US2747252A - Trellis drape - Google Patents

Description

May 29, 1956 G, K. FRY 2,747,252

TRELLI'S DRAPE Filed March 5, 1953 Fig 3 INVENTOR. BEA/EVA K F/:IY

ATTORNEY United States Patent O TRELLIS DRAPE Geneva K. Fry, Reading, Pa.

Application March 3, 1953, Serial No. 340,055

1 Claim. (Cl. 28-78) My invention relates to a trellis drape, and more particularly to a drape Which can be made from thin strips of material woven into a grid-like pattern, and the design of which drape may be easily changed by the omission of certain strips, or by adjustable movement of certain strips, so as to permit a wide variety of designs.

An outstanding disadvantage of conventional types of drapes is that they are expensive in view of the considerable amount of material usually required. Moreover such drapes do not adapt themselves for change in design, nor for change in dimension such as is oftentimes desirable when moving a drape from one window to another. Also, drapes usually cut off ventilation during summer months making living rooms and the like uncomfortably hot, and during winter months they unduly darken certain rooms having relatively small window areas.

An object of my invention is to provide a novel type of drape which is devoid of the above named disadvantages and which can be made up very simply from strips of material into a variety of designs; also which will not obstruct ventilation or the passage of a certain amount of light, thus making a room more comfortable.

A more specific object of my invention is to provide a trellis drape which can be made up entirely of strips of material woven into a grid-like pattern, and whose design may be readily changed by merely shifting some strips and omitting others.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will become apparent from a study of the following description taken with the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure l is a strip of material such as used for making a trellis drape embodying the principles of the present invention and showing two different means through which cross pieces may be woven for making up the trellis drape.

Figure 2 is an enlarged longitudinal cross Sectional View taken through one of the loops or ribbons 3 of Figure 1, and v Figure 3 is an elevational View of one half of a trellis drape showing one particular design in the form of a grid-like pattern.

Referring more particularly to Figure 1, numeral 1 denotes a portion of a strip of material, preferably stiff cloth, or plastic or even thin wood. Strip 1 forms one of the vertical strips of the trellis drape. Slots 2 are formed longitudinally and centrally at spaced intervals, such as, for example, six inches apart (more or less) through which slots, similar strips or cross pieces having a width corresponding to the length of the slots may be woven for forming a trellis drape. If desired, however, cords or ribbons 3 tied to loop form may be sewn or extended through the longtudinal central line of the ribbon and spaced apart in the same manner as slots 2 and which could serve the same purpose, namely to support cross pieces or strips which may be woven through either the front portion or the rear portion of the loop. Of course, either a combination of slots 2 and loops 3 may be used, or perhaps only slots, or in 2,747,252 Patented May 29, 1956 some cases only loops 3 may be used in the vertical strips forming the trellis drape as shown more clearly in Figure 3.

Figure 3 shows one of a wide variety of designs of trellis drapes which can be woven from parallel strips disposed at right angles to each other. All the vertical strips, namely lv, 2v, 3v, etc., are shown with slots such as 2 formed at evenly spaced vertical intervals, say about 6 inches apart. The various horizontal rows of strips are denoted by 1h, 2k, 3k, etc., and these may be made of plain strips having no slots or loops and Which are merely woven through the slots 2 of the vertical strips.

lt will be apparent that after the horizontal strips are woven through the slots in the vertical strips, if it should then be desired to move the vertical strip at more closely spaced intervals, this can be done by laterally shifting the vertical strips as desired until the preferred spacing is obtained.

In order to alter the drape design, certain horizontal rows may be omitted, for example, row 411 and row 6k as shown. Likewise, other horizontal rows may be omitted, and even or uneven horizontal spacings may be provided for the various Vertical rows to provide whatever design one wishes. lt should be understood that a duplicate pattern but the reverse of that shown in Figure 3 will also be used to form the other side of the drape in the case of a wide windor or door.

Of course, since the drape has a wide open weave, ventilation is assured in a room, during summer time, also the passage of light is not obstructed, thereby providing more comfort in a room. Also, the strips may be easily and quickly taken apart, washed and reassembled, particularly plastic strips.

Thus it will be seen that I have provided an efficient trellis drape that can be formed from strips of material very cheaply, and very quickly, and which is adaptable to be made into various designs by the mere lateral shifting of vertical strips, or by the omission of certain horizontal strips, or both; furthermore, I have provided a trellis drape in which the vertical strips are provided with slots or loops through which cross strips may be woven to form the trellis drape; furthermore, I have provided a trellis drape which is not only easily assembled and taken apart but which can be quickly washed, also which will not obstruct ventilation during summer time or the passage of light in rooms which have a tendency to be dark.

While I have illustrated and described a certain, specific embodiment of my invention, it will be understood that this is by way of illustration only, and that various changes and modifications may be made within the contemplationof my invention and within the scope of the following claim.

I claim:

A trellis drape comprising a series of spaced, parallel strips of flat, thin material disposed in substantially the same plane, a second series of spaced, parallel strips of flat, thin material disposed at right angles to said iirst series and in substantially said plane, a plurality of small flexible loops fastened to one of said series of strips at the points of intersection with the other series and through which said last mentioned series extends so as to be supported thereby.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,031,981 Runge Feb. 25, 1936 2,402,709 Swasey June 25, 1946 FOREIGN PATENTS 379,097 Great Britain Aug. 25, 1932

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