Patent ID: 8695193

Claim:
A method of producing a weighted device for use in a curtain or other fabric member, said method comprising the steps of: providing a ribbon formed of a woven, fusible fabric; folding said ribbon to form a closed end along the length of said ribbon, and to thereby form a trough, said trough comprising sides and top edges; providing a plurality of weights; disposing each weight of said plurality of weights in spaced array within said trough; closing said trough; forming a plurality of transverse seals in said ribbon to provide a weighted ribbon wherein at least one transverse seal of said plurality of transverse seals is formed between each weight disposed within said trough, and wherein each transverse seal of said plurality of transverse seals comprises a section for cutting said weighted ribbon, wherein a cut can be made through any said section of any said transverse seal to separate from said weighted ribbon at least one selected length of multi-weight ribbon or at least one individual weight dumpling, and wherein any said cut through any said section of any said transverse seal can be made without loss of a weight adjacent to any said cut, and without substantial fraying of said ribbon proximate to any said cut; and, cutting through any said section of any said transverse seal to separate from said weighted ribbon said at least one selected length of multi-weight ribbon or said at least one individual weight dumpling, said at least one selected length of multi-weight ribbon or said at least one individual weight dumpling to be used in a curtain or other fabric member.