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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 1981
Filed:
Mar. 23, 1979
Paul E Comeau, Warwick, RI (US);
Kenney Manufacturing Company, Warwick, RI (US);
Abstract
A traverse rod curtain support combination is provided with a draw cord adapted to actuate curtain supporting master carriers through a lost-motion arrangement which permits the curtain to be drawn to a fully opened position with the curtain halves at each side to a fully closed position at the mid-point of the rod despite the presence of substantially more curtain material in one curtain half than in the other. The draw cord is arranged so that it can be adjusted relative to the master carriers externally of the rod. The combination is particularly suitable for slat type curtains (sometimes called 'woven wood'), which requires an extra slat in one curtan half and the lost motion arrangement makes it possible to provide a light-tight abutment at the mid-point of the rod when the curtain is closed as well as a compact arrangement of the curtain material at each side when the curtain is fully opened.