IP Library Granted Patent US 11,399,650
Granted Patent B2
US 11,399,650 · App. 16/227,388 · Granted Aug 2, 2022

Ripplefold drapery carrier system

Inventor: Hou Sheng Ko (Irvine, CA)
A47H15/02A47H13/01
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Patent No.
US 11,399,650
App. No.
16/227,388
Granted
Aug 2, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A drapery carrier system includes a master carrier, having a body extending from a first end to a second end, the body to receive a snap tape; a plate attached to the body, the plate extending from a first end to a second end, the plate having a cutout groove extending into the plate from the first end; and wheels attached to the plate and to engage with a track; a master cap having a hole extending therethrough to receive a cable, the master cap to engage with the cutout groove such that the cable is thereby attached to the master carrier; the master carrier engages with the cable and the track to receive and support drapery thereon.

Claims (26)

1. A drapery carrier system, comprising:

a master carrier, having:

a body extending from a first end to a second end and having a top end that extends between the first end and the second end;

a plate attached to the top end of the body, the plate having a first side and a second side both extending from a first plate end to a second plate end, the first plate end having a front surface that extends perpendicular from the top end of the body and a top plate end that extends away perpendicularly from the front surface and parallel to the top end of the body;

a substantially L shaped cutout groove, the substantially L shaped cutout groove having a first portion extending inwardly and horizontally from the first side of the plate and a second portion extending perpendicular and upwards from the first portion and inwardly from the front surface of the plate, thereby creating a substantially L shape; and

four vertical wheels attached to the plate and configured to engage with a track, the four vertical wheels attached as a first pair to the first side of the plate and a second pair to the second side of the plate;

a master cap having a circular body with a hole extending therethrough through which a cable extends, the master cap engages with the substantially L shaped cutout groove such that the cable is thereby attached to the master carrier;

wherein the first portion of the substantially L shaped cutout groove includes a first length and a second length, the first length having a cutout height greater than a cutout height of the second length, thereby allowing for the master cap to fit through the first length and not fit through the second length; and

wherein the master carrier engages with the cable and the track to receive and support a drapery thereon.

2. The system of claim 1 comprising two additional wheels.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the master carrier further comprises:

a plurality of openings extending through the body.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plate is engaged with the body via a channel.

5. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a carrier configured to engage with the cable, the carrier having:

a carrier body with grooves;

a pendant engaged with the carrier body;

a first wheel and a second wheel attached to opposing sides of the carrier to engage with the track; and

a carrier cap with a hole extending therethrough to receive the cable.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the pendant further comprises:

a pendant body forming a socket to receive a post of a snap device to secure the drapery thereto, the pendant body having an opening extending from a bottom of the pendant body into the socket to release the post.

7. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a snap pendant carrier having a snap pendant carrier body;

a snap pendant carrier cap configured to engage with a top of the snap pendant carrier body and engage with the cable; and

a pendant with a flange to engage with the snap pendant carrier body, the pendant having a pendant body forming a socket to receive a post of a snap device to secure the drapery thereto, the pendant body having an opening extending from a bottom of the pendant body into the socket to release the post;

wherein the snap pendant horizontally engages with the snap pendant carrier body.

Continuity (1)
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