Patent Application
20220151423
The present invention relates to a curtain holder.
Curtains may be used to decorate rooms and can be hung from windows. Typically, curtains are evenly spread across a curtain rod, covering a window for privacy and adding color to a room. In such simple arrangements, the curtains may simply hang straight down. This can be viewed as plain or lacking style or originality, so there are also ways to create specific effects. Pinch pleat patterns are a highly decorative and popular style of curtains. Pinch pleat curtains draw together fabric into tightly gathered bunches at the top of the curtains, which creates the effect of folds flowing from the top to the bottom of the curtains. Typically, to achieve this pinch pleat pattern, the curtains must be sewn at the top. Pleated curtains can be challenging to sew and, if custom made by a professional or purchased ready-made, can be more expensive when compared to unpleated curtains.
The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the disclosed subject matter, are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings also illustrate embodiments of the disclosed subject matter and together with the detailed description serve to explain the principles of embodiments of the disclosed subject matter. No attempt is made to show structural details in more detail than may be necessary for a fundamental understanding of the disclosed subject matter and various ways in which it may be practiced.
In an embodiment, rod 1 may be approximately 3-5 inches in length, the ring 2 may be approximately 1-2 inches in diameter, and the clip 3 may be approximately 2-3 inches in length. The preferred embodiment employs metallic materials for the invention such as brass, iron, steel, aluminum, or any other similar materials. However, other materials are available that would be suitable for alternative embodiments of the invention. Examples are dense plastic, fiberglass, rigid vinyl, or any other similar materials. It is to be understood that the invention is capable of other and different embodiments to accommodate for different curtain sizes, curtain fabric weights and its parts are capable of modification without departing from the scope of the invention, and that the description and drawings are to be regarded as illustrative in nature and not as restrictive.
In the embodiments described above, the clip 3 is spring loaded using spring 3.2. The user may pinch the clip 3 to open it. Once the clip 3 is open, a user would insert the curtain fabric between the teeth 3.1 of the clip 3. The teeth 3.1 would grip the curtain, holding it securely in place and creating a pleat.
The foregoing description, for purpose of explanation, has been described with reference to specific embodiments. However, the illustrative discussions above are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit embodiments of the disclosed subject matter to the precise forms disclosed. Many modifications and variations are possible in view of the above teachings. The embodiments were chosen and described in order to explain the principles of embodiments of the disclosed subject matter and their practical applications, to thereby enable others skilled in the art to utilize those embodiments as well as various embodiments with various modifications as may be suited to the particular use contemplated.
