Patent ID: 8533910
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: A47H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An assemblage adapted for the vertical suspension of a curtain from a supporting structure such that the curtain can be moved by sliding in the horizontal direction comprising a bendable track and multiple roller free flexible carriers which are adapted to suspend said curtain from said track, a) said track having its greatest dimension along its vertical axis and having two spaced apart generally vertical walls and having adjacent to its top and bottom a generally horizontal upper and lower rib, respectively, which projects from both of said walls, the lower rib defining an essentially horizontal ledge which extends outward from both of said walls and has a top surface with a low coefficient of sliding friction, said track having a sufficiently narrow horizontal thickness and being constructed of sufficiently ductile materials that it is capable of being bent in the horizontal direction at least 90° resulting in plastic deformation without fracture by a normal adult human without the use of tools but being substantially more resistant to bending in the vertical direction; and b) said carriers each comprising a generally C shaped body with means for attachment to said curtain, two ends of the C being spaced apart to create a small gap which is greater than the distance between the two vertical walls of said track but is substantially smaller than the distance between outer edges of the lower rib, which gap can be increased in size by elastic deformation to greater than said distance between the outer edges of the lower rib such that said carriers can be mounted on said horizontal ledge by such expansion and release of said expansion, each of said ends having an arcuate surface with a low coefficient of sliding friction which faces to an interior of the C and is adapted to rest on said horizontal ledge; said assembly being designed such that when said carriers are suspended from said horizontal ledge of said track by the ends of their C's they are capable of supporting said curtain attached to them and they are able to readily slide along said horizontal ledge while supporting said curtain.