1891results about "Curtains" patented technology

Provided is a flexible display apparatus that includes: a flexible display apparatus including: a flexible display panel; a housing including an opening through which the flexible display panel enters and exits the housing; a cylinder disposed within the housing to coil and uncoil the flexible display panel; and a stretcher that selectively extends from the opening to support the flexible display panel, such that the flexible display panel is substantially planar when the flexible display panel is extended outside of the housing.

A device for protection of property against high winds comprising a flexible material of predetermined strength and stretch characteristics, and in the form of a panel or several panels, utilized to protect the side of a structure including its windows and doors from the strong winds and debris impacts occurring during a hurricane. The device is anchored in a manner to space it out from the area being protected according to formula provided, and can safely dissipate substantial impacting energy. The preferred embodiment attaches to an overhanging eave and the ground below protecting in addition to the windows and doors, plantings, outdoor furniture, decorative shutters, downspouts, and such as are enclosed behind the barrier. Several methods of storage and deployment of said curtain are described including rolling, sliding, and converting to awning. The barrier has the added feature of acting as a tie down in certain applications.

Textile product comprising light guiding fibres (2) consisting of a central core capable of transmitting the light and of an external sheath, in which at least a length portion of said external sheath presents, in respect to the internal core, a refraction index allowing the transmitted light to partially escape from the fibre; cloth article made from the textile product; and a manufacturing method of the textile product.

A motorized venetian blind system for covering a window of a space comprising a blind drive unit having two motors to provide for independent control of a position of a bottom rail via a lift cord and a tilt angle of a plurality of slats of the blind system. The blind drive unit has a headrail with a side panel and at least one of the motors is between between the side panel and the lift cord. The blind drive unit also has a spring-wrap brake. The blind drive unit is operable to adjust the position of the bottom rail to a preset position, and to adjust the tilt angle of the slats to a preset angle in response to receiving a single digital message (e.g., a preset command).

A double-layer drape includes an upper beam and a composition of window curtain to link to the upper beam. The composition of window curtain includes an inner layer and an outward one; both layers are formed by different shade cloths. The outward layer is a previous-to-light curtain; whereas the inner layer comprises a plurality of opaque curtains. The inner layer curtains are connected to the previous-to-light curtain by up-and-down overlapping, in addition, the opaque curtains can be simultaneously folded upwards or hung over downwards through pulling operating cords by a user to achieve the indoor anti-dazzling or semi-opaque effects.

A nested multiple panel track system supporting a desired window covering provides for a window covering assembly capable of holding even an extremely heavy window covering, and providing an efficient operation therefor.

A telescopic stick includes a retaining mount, a supporting sleeve, an inner tube, and an outer tube wherein the retaining mount has a base disposed at one side thereof, a step-wise through hole disposed at the center of the base thereof, a resilient stop block protruding at the upper surface of the base thereof, and a half-tubular abutment plate extending outwards at the lower surface of the base thereof. The supporting sleeve has a circular registration recess defined by an engagement ring and an abutment face of the same diameter at both sides thereof respectively, and a sleeve column with axial flexible ribs distributed thereon to be adapted at the corresponding outer side of the inner and outer tubes therein respectively. In practical use, the inner and outer tubes in sleeve registration are adjusted of length in horizontal direction, and the supporting sleeve is attached to the retaining mount with the resilient stop block abutted tightly against the supporting sleeve for secure location thereon, preventing the inner and outer tubes from coming off there-from when pushed or pulled by outer force.

A triple slide assembly for a three panel door system that mounts on a two track header and allows the panels to slide easily and sequentially with an interlocking function that provides a means to align the panels. The outer rails or panels each have an inward facing track to support rollers mounted to the middle rail or panel in an alternating configuration. The track and roller assembly interlocks the three panels and has stops, positioned in the ends of the inward facing tracks, keep the panels interlocked. The inward facing tracks and middle rail or panel remain aligned with the header when the outer panels are adjusted to align with adjacent door jambs to provide a smooth sliding operation. The triple slide assembly can be used for a six-door, center opening enclosure and for a five panel sliding assembly mounted on a three track header.

A method of making a photonic fabric display includes wrapping photonic fibers with a yarn, weaving the wrapped photonic fibers to form a fabric, printing a pattern on the fabric, surface treating the fabric, and coupling the photonic fibers with a light source to form a photonic fabric display.

A shower curtain and support system employs an elongated rail supported at the shower or tub. The rail extrusion can be an extrusion with an inverted U profile, with an open slot or slots at its base. There are glides, e.g., nylon members with a ball, hemisphere, or other wide head portion and shaft that projects out through the slot from the open interior of the rail. The glides have one or two hook structures for attaching to a fabric curtain and a vinyl curtain liner. In one preferred version, there is a liner hook and spring retaining arm on one side that fits into the grommet at the top of the liner. On the other side is a short arm with a button that fits into a button hole on the cloth or fabric curtain. The curtain has blind button holes or grommets at its upper hem, so that the hook structure, e.g., button, does not show.

An apparatus and associated method for manufacturing a window covering 50 for an architectural opening. The apparatus includes a support structure handling assembly 92, an operating element handling assembly 94, and a vane handling assembly 96. The handling assemblies process the respective materials to an assembly station 100 to attach one portion of a vane 54 to the operating elements 56, and another portion of the vane 54 to the support structure 52, allowing movement of one portion of the vane 54 relative to other portion of the vane.

A hinge for a notebook computer includes a hinge member and a fastener assembly. The hinge member has a seat with a lateral portion and an upright portion. A hole is defined through the upright portion, and two recesses are defined at an exterior side of the upright portion. A pintle extends through the hole. A nut is threadingly mounted at a first end of the pintle. The fastener assembly has a positioning member provided outside the pintle and between the upright portion and the nut. The positioning member has an aperture corresponding to the pintle. Two protrusions are formed at a surface facing the upright portion and engaged in the recesses in a closed status of the notebook computer. A resilient member is provided outside the pintle and between the positioning member and the nut. Whereby, the hinge has a simplified structure and a low manufacturing cost.

A shower curtain support system includes a first rod having a first arcuate portion and a first end portion and a second rod having a second arcuate portion and a second end portion. The second arcuate portion is telescopically mounted within the first arcuate portion. A first end support is removably and pivotably mounted to the first end portion and a second end support is removably and pivotably mounted to the second end portion.

Several embodiments of a collapsible screen employing novel folding structures have many possible uses: window shade, room divider, decorative backdrop, wall hanging, and others. A disclosed method allows its user to design many embodiments of the screen. The method incorporates three modifiable sets or databases: a set (220) of patterns, a set (221) of criteria by which a possible embodiment is evaluated for practicability, and a set (222) of transformations which can be applied to the possible embodiment to improve it with respect to the criteria (221). The sets can change to reflect new assumptions, design characteristics, and hardware.

An cubicle curtain is disclosed. The cubicle curtain comprises a main portion adapted to attach to a curtain track and at least one fabric band coupled with at least a portion of a corresponding at least one vertical end of the main portion. The at least a portion of the at least one fabric band has antimicrobial properties.

The invention provides a composite anti-microbial air filtration material. An electrets fabric layer, an electrostatic spinning fiber membrane layer, chitosan and nano TiO2 photocatalyst are combined, thus PM2.5 is effectively removed, and meanwhile, the filtration material has anti-microbial, disinfection and odor removal functions; further, the filtration material is applied to the filtering material fields of window cloths and screen window to replace natural air instead of diffusion air; meanwhile, the filtration material is applied to fields of air-conditioners, air purifiers and masks, thus comprehensive purification of indoor air and breathing air of people is realized. In addition, the invention further provides a preparation method and application of the composite anti-microbial air filtration material.

A variable roller blind structure includes a roller blind made up of more than one blind bodies that are respectively attached to the underside of a rotatable roller shaft and a stable roller shaft juxtaposed at an interval and mounted at the inner side of an upper beam. The blind body has a plurality of light-passable areas alternatively arranged with a plurality of black-out areas disposed at the surface thereon, and a winding unit is mutually engaged with the rotatable roller shaft to be controlled by an operating member that is pulled either clockwise or counterclockwise to actuate the movement of the rotatable roller shaft accordingly so as to control the rolling or unrolling operation of the blind body thereby. Via the structure above, the blind bodies of the roller blind can have it both ways with partial transparency and partial sheltering effect for privacy purpose. Besides, when the rotatable roller shaft is wound by the operating member to actuate the rolling movement the blind body till the light-passable areas of the blind body rolled upwards are correspondingly juxtaposed with the black-out areas of the other blind body, the light-passable areas of each blind body thereof can be precisely sheltered by the black-out areas of the other respectively, completely blocking out all light outdoors so as to achieve a total sheltering effect thereof. Thus, the roller blind thereof is capable of being variably operated to cater to the needs of users and is efficiently boosted in its functions thereof.

A window curtain includes a blind body, a curtain cover, and a connecting unit provided for operatively attaching the curtain cover to the blind body. The blind body is formed by a plurality of honeycomb shaped blind element and a controlling cord extending through the blind elements to controllably and foldably operate the blind body between an extended and folded position. The connecting unit has one or more connection parts being selectively provided at the blind elements at regular intervals between the top and bottom of the blind body, so that the curtain cover being attached to the blind body via the connection parts to define a plurality of sections of the curtain cover. Thus, the curtain cover is able to be controllably operated via the blind body in a cordless manner to increase the safety and enhance the aesthetic of the window curtain.

A fabric light control window covering in which fabric vanes are adhesively bonded between two sheer fabric sheets such that relative movement between the sheer fabric sheets in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the fabric vanes changes the angle of the fabric vanes and, thus, controls the amount of light admitted through the shade. The vanes are bonded to the sheer fabric sheets in a manner which tends to bias the sheer fabric sheets together to the nonlight admitting position. Also, disclosed are methods and apparatus for manufacturing the above window covering. The method features linear application of adhesive to the vane material which provides for a uniform appearance in the finished product. A heat setting process and apparatus is disclosed in which the bonded layers of sheer fabrics and vanes are fed between belts over hot and cool surfaces, under uniform tension and pressure. This provides for heat setting of the layers of the window covering to a uniform temperature-size relationship without inducing wrinkles or distortion into the fabric during heat setting.

Shower curtain tension rods comprising a stationary rod, movable rod and adjustable end cap are disclosed. The movable rod may telescope in the stationary rod and may be secured in an axially extended position with respect to the stationary rod. The adjustable end cap may be axially extended from the movable rod and / or stationary rod to provide greater holding force for the tension rod. The shower curtain tension rods may be installed quickly and easily in various sizes of bath and shower stalls.

A fabric for use in window blind systems, the fabric comprising a first fabric layer bound via an adhesive to a base fabric. The fabric is preferably formed into a Roman blind fabric by the provision of elongate, widthwise channels.

A flexible curtain rollup door includes a drum mounted on a door frame and drivenly connected to an electric right angle gear motor unit. The frame includes opposed channel shaped guide tracks for receiving opposed side edges of a door curtain. Spaced apart elastically deflectable combination curtain stiffening struts and windlock members are secured to the curtain and include opposed windlock parts receivable in the guide tracks and configured, respectively, to provide for releasing only one side edge of the curtain from its guide track. A flexible transverse bottom bar includes plural side by side flexible bags filled with particulate material, secured to the curtain bottom edge and enclosed by a flexible envelope member. The curtain bottom edge includes a stiffener formed of interconnected links.

An improved disposable privacy curtain system for use in hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, and other healthcare facilities is disclosed. The disposable privacy curtain system includes a disposable curtain packaged and sold with novel pre-attached sliding carriers affixed to the top edge thereof that are adapted for rapid, snap-in engagement with existing ceiling tracks thereby allowing for rapid removal and replacement of the curtain system. A disposable hospital curtain in accordance with the present invention comprises sheet-like material formed as a generally rectangular panel with vertical fold lines that permit the panel to be drawn between to a compact stowed configuration wherein the curtain is disposed in a pleated and / or folded configuration, and an extended deployed configuration wherein the curtain is extended. In a preferred embodiment, the disposable hospital curtain is fabricated from non-woven polypropylene treated with an antimicrobial agent and a flame retardant.

An automatic releasable top down shade system includes a header. A release mechanism is provided that is conformed to connect with the header. A shade with an upper section and a lower section is provided where the upper section of the shade is connected with both the header and the release mechanism and where the lower section is connected with the release mechanism. A lift cord supports the shade and the lift cord is also connected with the release mechanism such that the lift cord activates the release mechanism.

The shower curtain rod assembly is adapted to be mounted between opposing surfaces of a shower enclosure. The assembly includes a rod with a two-part arcuate main section extending between first and second spaced, substantially parallel side sections. First and second mounting brackets are provided to engage the side sections and to secure the side sections to the respective shower curtain surfaces. Each of the brackets includes a body defining channel means for removably receiving a side section and a plate for mounting the body to a shower enclosure surface.

A shower rod assembly has a first rod has a first rod, a second rod telescopically connected to the first rod, a first plate suitable for attachment to a wall and receiving a first end of the first rod, and a second plate having a surface suitable for attachment to another wall and receiving the second end of the second rod. Each of the rods are curved. Plugs are received in opposite ends of the rods so as to pivotally connect the rods the to the first and second plates. A double-sided adhesive tape can be used to secure the plates to the respective walls.

A shower curtain support system includes a first rod having a first arcuate portion and a first end portion and a second rod having a second arcuate portion and a second end portion. The second arcuate portion is telescopically mounted within the first arcuate portion. A first end support is removably and pivotably mounted to the first end portion and a second end support is removably and pivotably mounted to the second end portion.

The present invention relates to a hookfree curtain and fixture thereof. More particularly, the invention encompasses a hookfree shower curtain that can be used in the motel / hotel industry. This invention further includes inventive features, such as, a snap-on or clip-on curtain fixture or module or ring which is either a single piece or a two piece module that is secure to a curtain and allows the curtain, such as, a shower curtain, to be slideably secured to a rod, such as, a shower rod, without having to disassemble the rod, such as the shower rod.