Detachable drapery carrier

Claim 2

A drapery mounting device for supporting draperies which can be moved along a track system comprising in combination: a. a drapery-heading stiffener including means adapted for securement to a drapery to be supported thereby, said stiffener having an upper edge and a lower edge with said upper edge being disposed toward the track system; b. a female member carried by said drapery stiffener proximate to the upper edge thereof and including positionally selfrestoring shiftable latch means, said latch means having at least one upper cam surface and a lower catch spaced downward therefrom with said cam surface facing upward toward the track system, said latch means being cammed laterally away from its at rest position in response to a downwardly directed force applied against said upper cam surface, said latch means including a cavity within its structure laterally of and below said at least one catch; c. a male member having an upper section and a lower section, said upper section including means engageable with the track system to provide easy sliding movement therealong, said lower section including latch opening means effective to cam said upper cam surface of said female member latch means laterally outwardly in response to a downward movement of said lower section thereagainst, whereby said lower section can enter into said cavity and be locked therein by said catch; and d. self-restoring cantilevered shelf means which protrude from said drapery stiffener means toward and in close proximity to said latch means, whereby when said latch means is cammed away from its at rest position it engages said shelf means and cams said shelf means away from the latter''s at rest position so that when the force which cams said latch means is no longer present said latch means is urged to its at rest position by the force of said self-restoring shelf means.

Claim 3

A drapery mounting device for supporting draperIes which can be moved along a track system comprising in combination: a. a drapery-heading stiffener including means adapted for securement to a drapery to be supported thereby, said stiffener having an upper edge and a lower edge with said upper edge being disposed toward the track system; b. a female member carried by said drapery stiffener proximate to the upper edge thereof and including positionally self-restoring shiftable latch means, said latch means having at least one upper cam surface and a lower catch spaced downward therefrom with said cam surface facing upward toward the track system, said latch means being cammed laterally away from its at rest position in response to a downwardly directed force applied against said upper cam surface, said latch means including a cavity within its structure laterally of and below said at least one catch; c. a male member having an upper section and a lower section, said upper section including means engageable with the track system to provide easy sliding movement therealong, said lower section including latch opening means and cam means, said latch opening means being effective to cam said upper cam surface of said female member latch means laterally outwardly in response to a downward movement of said lower section thereagainst whereby said lower section can enter into said cavity and be locked therein by said catch, and said cam means being operative to cam said latch means apart in response to rotation of said lower section in a plane substantially perpendicular to the plane of said drapery-heading stiffener.

Claim 4

A drapery mounting device for supporting draperIes which can be moved along a track system comprising in combination: a. a drapery-heading stiffener including means adapted for securement to a drapery to be supported thereby, said stiffener having an upper edge and a lower edge with said upper edge being disposed toward the track system; b. a female member carried by said drapery stiffener proximate to the upper edge thereof and including positionally self-restoring shiftable latch means, said latch means having at least one upper cam surface and a lower catch spaced downward therefrom with said cam surface facing upward toward the track system, said latch means being cammed laterally away from its at rest position in response to a downwardly directed force applied against said upper cam surface, said latch means including a cavity within its structure laterally of and below said at least one catch; c. a male member having an upper section and a lower section, said upper section including means engageable with the track system to provide easy sliding movement therealong, said lower section including latch opening means and cam means, said latch opening means being effective to cam said upper cam surface of said female member latch means laterally outwardly in response to a downward movement of said lower section thereagainst whereby said lower section can enter into said cavity and be locked therein by said catch, and said cam means being operative to cam said latch means apart in response to rotation of said lower section in a plane substantially perpendicular to the plane of said drapery-heading stiffener.

Claim 5

A drapery mounting device according to claim 2 wherein said male member lower section latch opening means comprises an arrowhead structure whose tip points downward away from said male member upper section, and wherein said cam means comprises bevelled surfaces extending divergingly from the side edges of said arrowhead structure toward the outside of said male member.

Claim 6

A drapery mounting device for supporting draperies which can be moved along a track system comprising in combination: a. a drapery-heading stiffener including means adapted for securement to a drapery to be supported thereby, said stiffener having an upper edge and a lower edge with said upper edge being disposed toward the track system; b. a female member carried by said drapery stiffener proximate to the upper edge thereof and including positionally self-restoring shiftable latch means, said latch means having at least one upper cam surface and a lower catch spaced downward therefrom with said cam surface facing upward toward the track system, said latch means being cammed laterally away from its at rest position in response to a downwardly directed force applied against said upper cam surface, said latch means including a cavity within its structure laterally of and below said at least one catch; c. a male member having an upper section and a lower section, said upper section including means engageable with the track system to provide easy sliding movement therealong, said lower section including latch opening means and an open arch and cam means, said latch opening means comprising an arrowhead structure whose base forms the base of said arch and whose tip points downward away from said male member upper section and being effective to cam said upper cam surface of said female member latch means laterally outwardly in response to a downward movement of said lower section thereagainst whereby said lower section can enter into said cavity and be locked therein by said catch, said open arch having an upper surface which is bevelled upward from its center toward its outer edges and wherein the height of said bevelled arch is sufficient that when said male member is rotated in the plane of said stiffener means said arch does not engage said female member, and said cam means comprising bevelled surfaces extending divergingly from the side edges of said arrowhead toward the outside of said male member.

Claim 7

A drapery mounting device for supporting draperies which can be moved along a track system comprising in combination: a. a drapery-heading stiffener including means adapted for securement to a drapery to be supported thereby, said stiffener having an upper edge and a lower edge with said upper edge being disposed toward the track system; b. a female member carried by said drapery stiffener proximate to the upper edge thereof and including positionally self-restoring shiftable latch means, said latch means having at least one upper cam surface and a lower catch spaced downward therefrom with said cam surface facing upward toward the track system, said latch means being cammed laterally away from its at rest position in response to a downwardly directed force applied against said upper cam surface, said latch means including a cavity within its structure laterally of and below said at least one catch; c. a male member having an upper section and a lower section, said upper section including means engageable with the track system to provide easy sliding movement therealong, said lower section including latch opening means and an open arch and cam means, said latch opening means comprising an arrowhead structure whose base forms the base of said arch and whose tip points downward away from said male member upper section and being effective to cam said upper cam surface of said female member latch means laterally outwardly in response to a downward movement of said lower section thereagainst whereby said lower section can enter into said cavity and be locked therein by said catch, said open arch having an upper surface which is bevelled upward from its center toward its outer edges and wherein the height of said bevelled arch is sufficient that when said male member is rotated in the plane of said stiffener means said arch does not engage said female member, and said cam means comprising bevelled surfaces extending divergingly from the side edges of said arrowhead toward the outside of said male member.