Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a pleat making device used to create pleats of fabric while the pleat making device is mounted to clothing. The pleat making device can have a frame for supporting the fabric, a fabric securing member for securing the fabric to the frame, and a segment frame hinge that allows for the rotation of a plurality of segment frames around an axis.

Abstract: An air freshener is composed of a diffuser with a wick system that is impregnated with a liquid fragrance contained in a replaceable bottle or receptacle whose liquid perfume, which is made and included in concentrate form, is obtained from natural essences to provide a long life. The air fresher is provided with an adjustment for the volume of the air freshener by volatilisation of the fragrant product by a simple turn of the head cap, at the user's discretion. It is possible to stop the product from issuing when the vehicle is not in use, thus saving its consumption.

Abstract: A binding tool for assisting in the task of folding and pressing bindings and ruffles and to a method of use thereof. The binding tool has a tool body having a top side and a bottom side and a slot disposed through the body for receiving a strip of cloth to be folded. The binding tool is used by placing the body member onto the top of an ironing board whereby the slot extends from the top of the ironing board upwardly through the body member. One end of a strip cloth is folded and then threaded through the slot from the top of the body down so that it extends between the body and the top of the ironing board. A heated iron is placed on a portion of the folded strip of cloth and then the strip of cloth is pulled through the slot whereby it is folded and simultaneously pulled under the iron and between the iron and the ironing board whereby it is pressed.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing a pleated effect to a tablecloth. A hoop having a plurality of undulating portions is positioned below the table top and above the floor such that the tablecloth is supported by the hoop with folds of the tablecloth falling between the undulating portions. In order to provide an effect of fullness, the hoop diameter is selected to be greater than the table top diameter.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing material having knife-pleats on either side, for use in manufacturing reversible knife-pleated garments such as skirts or dresses. Patterned material is woven with alternating narrow and wide sections, wherein each narrow section is identical in width to the next narrow section and each wide section is identical in width to the next wide section. A template is provided for use in stitching the layers of material together to form pleats. The template is also used in creating pleats from solid-colored material.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for forming parallel and non-parallel pleats in a fabric structure such as a curtain or drape includes a generally planar baseplate and a segmented forming member hingedly attached thereto and overlying the baseplate. The segmented forming member includes a first template and at least one second template which are hingedly connected together, each of the first and second templates having a leading edge and a trailing edge wherein the first template trailing edge is hingedly connected to the baseplate and wherein the second template trailing edge is hingedly connected to the first template such that a portion of the second template overlies a portion of the first template and such that the first template leading edge and such that a pocket a fabric-forming pocket is defines between the first template leading edge and the second template trailing edge.

Abstract: A pleat forming apparatus is formed with a "U" shaped framework including a plurality of rotatably mounted threaded rods therethrough. The threaded rods are mounted rotatably through forwardly extending legs of the "U" shaped frame wherein the threaded rods are mounted from opposite directions through the legs of the framework and through pleat arm supports mounting the pleat arms of the instant invention. The pleat arms include telescoping arms thereover for dimensionally lengthening the effective span of the pleat arms. The threaded rods are rotatably mounted to vary the spacing of the pleat arms to accommodate various material to be pleated and effect a desired pleat spacing.

Abstract: A pin tucking device for forming a plurality of pleats-like folds on a fabric has a flat base plate for fixing guide plates in position in cooperation with guide-plate mounting plates. One of the guide-plate mounting plates which is mounted on the base end-side of the base plate has kerfs spaced wider from one another than those of the other guide-plate mounting plate which is mounted on the front end side, so that it is possible to effectively cope with any change in needle intervals in the pin tuck sewing machine by hook portions of the guide plates being brought into engagement with the kerfs. Further, by engaging and disengaging the guide plates relative to the guide-plate mounting plates through such engagment and disengagement of the hook portions it is possible to vary the number of guide plates and thus to change the intervals of pleats-like folds in various different ways.

Abstract: In a pin-tucking device for forming a plurality of pleats-like folds on a fabric, guide-plate mounting plates have comb-like kerfs for engaging and disengaging hook portions of guide plates so that guide plates may be varied in number to change the intervals of the pleats-like folds in various different ways. Frame shaped based plates permit easy removal of fabric jamming or the like trouble without the necessity of the base plates being put out of assembly. The guide-plate mounting plates are mounted to the base plates by fixing plates. The device is easy to manufacture and economical.

Abstract: In a pleat forming machine, apertures are defined in a pleat simultaneously with the formation of the pleat. A pusher bar carries a cutting member which projects into a recess defined in a pleating bar when the two bars are brought together to form the pleat. By so projecting, the cutting member pierces the folded material between the bars to form the required apertures. Clean and accurate cutting is assured by providing a continuous cutting edge, at the distal end of the cutting member, biased at an angle relative to the mating surfaces of the bars in order to concentrate the cutting force at a small portion of the edge at the time of puncture.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods of heat-treating laminar materials, in particular fabrics including materials such as synthetic leather (laminated polyurethane) are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a pair of cooperating rollers defining a nip through which the material is passed. Heating means is arranged to heat the material as it is compressed at the roller nip. A feeding arrangement is provided for feeding the material to said nip, the feeding arrangement including a pair of cooperating formers between which the material is passed. Each of the formers comprises a series of ribs spaced apart from one another, the average gap between adjacent ribs being less at the leading edge of the former than at the trailing edge thereof. The ribs of one former are positioned so that they are able to lie within the gaps between the ribs of the other former. Advantageously, the apparatus also includes means for effecting lateral movement of at least one of the formers.

Abstract: A generally upright fabric sheet supporting frame has a transversely extending pleater support mounted thereto. Plural elongated pleaters are slidably mounted to the pleater support and are aligned in a transversely extending generally horizontal row. These pleaters are selected for the desired size of pleat, are adjusted to a desired position along the row, and are then releasably clamped in place. The fabric sheet is folded about projecting portions of these pleaters and secured together, as by flat washers and a hollow rivet, at spaced apart locations. Curtain raising and lowering cords are threaded through apertures of the washers and the rivet. The pleat is removed from the pleaters, and the fabric and pleater support are moved relative to one another to position a section of unpleated fabric adjacent the pleaters. This unpleated fabric is then pleated in the same manner. This cycle is repeated until the shade is complete.

Abstract: A napkin ring which easily and quickly imparts a decorative shape to a napkin inserted therein comprises an annular-shaped external member 2 having a cantilevered tongue 4 extending from an inside surface of said external member toward and past the center of the annulus. The free end of the tongue has a pair of arms 16 extending therefrom and curved back toward the base of the tongue. A napkin is shaped by inserting a corner thereof 8 between the free end of the tongue and the annulus and pulling the napkin about halfway into the ring where it will be forced into a decorative shape between the tongue and the ring.

Abstract: A jig used to both space and form pleats. The jig has one finger which abuts a datum surface on a previously formed pleat (the datum surface being either a sew line or the loop) and another finger over which the material is folded to form a loop, so that each pleat is located from the previously formed pleat. The pleats can be sewn while retained in location by the jig, when the jig is associated with means which locate it with respect to the needle of a sewing machine.

Abstract: A guide board for use in guiding fabric in a pin-tucking sewing machine in which the guide members are made freely detachable and replaceable to obtain a desired pattern of pin-tucking without changing the guide board but simply removing and/or replacing the guide members.

Abstract: Apparatus for use in fabricating pleated materials, particularly for forming pleats in drapery materials such as swags and cascades. The apparatus greatly facilitates and eliminates some certain hand operations. A plurality of parallel upstanding spaced members is provided. The members are connected by adjustable lazy tongs means so that the members are adjustable to a desired uniform spacing. The members may be either straight or they may be of curved configuration for making swags. The material is placed over the members and then uniform pleats are formed over the members with the pleats then being held to the members by holding devices. The members are constructed so that they can be manipulated or actuated to hold all the pleats which are then secured by stapling prior to the removal of the completed material and final fabrication.

Abstract: A simplified adjustable fabric pleater guide particularly for use in spacing and forming pinch pleats in draperies. A scale is provided on a measuring stick which may be metrically calibrated, as well as calibrated in inches, while an index is provided on the adjustable fabric guide for rapidly and accurately setting the required primer pleats longitudinally on the fabric. A pinch pleat former is utilized to quickly and accurately divide the primary pleats into pinch pleats.

Abstract: A device to facilitate the pleating of a fabric material comprising a substantially flat sheet of plastic having alternating scorings on each side of the plastic device. On one side the scorings have a substantially V-shaped cross-section and on the opposite side the scorings have an arcuate cross-section. The scoring lines are parallel to each other and are equally spaced from each other to thereby facilitate folding the plastic device accordion style.

Abstract: A hot-melt carpet seaming tape having means for cooperating with a specially designed electric iron to maintain registery of the tape and iron while the heated iron is moved along and over the tape beneath the abutting edges of carpet segments to adhere the segments to the tape and together in a novel process for accomplishing the same.