Drapery holder

Claim 1

In a hanger for a drapery panel having a plurality of pleated folds formed in one marginal edge portion and having the pleat folds arranged vertically in juxtaposition, the improvement comprising: a downwardly open vertically planar wire loop frame including a pair of depending legs defining the opening; a pair of support arms connected with said frame legs in horizontal laterally projecting parallel relation; a J-shaped suspension hook pivotally connected by its shank portion with said frame opposite the opening; a shaft extending horizontally across the opening of said frame; means, including a J-shaped loop formed on the depending end of each said leg and projecting laterally of the frame plane, removably connecting said shaft with said frame; a plurality of drapery pleat fold gripping clamp means supported by said shaft, said clamp means including a spring clamp clothespin comprising a pair of cooperating clamp members movable at their respective ends toward and away from each other and having the intermediate portion of a spring helically wound and transversely interposed between the clamp members intermediate the ends of the latter, and, a closed wire loop projecting through the helical portion of said spring and loosely slidably surrounding said shaft; a pair of frabric retainer plates respectively contacting the outermost surface of the depending end portion of said drapery panel and cooperating with said clamp means in maintaining said drapery panel folds juxtaposed; and, a thread extending through the material of said drapery panel between and Connected at its respective ends with said pair of retainer plates.