Drape hanging and pleating device

Claim 1

A DRAPE ASSEMBLY COMPRISING AN ELONGATED HOLLOW HORIZONTAL ROD MADE UP OF A PLURALITY OF ADJUSTABLE SECTIONS, TRACK MEANS IN SAID ROD, A PLURALITY OF SLIDES MOVABLE ON SAID TRACK MEANS WITHIN SAID ROD, A CARRIER CONNECTED TO EACH OF SAID SLIDES, SAID CARRIERS BEING ATRANGED FORWARDLY OF SAID ROD, THE TWO CENTRAL CARRIERS BEING MASTER CARRIERS AND HAVING OPPOSED ELONGATED ARMS EXTENDING TOWARD EACH OTHER SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID ROD, AN ELONGATED PIN ADJUSTABLY MOUNTED ON EACH ARM AND EXTENDING TOWARDS EACH OTHER AND SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL WITH AND SPACED ABOVE THE ROD, A SIMILAR ELONGATED ARM AND ADJUSTABLY MOUNTED PIN AT EACH END OF SAID ROD, SAID LAST MENTIONED ARMS AND PINS EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY AT RIGHT ANGLES TO AND REARWARDLY OF SAID ROD, SAID LAST MENTIONED PINS BEING SPACED ABOVE SAID ROD, A PLEAT FORMER RELEASABLY SUPPORTED ON EACH CARRIER, SAID DRAPE ASSEMBLY BEING FOR USE WITH A PAIR OF DRAPES, EACH DRAPE HAVING A HEM AT ITS UPPER EDGE, EACH DRAPE EXTENDING ALONG EACH HALF OF SAID ROD, ONE DRAPE HAVING ONE END ATTACHED TO THE ELONGATED PIN OF ONE MASTER CARRIER AND ITS OTHER END EXTENDING LATERALLY AND ATTACHED TO THE REARWARDLY EXTENDING PIN AT THE CORRESPONDING END, THE OTHER DRAPE HAVING ONE END ATTACHED TO THE ELONGATED PIN OF THE OTHER MASTER CARRIER AND ITS OTHER END ATTACHED TO THE REARWARDLY EXTENDING PIN AT ITS CORRESPONDING END, THE END PORTIONS OF THE DRAPE HEMS RECEIVING SAID PINS THEREIN IN ATTACHING THE DRAPES THERETO, SAID ELONGATED PINS EACH HAVING A FREE END WHICH IS POINTED, AND INTERMEDIATE PORTIONS OF THE DRAPES BEING WRAPPED AROUND AND CLAMPED BETWEEN EACH PLEAT FORMER AND A FACE PLATE ON ITS CORRESPONDING CARRIER, AND A PULLEY AND CORD SYSTEM FOR MOVING THE PAIR OF DRAPES INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION, SAID PULLEY AND CORD SYSTEM INCLUDING A CORD HAVING OPPOSITELY RUNNING FLIGHTS WITH ONE FLIGHT BEING CONNECTED TO THE SLIDES ON ONE SIDE OF THE ROD AND THE OTHER FLIGHT BEING CONNECTED TO THE SLIDES ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROD.