Splash curtains for dishwashing machines

Claim 1

A SPLASH CURTAIN FOR USE IN DISWASHING MACHINES, SAID CURTAIN COMPRISING A UNITARY SHEET OF MATERIAL FORMED OF WOVEN SYNTHETIC FIBERS AND HAVING A CENTRAL AREA ADAPTED TO BE DRAPED OVER AN ELONGATED SUPPORTING ROD EXTENDING ACROSS THE OPENING TO BE COVERED BY THE CURTAIN AND DEFINING ON OPPOSITE SIDES THEREOF TWO MAIN FLAPS OF APPROXIMATELY THE SAME AREA ARRANGED TO HANG NORMALLY IN A VERTICAL DIRECTION FROM OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE ROD AND IN CLOSE FACE TO FACE RELATIONSHIP TO EACH OTHER, EACH OF SAID MAIN FLAPS HAVING A PLURALITY OF NARROW SPACED SLITS THEREIN EXTENDING FROM THE EDGES THEREOF OPPOSITE SAID CENTRAL AREA TOWARD SAID AREA DIVIDING SAID MAIN FLAPS INTO A PLURALITY OF SUB-FLAPS EXTENDING IN CLOSE SIDE BY SIDE RELATION AND WITH THE SLITS BEING OF SUCH DIMENSION THAT THE ADJACENT EDGES OF SUB-FLAPS ARE IN NEAR CONTACTING RELATION WHEREBY THE SPACE BETWEEN ADJACENT SUB-FLAPS IS SUBSTANTIALLY SMALLER THAN THE WIDTH OF THE SUB-FLAPS, THE SLITS IN ONE OF SAID MAIN FLAPS BEING OFFSET WITH RESPECT TO THE SLITS IN THE OTHER MAIN FLAP BY AN AMOUNT APPROXIMATELY EQUAL TO ONE HALF THE WIDTH OF A SUB-FLAP WHEREBY THE SUBFLAPS IN ONE MAIN FLAP OVERLY THE SLITS IN THE OTHER MAIN FLAP WHEN SAID SHEET IS DRAPED OVER A SUPPORT ROD, AND THE MATERIAL AT THE EDGES OF EACH OF SAID SUB-FLAPS BORDERING ON SAID SLITS BEING SEALED BY FUSING OF THE SYNTHETIC FIBERS TO RESIST FRAYING OF THE MATERIAL ALONG SAID SLITS.