Patent ID: 8051536

Claim:
A drapery holder adapted to engage a header jamb of a window, door, or other opening in a building structure, comprising: said drapery holder including a vertical front wall and a vertical back wall disposed in parallel relation to one another; a horizontal bottom wall disposed in interconnecting relation to said vertical front wall and said vertical back wall and having the same longitudinal extent as said vertical front and back walls; a horizontal flange formed integrally with said front wall and a horizontal flange formed integrally with said back wall, said flanges being co-planar and extending toward one another in an inboard direction relative to their respective vertical front and back walls; said horizontal flanges extending the entire length of their associated vertical front and back walls and respective inboard ends of said horizontal flanges being spaced apart from one another by a predetermined distance; a plurality of drapery carriers slidingly captured between said horizontal flanges so that each drapery carrier of said plurality of drapery carriers is captured between said horizontal flanges and is adapted to slide to any preselected position along the extent of said horizontal flanges under the control of a suitable drapery control means; a channel collectively formed by said horizontal bottom wall and respective upper ends of said vertical front and back walls; a plurality of magnets positioned within said channel; each magnet of said plurality of magnets adapted to magnetically engage ferrous materials that form a part of said header jamb; whereby said drapery holder is releasably secured to said header jamb by a magnetic field collectively formed by said magnets; whereby said magnets have a collective strength sufficient to hold said drapery holder to said header jamb when a drapery is connected to said drapery carriers and when said drapery is opened and closed by suitable drapery opening and closing means; whereby said collective strength of said magnets is insufficient to hold said drapery holder to said header jamb when said drapery holder is subjected to a downward pull that exceeds said collective strength.