US 11,744,393 B2
Tabbed drapery system
Willis J. Mullet, Gulf Breeze, FL (US); Darrin W. Brunk, Pensacola, FL (US); Samuel D. Schemmer, Pensacola, FL (US); Scott Hand, Milton, FL (US); and Phillip Dugger, Pensacola, FL (US)
Assigned to Current Products Corp., Pensacola, FL (US)
Filed by CURRENT PRODUCTS CORP, Pensacola, FL (US)
Filed on Jan. 25, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/257,411.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/622,255, filed on Jan. 26, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/622,202, filed on Jan. 26, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/691,325, filed on Jun. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2019/0231110 A1, Aug. 1, 2019
Int. Cl. A47H 5/06 (2006.01); A47H 13/06 (2006.01); A47H 1/02 (2006.01); A47H 23/00 (2006.01); A47H 13/02 (2006.01); A47H 13/16 (2006.01); A47H 1/142 (2006.01); A47H 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC A47H 5/06 (2013.01) [A47H 1/02 (2013.01); A47H 1/142 (2013.01); A47H 13/02 (2013.01); A47H 13/06 (2013.01); A47H 13/16 (2013.01); A47H 23/00 (2013.01); A47H 2001/0215 (2013.01); A47H 2005/025 (2013.01)] 50 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drapery system comprising:
a drive element;
the drive element extending a length between a first end and a second end;
the drive element connected to a structure by a first bracket positioned adjacent the first end and a second bracket positioned adjacent the second end;
a tabbed driver connected to the drive element;
shade material having a plurality of tabs;
wherein the tabbed driver is positioned in an opening in a first tab of the plurality of tabs of the shade material;
wherein the drive element extends through an opening in the tabbed driver and through the opening in the first tab;
wherein the tabbed driver is connected to the first tab by a connector that extends through a second opening in the first tab;
wherein when the drive element is rotated the shade material is moved between an open position and a closed position.