IP Library Granted Patent US 10,045,649
Granted Patent B2
US 10,045,649 · App. 14/458,664 · Granted Aug 14, 2018

Hanging products

Inventor: David Zahner (New York, NY)
Assignee: Zahner Design Group, Ltd.
A47H13/02A47K3/38E06B9/38Y10S160/06
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Patent No.
US 10,045,649
App. No.
14/458,664
Granted
Aug 14, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Hanging products having an opening for suspending the item from a rod without removing the rod from its mounted supports.

Claims (24)

1. A product, said product comprising:

a curtain, said curtain comprising an upper edge;

said curtain comprising an opening in said curtain;

said curtain comprising a ring, wherein said ring reinforces said opening in said curtain;

wherein said curtain is configured such that a curtain rod can extend through said ring and through said opening in said curtain to suspend said curtain from the curtain rod;

said ring comprising an open ring, said open ring comprising a gap in said ring;

wherein said gap comprises a left edge and a right edge, and wherein said left edge and said right edge do not contact each other during use of said curtain on the curtain rod;

wherein said ring comprises an inner circumference, and wherein said ring comprises a 12 o'clock position on said inner circumference; and,

wherein said gap is located at an offset position on said inner circumference of said ring, said offset position being a position offset to the side of said 12 o'clock position;

and wherein said gap extends to said upper edge.

2. The product claimed in claim 1 , wherein said curtain is a shower curtain.

3. The product claimed in claim 1 , wherein said curtain is a window curtain.

4. The product claimed in claim 1 , wherein said ring has a flat upper edge.

5. A product as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said curtain comprises a series of said open rings.

6. A product, said product comprising:

a shower curtain, said shower curtain comprising an upper edge;

said shower curtain comprising a series of openings in said shower curtain;

said shower curtain comprising a series of rings, wherein said rings reinforce said openings in said shower curtain;

wherein said shower curtain is configured such that a curtain rod can extend through said rings and through said openings in said shower curtain to suspend said shower curtain from the curtain rod;

each of said rings comprising an open ring, each of said open rings comprising a gap in said ring;

wherein said gap comprises a left edge and a right edge, and wherein said left edge and said right edge do not contact each other during use of said curtain on the curtain rod;

wherein each of said rings comprises an inner circumference, and wherein each of said rings comprises a 12 o'clock position on said inner circumference; and,

wherein said gap is located at an offset position on said inner circumference of each of said rings, said offset position being a position offset to the side of said 12 o'clock position;

and wherein said gap extends to said upper edge.

Assignments (1)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Mar 19, 2018
From: ZAHNER, DAVID, MR.
To: ZAHNER DESIGN GROUP, LTD.
Reel/Frame 045830/0362 →
Continuity (17)
Division 13564033 · Aug 1, 2012
Continuation 11978532 · Oct 29, 2007
Continuation 11209334 · Aug 23, 2005
Continuation 10320340 · Dec 16, 2002
Continuation 09617402 · Jul 17, 2000
Continuation 10320340
Division 10062588 · Jul 5, 2001
Continuation 09738555 · Dec 15, 2000
Continuation 10320340
Division 09916603 · Jul 27, 2001
Continuation 09738545 · Dec 15, 2000
Provisional Application 60143853 · Jul 15, 1999
Provisional Application 60150876 · Aug 26, 1999
Provisional Application 60171081 · Dec 15, 1999
Provisional Application 60203873 · May 12, 2000
Provisional Application 60217747 · Jul 12, 2000
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