US3047060A - Optionally applicable lining for draperies - Google Patents

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July 31, 1962 E. HEIMBERG OPTIONALLY APPLICABLE LINING FOR DRAPERIES Filed May 26, 1961 INVENTOR. HH/VBL PG United States atent G 3,047,060 OPTIONALLY APPLICABLE LlNlNG FOR DRAPERIES Eli Heimberg, New Bedford, Mass, assignor to Cameo Curtains Inc., New York, N.Y., a corporation of New York Filed May 26, 1961, Ser. No. 112,811 1 Claim. (Cl. 160-330) This invention relates to draperies, and more particularly to a drapery lining which is optionally attachable to an otherwise unlined drapery.

In conventional lined draperies, the lining material is sewn, and hence permanently secured, to the rear face of the drapery material. As a practical matter, therefore, the draper and lining are inseparable.

It is a principal object of the present invention to provide a drapery lining which is attachable to an unlined drapery, in order to give the latter the light-shielding characteristic and draping quality of a lined drapery, and yet which may readily be removed from the drapery when desired.

The advantages of the present invention are numerous. The lining of the present invention may be separated from the drapery so that the drapery and lining may be washed or dry cleaned separately and more conveniently.

In addition, when the lining has become worn or degraded by very strong sunlight, it may be removed and replaced without disturbing the drapery.

Furthermore, difierent weights and types of lining can be used for specific purposes. For example, linings having good insulating qualities can be employed when necessary, and where an additional decorative effect is desired, a printed lining may be used.

What is more, since lined draperies are more expensive than unlined draperies, persons furnishing a home on a strict budget can buy unlined draperies initially and then at some later time buy the linings of the present invention and apply them to the originally unlined draperies.

Also, up to the present time, draperies made of Fiberglas have not been lined. The reason for this is that Fiberglas and cloth lining material have unequal shrinking characteristics and hence washing such draperies would cause them to become distorted. On the other hand, Fiberglas is too expensive to be used commercially as a lining material. The linings of the present invention perrnit lined Fiberglas draperies to be used since after washing the lining and drapery the lining may be reattached to the drapery so as to compensate for any shrinkage which has taken place.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide optionally attachable drapery linings which may be secured together in side-by-side relationship so as to fit draperies of varying widths.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the following description in which reference is made to the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a drapery and two individual lining panels according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a fragmentary perspective view on an enlarged scale showing how the lining is applied to the drapery;

FIG. 3 is a horizontal cross-sectional view taken on line 3--3 of FIG. 2; and

FIG. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view showing how the lining panels may be secured to each other.

FIGS. 1 and 2. show the rear face of a drapery having no lining. The drapery is provided as usual with a turned-back upper margin 11 and suspension pins 12 of conventional design are inserted between the margin 11 and the rear face of the drapery 10. Each suspension pin comprises an inverted U-shaped element which straddles one of the pleat-forming folds 13 in the drap y, and an upwardly and rearwardly projecting neck portion formed with a hook at its upper end. The hooks are adapted to engage a curtain rod and thus support the drapery.

The drapery 10 is also provided with the usual inturned side hems 14. The free edge of each side hem 14 is normally secured to the rear face of the drapery 10 by means of a so-called blind stitch 15. One characteristic of a blind stitch is that it secures the dege of the side hem to the drapery at spaced intervals thereby leaving regions 18 between each two adjacent stitches 15 which are not secured to the drapery.

Ready-made draperies are generally sold in standard widths of about 25 inches or multiples thereof. Thus, draperies are usually brought in widths of 25, 50, inches, and so forth. It has therefore been found advantageous to make the linings of the present invention in panels 19 whose dimensions correspond to the dimensions of standard size draperies. However, the lining panels 19 of the present invention need only be made in a single standard width, namely, the width which would be used with a 25-inch wide drapery. This may be done because one feature of the present invention is the provision.

of means for securing two or more of the panels 19 together in side-by-side relationship whereby wider panels may be formed for use with wider draperies. For example, the drapery of FIG. 1 is assumed to be about 50 inches wide, and hence two lining panels 19 are employed to line this drapery.

Each panel 19 is made about as long as the drapery with which it is to be used, but its width is somewhat greater than the unit width of a standard drapery so that when the lining is attached to the drapery the lining will have no tendency to pull the drapery.

Each lining panel 19 is provided near its upper end with a series of apertures 20 adapted to accommodate the suspension pins 12. The spacing between each two adjacent apertures 20 is slightly greater than the spacing between the adjacent suspension pins 12 so that when the apertures are fitted over the necks of the suspension pins (see FIG. 2) there will be a slight excess of lining material between each pair of adjacent pins. The apertures 20 are relatively narrow, i.e., they are only about as wide as the diameter of the suspension pins 12 so that there will be no horizontal movement of the lining with respect to the drapery panel after the lining has been applied.

Secured along the side edges of each lining panel 19 are fasteners 21. The fasteners chosen for illustration are U-shaped members of springy material, the arms of which are normally in contact with each other. One of the arms is provided with holes (see FIG. 4) so that the fastener may be sewn onto the lining 19. The fasteners 21 are so designed that they will frictionally grip anything which is inserted between the two arms of. the fastener.

When it is desired to attach a lining panel 19 to a drapery, the lining 19 is first slipped over the pins 12 by inserting the pins through the apertures 20. Then, the arm or tongue of each fastener 21 which is farther from the lining 19 is pushed into one of the openings 18 which happens to be at its level. The tongue is thus inserted into a concealed position behind the inturned side hem 14 of the drapery which is held frictionally between the two arms of the fastener 21. It has been found that if two fasteners are secured along each side of the lining, one around the midpoint of the lining and one near the lower end of the lining, the lining is held close to the rear face of the drapery and gives the effect of the conventional sewn-in lining.

So that the lining panels 19 may be fastened to each other, the fasteners 21 are secured to the opposite side Patented July 31, 1962 edges of the panels out of horizontal alignment. Thus, as may be seen in FIG. 4, when two panels 19 are to be joined, the margin 22 of one of the panels may be inserted between the arms of the fastener 21 on the other panel. Obviously, the fasteners oneither panel may be employed to grip the margin of the other panel. It may be seen in FIG. l that the two lining panels 19 will first be secured in side-by-side relationship and will then be attached to the drapery 10.

Since the fasteners 21 are capable of gripping the side hems 1 4 of the drapery 10, and'do not require an opposed fastening element secured to the drapery in order to attach the lining to the drapery, they are completely concealed behind the drapery panel. Moreover, the lining can be secured to the drapery panel at different heights along the side hem. This compensates for differential dimensional changes and any shrinkage effects which may be present in'the drapery or the lining will have no effect on the attachment of the lining to the drapery. In other words, the fasteners 21 do not have to engage What is claimed is:

An optionally applicable lining for a drapery panel having 'rearwardly inturned side hems and spaced suspension pins along its upper edge, said lining consisting of a separate panel of lining material substantially as long.

as the drapery panel, said lining having apertures at spaced horizontal intervals along its, upper edge for engagement with said suspension pins, said apertures being only about as wide as the diameter of said suspension pins whereby said lining will be maintained against horizontal movement with respect to said drapery panel, and at least one fastener adjacent at least one side edge of the lining,

' said fastener being provided with a base'portion and a any particular point on the drapery, but rather are adapted tongue overlying said base portion and extending toward said side edge, said tongue being adapted to be inserted behind, and frictionally grip, the corresponding inturned side hem of the drapery panel to secure said lining thereto and conceal said fastener and tongue behindsai'd drapery panel, said frictional grip allowing the lining to be secured to said drapery panel at difierent heights along.

said side hem to compensate for dilferential dimensional changes and thus avoid distortion of the drapery panel by the lining.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 439,997 Bradshaw Nov. 4, 1890 1,171,983 Rosenman Feb. 15, 1916 2,093,269 Geller Sept. 14, 1937 2,859,810 Sachs Nov. 11, 1958

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