| US4865105A | 1989-09-12 | |||
| US4999874A | 1991-03-19 | |||
| SE9103005A | ||||
| US0838867A | 1906-12-18 |
| 1. | A method of making a cornice with a bulging front, characterized in that a tube <12) is formed of a thin, flat and bendable plastic strip and attached to a curtain rod <11). |
| 2. | A method according to claim 1, characterized in that the tube <12) is formed to have a substantially flat back and substantially a partcircular front. |
| 3. | A method according to claim 2, characterized in that one uses two flat plastic strips <15, 16) and attaches one of them to the curtain rod <12) and bends the other in a bow and sticks the two strips together. |
| 4. | A method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that one uses adhesive tape <17, 18) that is adhesive on both sides to stick the two plastic strips <15,16) together. |
| 5. | A method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that one fixes the tube <12) on the curtain rod with a tape <17) that is adhesive on both sides. |
| 6. | A etod according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that one fixes a textile to the plastic strip while the strip is flat. |
| 7. | A method according to claim 6, characterized in that one uses glue to fix the textile. |
| 8. | A method according to claim 6, characterized in that one stitches the textile to the strip. |
| 9. | A method according to claim 8, characterized in that one bends the strip so that the stitches are hidden. |
| 10. | A method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized In that one puts puffs of textile in the open ends of the tube. |
This invention relates to a method of making a cornice with a bulging front.
It is an object of the invention to make it possible to make, in a simple way, a cornice with a bulging front.
The invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings that show an embodiment of the invention.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cornice made in accordance with the invention.
Figure 2 is a fragmentary perspective view that shows the parts of the cornice.
Figures 3-6 show various phases of the assemblying of the cornice.
The cornice shown in Figure 1 comprises a conventional telescopic curtain rod 11, a textile covered tube 12 with a flat back fixed to the curtain rod, and puffs of textile 13, 14 put into the ends of the tube.
Figure 2 shows that the tube 12 comprises two sheets or strips 15,16 of a thin bendable material. These strips are cut from colls. The strips can suitably be PVC strips with a thickness of 0.3-1 mm. The strip 15 has two tapes 17,18 with adhesive on both sides and it is fixed to the curtain rod by the upper tape 17. The curtain rod 11 is not as wide as the tape 17 and it is fixed to the lower part of the tape.
The making of a cornice will be described with reference to Figures 3-6. In Figure 3, the strip 15 is shown taped to the curtain rod . In Figure 4, two upstanding flanges 19,20 are shown which have been bent from the originally flat strip 16. In Figure 5, the curtain rod 11 is shown with the strip 15 taped to it. The strip 15 is placed upside down on the
floor and its upwardly bent flange 20 is fixed to the free part of the tape 17 of the strip 15. In Figure 6, the strip 16 is shown bent upwardly with its flange 19 at the back of the strip 15. In Figure 7, an arrow indicates that the flange 19 is forced against the double acting tape 18. The cornice now consists of a a part-circular tube 12 that is fixed to a conventional curtain rod 11 and the cornice is ready to be suspended.
In Figure 1, the tube 12 is shown covered with a textile and the textile can suitably be glued or taped on the strip 16 when the latter is flat, that is, before its flanges 19,20 are bent upwardly in the way shown in Figure 4.
If a strip 16 is used that permits stitching with a domestic sewing machine, one may instead fix the textile with seams in the parts of the strip 16 that are then bent to form the flanges 19,20. The seams will then be hidden. The strip 16 can for example be 0.4 mm thick and the strip 15 can preferably be thicker since it need not be sewn. It can for example be 0.7 mm thick.
For making the bending of the strip 16 easier, the strip can preferably be given bending indications already before it is coiled. Such bending indications can be made by an edged roller at the same time as the strip is formed in a slitting operation.
As an alternative to forming the tube 12 from two strips as shown, it can be bent from a single strip.
The tape 15 has been shown taped to the curtain rod 11 but as an alternative, it can be bent so that it can be suspended on the curtain rod. Then, the strip 15 must be supported. Its ends can for example be bent so that they take support against the wall. Alternatively, another curtain rod can be mounted as a support for the lower part of the strip.