Releasable holddown means for curtains and the like

Claim 1

In a holddown for securing an edge of a curtain and the like to a supporting member, a. an elongated hollow tube-like member adapted to be carried adjacent the edge of the curtain to be secured, b. a flexible member in the hollow tube-like member having at least one bight therein lying outside the tubular member and adapted to be placed over a hook or the like carried by the supporting member, c. said flexible member being reeved over pulley-like members located inside the tubular mmember adjacent each end thereof and having its free ends passing through the tubular member and secured against moving into the tubular member, and d. means resiliently mounting the pulley-like members inside the elongated hollow tube-like member for movement toward each other, said means comprising a second flexible member having a bight therein lying outside the tubular member and with its ends operatively connected to the mounting means for said pulley-like members, whereby upon increasing the length of said second named bight said pulleys move toward each other, putting slack in said first named flexible member, permitting the bight therein to be incrased in length for placing over said hook or the like.