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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1994
Toru Yamamoto, Osaka, JP;
Mitsuhisa Okawa, Toyama, JP;
Yoshida Kogyo K.K., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An outerlining fabric woven of warp threads and a weft thread and including at least two fastener portions composed of a male or a female member of a surface-type separable fastener, and a mesh portion of a predetermined width disposed between the fastener portions to separate them in the widthwise direction of the outerlining fabric, the weft thread being composed of a synthetic resin monofilament having a rigidity greater than that of any of the warp threads. The outerlining fabric is attached to and along the top edge of a curtain, and when the curtain is to be attached to a curtain rail, a series of curtain attachment connector members each having a fastener surface are attached to either of the fastener portions of the outerlining fabric. With the outerlining fabric, the vertical position of the curtain relative to the curtain rail can be changed among at least two positions. Due to the rigidity of the monofilament in the outerlining fabric, the top edge of the curtain is always held in an upstanding position even when the curtain attachment connector is attached to the lower fastener portion.