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Sliding wheels for drapery

US7698781B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 20, 2006
Grant dateApr 20, 2010
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 26, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE05D15/0626
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A drapery arrangement includes a drapery fabric, a sliding track, and a plurality of sliding wheels. Each of the sliding wheels includes a sliding hanger, a wheel seat, a central connecting shaft, and a plurality of sliding elements. The wheel seat, having a rotating groove, is adapted to fittedly receive in a toggle cavity of the sliding hanger, wherein the wheel seat has a through connecting channel extended along a radial direction thereof. The central connecting shaft penetrates though the connecting channel enhancing a structural rigidity of the respective sliding wheel, and evenly distributing a load imposed on the sliding wheel. The plurality of sliding elements is rotatably received in the rotating groove for running on a circular sidewall of the toggle cavity, wherein the sliding wheel is slidably mounted on the sliding track for sliding therealong.

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