Abstract: A runner and guide rail for curtains intended to maintain a line for opening and closing the curtains automatically and constantly to the tension state by intermediately installing elastic members at the connections between the runner and the line. A guide rail for curtains that can be compactly stored and transported by dividing the guide rail body and linking segments with bendable couplers. In addition, a guide rail for manually opened and closed type curtains which can simultaneously open and close right and left curtains by pulling the curtain on one side.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing stiffness to the upper end of an elongated section of drapery fabric which selectably allows the drapery fabric to be readily foldable when stiffness is not needed. The apparatus also connects the drapery to an overhead, traverse supporting rail, such as by an arrangement of hooks and eyelets or rotatable pendants. The apparatus includes an insert member made of a flexible, relatively stiff material which may be one continuous strip or a series of segments. The apparatus also includes member mountable to the drapery that is made of flexible, readily-foldable material. The insert member and the mounting member are configured so that the insert member may be engaged with the mounting member. When the insert member is engaged with the mounting member, the insert member and mounting member are not readily foldable and provide stiffness to support the drapery fabric between pendants.

Abstract: The invention comprises a glider with a head portion (1), a connecting portion (3) and a bottom portion (4), the connecting portion (3) having a smaller side than the bottom side of the head portion or the upper side of the bottom portion, the bottom portion being asymmetrical, and an eye(10), intended to bear a curtain hook towards one side, having been shifted to an outer surface (14) of the bottom portion.

Abstract: A holder for supporting a curtain relative to a wall or ceiling surface. The inventive device includes an elongated support plate mountable to a wall or ceiling surface and having a pair of retaining channels extending therealong. A plurality of sliding hooks are movably positioned within the channel and extend downwardly from the support plate to couple with a curtain.

Abstract: A curtain hanging device is disclosed. The curtain hanging device features a rod which has a rectangular cross section composed of a first surface, a second surface, a third surface, a fourth surface, and a fifth surface. The first and fifth surfaces of the rod lie within the same plane and are spaced opposite and parallel to the plane of the third surface. The first and fifth surfaces have a lateral dimension less than that of the third surface and are spaced from each other, such that a channel is formed along the length of the curtain hanging device. The curtain hanging device includes at least one I shaped slide member. The I shaped slide member has a first end, a second end and a web connecting the first and second ends. The first end has a pair of side surfaces and is dimensioned to slide within and along the channel such that the pair of side surfaces remain parallel to the second and forth surfaces. The second end has a grooved surface and a pair of horizontal surfaces.

Abstract: Slide shoe for sliding roofs, sliding lifting roofs and the like. The slide shoe has a slide shoe body made of rubber, which can be mounted onto a slide shoe carrier, and which, in an assembled state, is displaceably guided in a longitudinal guideway which is essentially U-shaped in cross section. A slide casing made of synthetic material is placed over the slide shoe carrier, which is made of soft rubber.

Abstract: A window slider for guiding a vehicle window in a guide channel having spaced, side and base walls comprises a one-piece molded plastic part having stiffly resilient projections integral with the part and extending laterally in two directions to bear against the side and base walls to prevent rattling of the slider in two directions in the channel. Serveral embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: The window shade track hook carrier includes a body of plastic, metal, ceramic or the like which is adapted to slide or roll freely in a shade track and bear a depending shade hook which is adapted to extend out of an opening in the bottom or side of the track. The carrier body has a window shade cord passageway extending longitudinally therethrough for holding such cord in the track. The track passageway is preferably lined with slippery plastic, smooth metal or the like low friction material to reduce abrasion of the cord and facilitate relative movement of the carrier and cord in the track. In one embodiment the body has a pair of body-centering rotatable wheels of plastic or the like disposed on opposite sides of the body. In another embodiment, the body has a pair of low friction skids on opposite sides of the body. In a third embodiment, the body is cylindrical and solid, with a low friction exterior, curved sidewalls and flat front and rear.

Abstract: A window slider for guiding a vehicle window in a guide channel having spaced, side and base walls comprises a one-piece molded plastic part having stiffly resilient projections integral with the part and extending laterally in two directions to bear against the side and base walls to prevent rattling of the slider in two directions in the channel. Several embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: A combination stop plug and open frame member for installation in the channel of a drapery track. The plug and frame parts are integrally formed. The plug part is sized and configured to be installed by sliding through an open end of the channel and immobilized in the channel by means of an accessible fastener, such as a set screw. The frame part is located exterior of the channel for accomodating therethrough a drapery fastener holder of a drapery carrier member slidable in the channel. However, the frame part prevents movement of the carrier member by engaging the fastener holder part extending therethrough. The device of the invention can be installed to close the open end of the channel with the fastener holder part located to hold a portion of the drapery panel overlying the open end of the channel.

Abstract: A drapery panel support system of the type including a rod defining a track, carriers mounted for movement along the track, and pendants mounted on the carriers for swivelling movement about an upright axis. The carriers each have a pendant support portion below the track with a laterally notch opening at one side edge of the pendant support portion and arranged to receive a neck portion on a pendant with a snap fit. A pendant retainer clip is shaped to underlie the carrier and has flanges which engage opposite side edges of the pendant support portion in the carrier and a notch in one end arranged to receive the neck portion on the pendant when the clip is in a pendant retaining position on the carrier.

Abstract: The curtain rod acts as shield concealing the runners and the upper edge of the curtain. The runners are guided by edges of slots in the inner and outer rod sections by means of grooves. The grooves receive the slot edges of the inner as well as outer rod section of the telescoping curtain rod only at the area of transition between inner and outer rod section. The runners glide back and forth between the outer rod section and the inner rod section without impinging at any place. This is due to the design according to which mentioned edges of the slots cooperate exclusively with only one each of two grooves present in the runners, each groove alocated to one respective guiding edge.

Abstract: A unitary shower-curtain hanger in the form of a resilient elongated torus, interrupted at one point on its circumference. Mounting of a shower curtain thereon is accomplished by applying force to the hanger at the site of the interruption to deform the hanger sufficiently to allow a shower curtain eyelet to be slipped thereon and to enable placement of the hanger about a curtain rod. Thereafter, the hanger resiliently returns to its original closed configuration. Closure means located at the interruption of the hanger are then utilized to form a continuous elongated torus.

Abstract: A plurality of drapery carriers are arranged and maintained in an aligned form from the point of production to installation in a drapery track. A group of such carriers are simultaneously molded in multiple cavities and interconnected by a tear strip molded simultaneously therewith so that they may all be removed from the mold as a unit, and may thereafter be handled as a unit until the carriers have been installed in a drapery track. Handling, inventory and installation times are minimized since a connected group of carriers can be handled at one time instead of having to individually deal with separate carriers.

Abstract: A curtain suspension device including a curtain clasp which is mounted in the slot of a curtain rod which curtain clasp comprises a needle slide member consisting of an oblong mirror-symmetrical plate provided at one of its longitudinal faces with a projection which is T-shaped in cross section and extends along the entire length of the oblong slide member in the symmetry plane thereof to form a slide shoe for sliding movement in the slot of the curtain rod, with the flanges of the "T" acting as guides in the slot.

Abstract: A traverse rod drapery hook is attachable to the terminal end of a curtain or drape and includes a member into which the terminal end of the traverse rod telescopes. The hook hereof includes a plate which provides a rigid surface for maintaining the drape in an upright position.

Abstract: A curtain runner T-shaped in a front view for use with a tubular curtain rod. The curtain runner is mountable on or removable from a groove at the bottom of the tubular rod by turning a leg of the runner in the groove through about 90 degrees.

Abstract: This combination, consists primarily of cylindrical tubes that are inserted into drapery pleats, so as to retain the pleat shape indefinitely, and the drapery hanger device is of such structure that it will eliminate under-rod swing of drapery hooks. The structure of the tubes is of a material that will be non-collapsible, and are removable, in order that draperies may be cleaned. The drapery hanger device of the combination is of such structure, that it will project the bottom of the pleat outwards and is adjustable to the degree needed, depending on the weight of the drapery.

Abstract: A drapery hanger having a support with a channel shaped track and a flexible tape secured to the upper margin of a drape and characterized by integral longitudinally spaced track-engaging parts each terminating in a V-shaped flange adapted for snap interlock with said track and slidable engagement in said track while supporting the weight of the drape.

Abstract: A curtain rail runner having a head part slidable in the curtain rail, and a hook-shaped locking part which is adapted to be engaged in the curtain or the curtain runner fixing tape and which can be bent open manually for such engagement. This curtain rail runner can be opened much more easily when it has to be removed from the tape or the curtain itself because the closure member of the curtain rail runner has two wing members which are adapted to be pressed elastically against one another, and a nose member having a nose which is adapted to engage in the head part when the runner is in the locked position and which is adapted to be snapped out of the detent position when the runner is opened by pressing the wing members against one another.

Abstract: A drapery hook support glide is designed to be mountable on a traverse rod at any location along the length of the rod. It is provided with a rod engaging head portion having a longitudinal dimension greater than the width of the track slot in the rod to assure retentive engagement with the rod when the glide is in a vertical position and a transverse dimension that is less than the width of the track slot to permit easy mounting of the glide in a horizontal position. Additionally, the neck portion of the glide is provided with side flanges for engaging the track upon sidewise rotation of the glide out of its vertical position thereby preventing inadvertent movement into its horizontal position with the glide pendant aligned with the track slot.

Abstract: A one-piece, rail glide system which includes a rail glide which can be assembled from the end or the side of a rail or other support structure with equal ease, said glide being resistent to disassembly from the rail throughout a wide arc of applied loosening forces, and being adaptible to low cost, mass production techniques, including extrusion forming.

Abstract: A drapery support assembly comprises a bracket adapted to support a drapery rod and slide means to adjustably support the bracket with respect to a wall or the like. The bracket is adapted to support a drapery rod in a first position for supporting a decorative over drapery which would then be the only drapery supported by the bracket. Alternatively, the bracket may mount mechanism in a second position to support a so-called glass curtain or sheer and is adapted to then mount a second bracket or extension means for then supporting the decorative cover drapery adjacent the glass curtain or sheer. Further disclosed in the present application are means to strengthen or rigidify drapery mounting members, adjust the same and, in modifications, diverse drapery mounting components.

Abstract: Device for eliminating a clearance at the center where a pair of curtains of the center draw type are overlapped. The device can be interposed between two straight curtain rods aligned end-to-end to detachably interconnect the curtain rods and comprises two connecting rails joined together side by side. Each of the rails includes a straight end portion to be connected to the corresponding curtain rod, a bent portion continuous with the straight end portion, and an extension continuously extending from the end of the bent portion deviated sidewise by a distance equal to the width of the rail so as to position in parallel to the straight end portion. The curtains on the opposite curtain rods are movable toward each other along the connecting rails to overlap each other at the bent portions and extensions.

Abstract: A drapery support for temporary drapery engagement during cleaning and pressing operations. A horizontal support receives a quantity of drapery engaging members with one of said members being slidable into cooperating successive engagement with drapery pleats. The drapery engaging members are self-locking by reason of the reaction force exerted by a clamped drapery. To release the drapery, the drapery engaging member is actuated by finger-tip pressure to disengage abutting surfaces on the support member and said drapery engaging member.

Abstract: A carrier and clip combination slidably mounted in a traverse rod to support a drapery. The carrier and clip include cooperating projections and apertures permitting selective engagement of one to the other so as to correctly locate the drapery hem with respect to the floor. The clip is of bifurcated shape with an irregular surface for purposes of drapery retention.

Abstract: A master slide for supporting the leading edge portion of a drape which includes a horizontally extending arm having vertical holes for receiving in upright position a forwardly projecting drapery hook at the front and a laterally projecting drapery hook at the tip. Special abutments are provided at the tip to hold the hook positively in its laterally extending direction free of swiveling action so that the leading edge portion of the drape, hooked in stretched condition on the hooks, closely conforms to the front surface of the arm and extends to a point beyond the tip. In the preferred embodiment, the special tip construction is used in both right hand and left hand master slides, forming an overlapping set, with the conformation of the drapes to the arms serving to hold the leading edge portions of the drapes under positive control to preclude any rubbing of the drapery material as the slides move in and out of their overlapping relation.