Stabilized rotating drapery rod ring system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11457763
APP PUB NO 20200229630A1
SERIAL NO

16744933

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A drapery system having a drive element extending the length that is connected to a structure by a pair of brackets. The drive element has a cylindrical shape with an exterior surface. The exterior surface of the drive element has a guide structure, which in one arrangement is a plurality of helical grooves. A plurality of rings are positioned around the drive element that are used to connect shade material to the drive element. The rings include a partial driver ring, a full driver ring and idler rings. In a center closing arrangement, partial driver rings are positioned as the inward most rings followed by full driver ring which is followed by a plurality of idler rings. The partial driver ring and the idler rings have a stabilizer that fits around the exterior surface of the drive element thereby providing smoother and quieter travel along the drive element.

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CURRENT PRODUCTS CORP1995 HOLLYWOOD AVE PENSACOLA FL 32514

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Dugger, Phillip Pensacola, US 11 25
Hand, Scott Pace, US 10 47
Mullet, Willis J Gulf Breeze, US 139 3153

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