US2063332A - Curtain hanger - Google Patents

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K. M. NIESE CURTAIN HANGER Patented Dec. 8, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in curtain hangers of the type which are adapted to retain the box like plaits, and which are adapted to be readily attached to the curtain or dis- 5 connected therefrom to allow the curtain or drapery to be cleaned or laundered.

Heretofore with curtains that were shaped` to provide a box like plait, the plait is formed by gathering together or folding portions of the curtain, and the plaits or folds are maintained in shape by stitching or sewing the curtain at any desired distance from the top edge thereof, according to the depth or length of heading it is desired to produce at the upper end of the curtain.

The curtain is then suspended by the usual hooks or devices which are detachably connected to the curtain, some being shaped to provide a hook portion to enter an eye on the curtain ring, 20 and soine being shaped to form a loop or ring through which the curtain pole or rod passes.

With such an arrangement and when it is desired to clean or launder the curtain, it is rst necessary to remove the pins or hangers, and then rip out the stitching, so that the curtain may be cleaned and will be flat when being ironed or pressed. The box plait is then again formed and stitched to keep the same in place.

This is a very tedious as well as expensive operation, owing to the amount of time of, and care necessary to be exercised by the cleaner or launderer, as such stitching must be removed in order to perform a complete and satisfactory job of cleaning.

It is one of the objects of the present invention to overcome these difficulties, inconveniences and objections, and to provide an improved hanger by means of the use of which the box plait when the same is formed, may be readily held and secured in position by the hanger, and which hanger may be readily detached from the curtain and as readily applied, and when detached the folds of the box plait may be smoothed out or flattened for cleaning purposes.

A further object is to provide in a hanger of this character improved means for maintaining the hanger from shifting or pulling up with respect to the curtain, and which means also serves to hold the gathered portions of the plait in position, all of the parts of the hanger being concealed by the curtain.

To the attainment of these ends and the accomplishment of other new and useful objects as will appear, the invention consists in the features of novelty in substantially the construction,

combination and arrangement of the several parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed and shown n the accompanying drawing illustrating this invention, and-in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a 5 curtain or drape having a hanger constructed in accordance with the principles of this invention applied thereto and taken from the front of the curtain.

Figure 2 is a View of a portion of the rear of the 10 curtain shown in Figure 1, on an enlarged scale.

Figure 3 is a detail sectional view of a portion of a curtain showing the box plait therein and with the hanger in section, before the plait is gathered and fastened by the hanger anchoring l5 devices.

Figure 4 is a detail sectional view taken on line 4 4, Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a detail sectional view taken on` line 5-5, Figure 4, on an enlarged scale.

Figure 6 is an elevation of a modied form of 2f) hanger.

Referring more particularly to the drawing and in the form of the invention shown in Figures 2, 4, and 5, the numeral I0 designates generally the body or shank of the hanger on one end of which is provided a catch II, which may be formed of a portion of the body or may be formed separately and applied thereto. The numeral I2 designates a pin portion which is connected to the body I0 as at I3 and is bent back 30 upon the body I9, the free extremity of the pin I2 being provided with a point I4 to permit its insertion into the curtain.

The body or shank I 0 may be shaped to form a loop or eye I5 of any desired size and configura- 35 tion and through which eye or loop I5 the curtain pole or rod I6 passes so as to support the curtain to which the hanger is attached and to permit the hangers to slide freely upon the rod or pole. The shank or body I0 may also be shaped to form 40 eyes or loops II which are preferably disposed on the inside of the shank or body or opposite to the eye or loop I5, which is preferably disposed on the outside of the body or shank III. The eye 45 or loop I5 is preferably disposed between the eyes Il.

In use, the curtain I8 is formed into a box or plait I9, the edges 20 thereof overlapping as shown more clearly in Figures 2 and 5, and the 50 pin I2 is passed through the overlapping edges 20 to secure them together as shown in Figures 2, 4, and 5, the point I4 of the pin engaging the catch I I at the end of the shank or body portion. Obviously, the hanger may be placed in the cur- 55 tain so that the point I4 of the pin may be uppermost or lowermost as desired. In this position, the eyes or loops I1 will be disposed adjacent the curtain. The box plait I9 will then be secured in position and portions thereof are gathered together as at 2| with the eyes or loops I1 on the shank I0 projecting into the folds. A fastening device, preferably in the form of a pin having a body 22 and a pin portion 23 anchors the hanger to the-curtain by passing the pin `portion 23 through the folds 2| and also through the eye I1, the body or shank 22 of the pin passing over the shank or body I0 of the hanger. of the pin engages a clasp or catch 24 on the end of the body 22 of the pin. One of these -pins'ory anchoring devices is preferably employed with each of the eyes or loops I1.

With this improved construction it will be manifest that the hanger will not only ,be secured or anchored to the curtain by the pins or anchori'ng devices 22, but will also be prevented fromshifting or -changing its position with respect to the curtain.

In the form of the invention shown in Figure 6, the shank "or body portion of the hanger 25 is Iprovided with a catch 26 at one end and the otherl end is bent back upon itself as at 21, to form a'fpin 28, the end of which engages the catch 26. The shank or body portion 25 is shaped vto form a hook 29 that is adapted to engage in the loop or eye of the curtain ring that usually 4slides upon the curtain pole, and the shank or body portion`25 on each side of the hook 29 is shaped toiform eyes or loops 30 which are on ithe sidefof the shank opposite to the side on which the hook 29 is arranged, and through which eyes or loops 30, the pin portion 23 of the anchoring devices 22 are adapted to pass, when fthis Aform'of the yinvention is employed, so 'as to secure the hanger tothe curtain and to maintain it againstslippinglwith respect to the curtain.

With either of the forms of the invention it will befmanifest that when it is desired to clean -or launder the curtain, all that is necessary is to detach the `anchor devices 22 and then detach the hanger by withdrawing the pin portion thereof from the overlapping edges of the Vbox plait.

AAfter the curtain has been laundered, the hanger. may again` be readily applied to the curtain and the box plait gathered and secured in position by the anchoring devices.

This will notonly facilitate the cleaning or laundering of the curtain, but will reduce the expense by reason ofthe fact that the heretofore employed stitching will be dispensed with and it `will not necessitate the time of the cleaner to remove or rip out the stitching before the curtain vis laundered and then again sew the curtain to form the gathered box plait after the cleaning :or laundering operation.

The free end Y 'sides of said shank.

the pin portion 23 of the anchoring device for the hanger may be so arranged that none of it will be Visible from the front of the curtain.

While the preferred forms of the invention have been herein shown and described, it is to be understood that various changes may be made in the details of construction` and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, Within the scope of the claims, without departing from the spirit of this invention.

What is claimed as new is:-

l. A curtain hanger embodying a body portion, acatch at one end of the body, a pin portion to be inserted through a curtain and adapted to 'engage said catch, a support engaging portion, and an anchoring loop connected with the body 4intermediate the ends of the latter, in combination with an anchoring pin adapted to pass through the curtain and through said loop in a direction transverse to the length of said body.

2. A cur-tain hanger embodying a body portion, ay catch at one end of the body, a pin portion to be inserted through a curtain andV adapted to engage ysaid catch, a support engaging vvportion connected with andprojecting from one side of said body, anchoring loops connected to and projecting from said body on the side opposite tothe side on which the said support engaging portion is located, said support engaging portion being disposed between said loops, in combination with an anchoring pin passing through each of said loops and through the curtain in directions transverse to the length of said body portion.

3. A curtain hanger embodying a body portion,

a curtain impalement pin, a catch on the body-to be engaged by the pin,ra support engaging formation on said body, one or more eyes or loops formed on the said body, and means engaging said eyes andthe -curtain for holding a shaped v,portion of the curtain in'position and for main- 'consisting of a unitary structure comprising a shank, a pin connected to the shank, a catch to be engaged by the pin, a support engaging formation on the shank, and one or more eyeletson the shank intermediate the ends of the shank and -disposed on the shank opposite to the said `support engaging portion. Y

5. An article of manufacture, a curtain hanger consisting of a unitary-structure comprising Va shank, a pin connected to the shank, a catch to be engaged by the pin, a support engaging formation on the shank, and one or more eyelets on vthe shank-intermediate the ends of .the shank and disposed on the shank opposite to the said support engaging portion, said support engaging portion and said eyes being disposed on opposite KATHERINE M. NIESE.

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