IP Library Patent Application 14067209
Patent Application
App. No. 14/067,209

CURTAIN PULL AND METHOD OF USE

Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US None
App. No.
14/067,209
Abstract

A removable handle having first and second portions for attachment to a fabric. A first portion is covered in the fabric for attachment and forced through a second portion. The first portion is then reoriented to prevent the fabric from passing back through the second portion retaining the second portion to the fabric.

Claims (29)

1 . An apparatus for pulling a curtain, comprising:

a body portion having a first and second aperture therein, said second aperture being an ellipse having a minor and major radii; and

a fastener unit, said fastener unit being an ellipse having a minor and major radii,

wherein said minor and major radii of said fastener unit being greater than said minor and major radii of said second aperture.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said body and said fastener unit are constructed from a rigid material.

3 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said body and said fastener unit are capable of being disinfected.

4 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said fastener unit is the remains of creature of said first aperture of said body.

5 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said fastener unit is placed in a first orientation to pass through said second aperture.

6 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said fastener is placed in a second orientation preventing passage of said fastener unit through said second aperture.

7 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a fabric is interposed between said body and said fastener unit.

8 . The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein said fabric is forced through said second aperture by said fastener unit in said first orientation.

9 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein once said fabric is forced through said second aperture, said fastener unit is placed in the second orientation to affix said body to said fabric.

10 . A curtain pull, comprising:

a body having a first and second aperture therein, said first aperture being of a larger dimension than said second aperture; and

a fastener unit, said fastener unit being complementary to said second aperture and having a larger dimension than said second aperture;

wherein said fastener unit passes through said second aperture in a first orientation and does not pass through said second aperture in a second orientation.

11 . The curtain pull of claim 10 , wherein said second aperture and said fastener unit are ellipse.

12 . The curtain pull of claim 10 , wherein said body and said fastener unit are rigid and capable of being disinfected.

13 . The curtain pull of claim 10 , wherein said body is adapted to be removably affixed to a curtain.

14 . The curtain pull of claim 13 , wherein fabric is interposed between said body and said fastener unit.

15 . A method of removably attaching a handle to a web of flexible material, comprising:

providing a body having a first and second aperture, said second aperture is an ellipse having a minor and major radii;

providing a fastener unit, said fastener unit is an ellipse having a minor and major radii greater that the minor and major radii of said second aperture;

placing said body proximate to said web such that said first aperture of said body extends laterally beyond an edge of the web;

placing said fastener unit proximate to said web, such that said web is interposed between said fastener unit and said body;

pushing the fastener body, and a portion of the interposed web, through said second aperture, said fastener unit being oriented in a first position relative to said body in which said fastener unit fits through the second aperture; and

reorienting said fastener unit relative to said body to a second position in which said fastener unit fails to fit through said second aperture, retaining the interposed web portion.

16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein said first aperture in said body acts as a handle.

17 . The method of claim 15 , wherein said body and said fastener unit are constructed from a rigid material.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE MIDDLE INITIAL PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 034385 FRAME: 0718. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Dec 9, 2014
From: DUTRO, BRIAN
To: SHARPE, GARY L.
Reel/Frame 034564/0788 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 5, 2014
From: DUTRO, BRIAN
To: SHARPE, GARY P.
Reel/Frame 034385/0718 →