Curtain
A curtain has a substrate, multiple horizontal row assemblies, a rope and at least one flexible tube. The horizontal row assemblies are mounted horizontally on a surface of the substrate at intervals and each horizontal row assembly has at least one rope-extended element. The rope is extended vertically through the rope-extended elements to form multiple rope segments and has two ends fastened to the rope-extended elements near the bottom of the substrate. The flexible tube is fastened to the rear surface of the substrate and at least sheathes the at least one rope segment between the two horizontal row assemblies near a bottom of the substrate. Children cannot touch or pull the rope, which is sheathed by the flexible tubes fastened to the substrate, so the curtain is safe.
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1. Field of Invention
The present invention relates to a curtain, and more particularly to a curtain with a hidden rope to prevent children from pulling the rope and avoid accidents with children.
2. Description of the Related Art
A curtain is mounted near a window for sun shielding purposes. Various curtains are provided on the market, including horizontal curtains and vertical curtains (such as Roman shade, blind or the like).
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However, the rope (33) and the substrate (31) are only fastened to each other by the rings (321) at the rod (32) near the bottom of the substrate (31), so an interval are occurred between the rope (33) and the substrate (31). Children easily pull the rope (33) when they are at play and the rope (33) may wind around their necks. Therefore, the conventional curtain (30) is not safe and is dangerous for children.
To overcome the shortcomings, the present invention provides a curtain to mitigate or obviate the aforementioned.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThe primary objective of the present invention is to provide a curtain with a hidden rope to prevent children from pulling the rope and avoid accidents with children.
To achieve the objective, the curtain in accordance with the present invention comprises a substrate, multiple horizontal row assemblies, a rope and at least one flexible tube. The horizontal row assemblies are mounted horizontally on a surface of the substrate at intervals and each horizontal row assembly has at least one rope-extended element. The rope is extended vertically through the rope-extended elements to form multiple rope segments and has two ends fastened to the rope-extended elements near the bottom of the substrate. The at least one flexible tube is fastened to the rear surface of the substrate and at least sheathes the at least one rope segment between the two horizontal row assemblies near a bottom of the substrate.
Children cannot touch or pull the rope, which is sheathed by the flexible tubes fastened to the substrate, so the curtain is safe.
Other objectives, advantages and novel features of the invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
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The substrate (11) has a top, a bottom, a front surface and a rear surface. The top is fastened to the roller device (40).
The horizontal row assemblies are mounted horizontally on the rear surface of the substrate (11) at intervals. Each horizontal row assembly comprises at least one rope-extended element. The rope-extended elements of the horizontal row assemblies are aligned on the same vertical. When each horizontal row assembly comprises more than two rope-extended elements, the rope-extended elements are mounted on the rear surface of the substrate (11) at intervals in the same horizontal.
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In other embodiments of the present invention, each horizontal row assembly has a cloth sheet or folder and multiple through holes. The cloth sheet or folder is mounted horizontally on the rear surface of the substrate and may be formed integrally with the substrate. The through holes are served as the rope-extended elements and are defined through the cloth sheet or folder.
A wide variety of horizontal row assemblies can be used depending on user's demands, material of substrate or other factors easily modified by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention and the appended claims and all of them should be considered to be within the present scope.
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Each flexible tube (14) can be made of various flexible and foldable material, such as, but not limited to cloth, plastic or the like. In one specific aspect, with reference to
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In another aspect, an addition rod can be fastened to the bottom of the substrate (11) and is parallel to the horizontal row assembly. Therefore, the curtain (10) between the horizontal row assembly near the bottom of the substrate (11) and the bottom of the substrate (11) can be kept in stable position even though it is fluttered by wind.
In yet another aspect, the horizontal row assembly, such as the rod (12), near the bottom of the substrate (11) is directly fastened to the bottom of the substrate (11). Therefore, not only the bottom of the substrate (11) can be kept in stable position, but also when the curtain (10) is drawn up, the substrate (11) can be folded thoroughly to present another visual effect.
The flexible tubes (14) sheathe and hide the rope segments, so the children only touch flexible tubes (14) rather than the rope (13). Furthermore, the flexible tubes (14) are fastened to the substrate (11). Even though the children touch the flexible tubes (14), the flexible tubes (14) cannot be detached from the substrate (11). Therefore, the curtain (10) of the present invention is safe.
Even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the present invention have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and function of the invention, the disclosure is illustrative only. Changes may be made in detail, especially in matters of shape, size and arrangement of parts within the principles of the invention to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.
Claims
1. A curtain comprising:
- a substrate;
- multiple horizontal row assemblies mounted horizontally on a surface of the substrate at intervals and each horizontal row assembly having at least one rope-extended element;
- a rope extended vertically through the rope-extended elements to form multiple rope segments between two rope-extended elements respectively at each two horizontal row assemblies in a same vertical and having two ends fastened to the rope-extended elements near the bottom of the substrate; and
- at least one flexible tube fastened to the rear surface of the substrate and at least sheathing the at least one rope segment between the two horizontal row assemblies near a bottom of the substrate.
2. The curtain as claimed in claim 1, wherein each horizontal row assembly has
- a rod mounted horizontally on the surface of the substrate at intervals in parallel; and
- multiple rings served as the rope-extended elements and horizontally mounted on the rod at intervals.
3. The curtain as claimed in claim 1, wherein each horizontal row assembly essentially consists of multiple rings that are served as the rope-extended elements and are horizontally mounted on the surface of the substrate at intervals.
4. The curtain as claimed in claim 1, wherein each flexible tube is fastened thoroughly to the surface of the substrate.
5. The curtain as claimed in claim 2, wherein each flexible tube is fastened thoroughly to the surface of the substrate.
6. The curtain as claimed in claim 3, wherein each flexible tube is fastened thoroughly to the surface of the substrate.
7. The curtain as claimed in claim 1, wherein each flexible tube has two end portions and a middle portion and each flexible tube is fastened to the surface of the substrate only by the end portions and an interval is formed between the middle portion and the surface of the substrate.
8. The curtain as claimed in claim 2, wherein each flexible tube has two end portions and a middle portion and each flexible tube is fastened to the surface of the substrate only by the end portions and an interval is formed between the middle portion and the surface of the substrate.
9. The curtain as claimed in claim 3, wherein each flexible tube has two end portions and a middle portion and each flexible tube is fastened to the surface of the substrate only by the end portions and an interval is formed between the middle portion and the surface of the substrate.
10. The curtain as claimed in claim 1 having multiple flexible tubes sheathing all the rope segments.
11. The curtain as claimed in claim 2 having multiple flexible tubes sheathing all the rope segments.
12. The curtain as claimed in claim 3 having multiple flexible tubes sheathing all the rope segments.
13. The curtain as claimed in claim 1, wherein each flexible tube is made of cloth, is sewed onto the surface of the substrate and has
- an upper end;
- a lower end having an opening; and
- a middle part;
- wherein a dimension of the upper end is smaller than a dimension of the lower end and the upper end is located in the opening of the lower end and the middle part is located in the opening between the upper end and the lower end when the flexible tube is folded.
14. The curtain as claimed in claim 2, wherein each flexible tube is made of cloth, is sewed onto the surface of the substrate and has
- an upper end;
- a lower end having an opening; and
- a middle part;
- wherein a dimension of the upper end is smaller than a dimension of the lower end and the upper end is located in the opening of the lower end and the middle part is located in the opening between the upper end and the lower end when the flexible tube is folded.
15. The curtain as claimed in claim 3, wherein each flexible tube is made of cloth, is sewed onto the surface of the substrate and has
- an upper end;
- a lower end having an opening; and
- a middle part;
- wherein a dimension of the upper end is smaller than a dimension of the lower end and the upper end is located in the opening of the lower end and the middle part is located in the opening between the upper end and the lower end when the flexible tube is folded.
16. The curtain as claimed in claim 4, wherein each flexible tube is made of cloth, is sewed onto the surface of the substrate and has
- an upper end;
- a lower end having an opening; and
- a middle part;
- wherein a dimension of the upper end is smaller than a dimension of the lower end and the upper end is located in the opening of the lower end and the middle part is located in the opening between the upper end and the lower end when the flexible tube is folded.
17. The curtain as claimed in claim 7, wherein each flexible tube is made of cloth, is sewed onto the surface of the substrate and has
- an upper end;
- a lower end having an opening; and
- a middle part;
- wherein a dimension of the upper end is smaller than a dimension of the lower end and the upper end is located in the opening of the lower end and the middle part is located in the opening between the upper end and the lower end when the flexible tube is folded.
18. The curtain as claimed in claim 10, wherein each flexible tube is made of cloth, is sewed onto the surface of the substrate and has
- an upper end;
- a lower end having an opening; and
- a middle part;
- wherein a dimension of the upper end is smaller than a dimension of the lower end and the upper end is located in the opening of the lower end and the middle part is located in the opening between the upper end and the lower end when the flexible tube is folded.
Type: Application
Filed: Nov 17, 2009
Publication Date: Mar 24, 2011
Applicant:
Inventor: Wen-Chong Huang (Taipei)
Application Number: 12/590,966
International Classification: A47H 5/02 (20060101);