Patents by Inventor Kathleen M. Konecek-Hughes

Kathleen M. Konecek-Hughes has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8051536
    Abstract: A drapery holder releasably engages a header jamb of a window. A vertical front wall and back wall are disposed in parallel relation to one another and are interconnected to one another by a horizontal bottom wall. Co-planar horizontal flanges are formed integrally with the front wall and the back wall and extend toward one another. Respective inboard ends of the horizontal flanges are spaced apart from one another to capture drapery carriers that are slideable along the extent of the horizontal flanges under the control of a drapery control apparatus. A channel is formed by the horizontal bottom wall and respective upper ends of the front and back walls and a plurality of magnets is positioned within the channel. Each magnet magnetically engages ferrous materials that form a part of the header jamb so that the drapery holder is releasably secured to the header jamb by a magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Inventor: Kathleen M. Konecek-Hughes
  • Publication number: 20080250608
    Abstract: A Magnetic drapery track without mounting hardware (brackets). An extruded aluminum and or extruded thermoplastic track having single or multiple channels. Various properties and number of magnets along said channel having opposed flat surfaces defining north and South Pole surfaces. Back said surface is attracted to a ferrous material so that the drapery track can be (releasable). Ferrous material being but not limited to a concealed corner bead/lath, generally installed during the construction phase, that surrounds a drywall/plasterboard (gypsum) opening. Any opening that may contain but not limited to a sliding glass door, windows and doors and contains ferrous materials. It is because of the concealed corner bead/lath and or exposed metal moldings and trims at the header and its surrounding opening that the magnetic drapery track can adhere without mounting hardware (brackets).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: Home Development of Clearwater Corp.
    Inventor: Kathleen M. Konecek-Hughes