ltd.
    Inventor: David Zahner
  • Patent number: 7788733
    Abstract: A supporting material such a loop fastener or a backing material integral with or attached to a towel or towel related product. The fastener allows the towel or towel related product to be attached to a rod, hook or so forth, without removing the rod from its supports, minimizing or eliminating the risk of the towel sliding off the rod and falling onto the floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Zahner Design Group, Ltd.
    Inventor: David Zahner
  • Patent number: 7296609
    Abstract: Hanging products having an opening for suspending the item from a rod, the hanging product being provided with a ring having a gap, the ring further being provided with a movable member for opening and closing the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Zahner Design Group, Ltd.
    Inventor: David Zahner
  • Patent number: 7058988
    Abstract: Accessories and methods for directly suspending clothing from a mounted rod. An opening is provided in the clothing, the opening communicating with an edge of the product and having both an open configuration and a closed configuration, with a supporting material such a loop fastener or a backing material integral with or attached to the clothing. The supporting material includes the opening and can be moved from the open to the closed configuration and back, allowing the product to be easily attached to and detached from a rod, hook, and so forth, without the need to use a hanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Zahner Design Group, Ltd.
    Inventor: David Zahner
  • Patent number: 6935402
    Abstract: Hanging products having an opening for suspending the item from a rod without removing the rod from its mounted supports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Zahner Design Group, Ltd.
    Inventor: David Zahner
  • Patent number: 6866082
    Abstract: Methods and kits for providing a consumer with the ability to easily convert an item of material into a hanging product, such as a window or shower curtain. The consumer can purchase an item of fabric to his or her liking, and use the kit for conversion of the fabric into curtains. The kit assists with and facilitates the process, providing the consumer with the ability to custom make hanging products with limited or no prior experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Zahner Design Group, Ltd.
    Inventor: David Zahner
  • Patent number: 6494248
    Abstract: A hanging material such as a curtain is provided with openings each having a slit therein for attachment to a fixed rod. Each opening is reinforced with rings having projecting flanges extending beyond the ring away from the curtain. The projecting flanges of the rings makes it easier to open up the ring thereby facilitating the placement of the curtain upon the fixed rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: Zahner Design Group, Ltd.
    Inventor: David Zahner
  • Patent number: D668091
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Zahner Design Group, Ltd.
    Inventor: David Zahner
  • Patent number: D669721
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Zahner Design Group, Ltd.
    Inventor: David Zahner
  • Patent number: D746078
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Zahner Design Group, Ltd.
    Inventor: David Zahner
  • Patent number: D927967
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Zahner Design Group, Ltd.
    Inventor: Sondra Lam
  • Patent number: D981138
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Zahner Design Group, Ltd.
    Inventor: David Zahner
  • Patent number: D997597
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Zahner Design Group, Ltd.
    Inventor: David Zahner
  • Patent number: D1023618
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Zahner Design Group, Ltd.
    Inventor: David Zahner