Patent ID: 7788769

Claim:
A plurality of drapery carriers held within a plurality of carrier strips for engagement with a track, each said drapery carrier comprising: (a) a carrier body having a downwardly-extending pendant portion, said pendant portion having left and right lateral flanges extending outwardly therefrom; (b) a first wheel and a second wheel, said first and second wheels being on opposite sides of said carrier body and being mounted to said carrier body for rotation with respect thereto about an axis; each said drapery carrier of said plurality of drapery carriers being joined to an adjacent drapery carrier of said plurality of drapery carriers by a cord; wherein the improvement comprises said plurality of said carrier strips, each said carrier strip having spaced apart first and second opposed carrier strip sidewalls forming a carrier strip channel therebetween, each of said first and second carrier strip sidewalls having a recess therewithin and facing said carrier strip channel, each said carrier strip channel extending longitudinally along its said carrier strip from at least a first end of its said carrier strip, each said recess of said first and second carrier strip sidewalls also extending longitudinally along its said carrier strip; with said drapery carriers being apportioned between said plurality of carrier strips and disposed within said carrier strip channels of said plurality of carrier strips and longitudinally slideable when said pendant portion is fully inserted into its said carrier strip channel, with said left and right lateral flanges slideably engaged in said recesses during sliding movement of said drapery carriers within its said carrier strip channel parallel to its said carrier strip channel longitudinal direction with said axis of each said drapery carrier being aligned transverse its respective said carrier strip channel longitudinal direction and with said lateral flanges of said drapery carriers being engaged in said recesses, said cord joins drapery carriers held within one carrier strip of said plurality of carrier strips to drapery carriers held within another of said plurality of carrier strips.