Claims
- 1. A drapery and support combination comprising:
- (a) a horizontally disposed curtain rod mounted on a base;
- (b) a curtain made up of a plurality of elongated slats arranged to form a curtain which moves between opened and closed positions in accordion fashion;
- (c) slat supporting means at the upper end of each slat for suspending same in sliding and pivoting relation from said rod;
- (d) means associated with said slat supporting means for holding the angle between adjacent slats, when said curtain is in the closed position, at a predetermined angle relative to the axis of said rod, independently of the means for joining the lateral edges of the slats; and
- the slat supporting means having a central support member and a pair of slots therein positioned relative to the pivot axis of said slat such that tension applied to said central support member along a line parallel to and in a common vertical plane with the axis of said curtain, pivots said slat to said predetermined angle.
- 2. The drapery support combination defined in claim 1 further characterized by:
- said means for holding the slats at the predetermined angle comprising a flat, flexible spacer strip connected between each slat supporting means in a vertical plane which includes the longitudinal axis of said rod.
- 3. The drapery and support combination defined in claim 2 further characterized by:
- a pair of slots in each slat supporting means disposed on opposite sides of the pivot axis thereof at said predetermined angle, and said strips connected to said slat supporting means in said slots.
- 4. The drapery and support combination defined in claim 3 further characterized by:
- each said strip having an enlarged head and such said slot having an enlarged recess for receiving one said head.
- 5. A drapery and support combination comprising:
- (a) a horizontally disposed curtain rod mounted on a base;
- (b) a curtain made up of a plurality of elongated slats arranged to form a curtain which moves between opened and closed positions in accordion fashion;
- (c) slat supporting means at the upper end of each slat for suspending same in sliding and pivoting relation from said rod;
- (d) means associated with said slat supporting means for holding the angle between adjacent slats, when said curtain is in the closed position, at a predetermined angle relative to the axis of said rod, independently of the means for joining the lateral edges of the slats;
- (e) means for supporting an end slat of said curtain to pivot about an axis which is fixed relative to said rod,
- the fixed pivot axis of said end slat being at the outer marginal end of said end slat, and
- (f) means supporting said end slat on said rod including an elongated slot which follows an arc the center of which is at the pivot axis of said end slat.
- 6. The drapery and support combination defined in claim 5 further characterized by:
- at least one additional slat connected to said curtain along the outer margin of said end slat.
- 7. A drapery and support combination comprising:
- (a) a horizontally disposed curtain rod mounted on a base;
- (b) a curtain made up of a plurality of elongated slats and means for joining the slats at their lateral edges to form a curtain which moves between opened and closed positions in accordion fashion, said curtain comprising a slat at each end and intermediate slats;
- (c) means for supporting said intermediate slats in sliding and pivoting relation on said rod;
- (d) means for supporting at least one said end slat to pivot about a fixed axis which coincides with its outside lateral margin, and
- (e) means for supporting said end slat at a second point in sliding relation to said rod in an acruate path the center of which is on the pivot axis of said end slat.
- 8. The drapery and support combination defined in claim 7 further characterized by:
- at least one additional slat connected to said curtain along the outer margin of said end slat.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 23,071, filed Mar. 23, 1979, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,254,815, entitled "Curtain Supporting and Positioning Combination".
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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