Tool for inserting fabric in molding

Claim 1

In combination with a molding piece for supporting a fabric sheet against a room wall, the piece comprising a vertical flat face and a top surface, said piece having a longitudinally-extending inlet communicating with a longitudinally-extending storage channel, the inlet being formed by dilatable resilient jaws, one jaw extending at an acute angle from said top surface and the other extending at an acute angle from said flat face, a tool adapted to admit the selvage tail of the fabric sheet into said storage channel, said tool comprising a blade of flexible material extending forwardly from a handle and provided with a flat, thin forepart having a front edge adapted to engage said tail, the forepart being curved to an extent sufficient to permit its entry into the angled inlet and said curved part does not extend above said top surface such that when the tail of the fabric is engaged by the front edge, the forepart can then be forced into the inlet and the tool manipulated to cause the forepart to dilate the jaws to a degree making it possible to pass the tail through the inlet into the storage channel, said jaws reverting to their normal state to lock said tail in said channel when the tool is withdrawn from the molding piece, said handle having a longitudinal axis which passes through the uncurved portion of the blade.