US20110108694A1

US20110108694A1 - Safety support for curtain

Info

Publication number: US20110108694A1
Application number: US12/617,626
Authority: US
Inventors: Ju-Huai Chen
Original assignee: My Home Global Co
Current assignee: My Home Global Co
Priority date: 2009-11-12
Filing date: 2009-11-12
Publication date: 2011-05-12

Abstract

A safety support for a curtain comprises a supporting base having a receiving unit set at one side of the supporting base, and a supporting plate coupling to one side of the supporting base, wherein the supporting plate comprises a connecting unit which is coupled to the receiving unit of the supporting base, and an aperture. The safety support is constructed in such that when the external force exerted on the safety support of the curtain exceeds a pre-determined safety weight setting, the connecting unit of the supporting plate will disconnect immediately from the receiving unit of the supporting base so that the curtain will be detached from the supporting plate of the safety support so that the child is protected from suspension from the curtain.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a safety support for a curtain, and more particularly to a safety structure for the curtain that can protect the safety of the children at homes.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The conventional curtain, such as Roman curtain, comprises an upper bar, a piece of curtain fabric body connecting to the upper bar and a control rope set, which controls the rising and descending of the curtain. The curtain fabric body can comprise a plurality of curtain fabric portions constructed into a big piece of curtain body, and those curtain fabric portions are connected next to each other through the holes and the ropes positioned at both side of the curtain fabric portions, so that the length of the whole curtain body can be controlled by the control rope set that is attached to at the bottom part of the ropes of the curtain fabric body to rise or descend the curtain.
Since curtain is the most common furniture found in the households, children are more likely to play with curtain than other furniture due to their curiosity or playfulness nature. Curtain is normally suspended or hanged at the window frame indoor, so when a child plays with the ropes or the control rope set of the curtain, there is a great chance that the child will be tangled or suspended by the ropes, such as his neck, which can cause a life-threatening harm to the child. Therefore, there is an urgent need to provide a safety measure for the curtain in order to protect the safety of the children at home.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In view of the foregoing shortcomings of the conventional curtain design, the prevent invention provides a safety support for a curtain that can protect the safety of the child.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a safety support that can be installed easily and protect the safety of the children at homes.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a safety support that can prevent the child from suspension by the curtain' ropes or the control rope set.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a safety support utilizing the upper bar of the curtain, which is coupled to a support plate of the safety support, to be disengaged from a supporting base of the safety support when the external force exerted on the safety support of the curtain exceeds a pre-determined safety weight setting. In other words, a connecting unit of the supporting plate is disconnected immediately from a receiving unit of the supporting base so the curtain will be detached from the supporting plate of the safety support to prevent the child from suspension.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a safety support to protect the safety of the child by using its arc-shaped opening design to dislocate the upper bar of the curtain from the supporting plate of the safety support.
The safety support of the present invention comprises supporting base having a receiving unit provided at one side of the supporting base, and a supporting plate coupling to one side of the supporting base, wherein the supporting plate comprises a connecting unit which is coupled to the receiving unit of the supporting base, and an aperture.
These features and advantages of the present invention will become more fully apparent from the following description and appended claims, or may be learned by the practice of the invention as set forth thereinafter.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In order for the advantages of the invention to be readily understood, a more particular description of the invention briefly described above will be rendered by reference to specific embodiments that are illustrated in the appended drawings. Understanding that theses drawings depict only typical embodiments of the invention and are not therefore to be considered to be limiting of its scope, the invention will be described and explained with additional specificity and detail through the use of the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an assembled safety support used for curtain in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic assembly view of the safety support used for curtain in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of showing how the safety support is applied to a curtain in accordance with another preferred embodiment of the present invention; and

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of showing another safety support in accordance with another preferred embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

For the purpose of promoting an understanding of the principles of the invention, reference will now be made to the exemplary embodiments illustrated in the drawings, and specific language will be used to describe the same. It will nevertheless be understood that no limitation of the scope of the invention is thereby intended. Any alterations and further modifications of the inventive features illustrated herein, and any additional applications of the principles of the invention as illustrated herein, which would occur to one skilled in the relevant art and having possession of this disclosure, are to be considered within the scope of the invention.
FIGS. 1 and 2 show schematic views of a safety support used for curtain in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The safety support comprises a supporting base 1 and a supporting plate 2.
The supporting base 1 comprises a horizontal plate 11, a vertical plate 12 which is perpendicularly attached to one side of the horizontal plate 11, and an L-shaped plate 13, which is attached perpendicularly to another side of the vertical plate 12. The horizontal plate 11, the vertical plate 12 and the L-shaped plate 13 of the supporting base 1 can be fabricated either in one piece molding or separately. A receiving unit 131 is provided at one side of the L-shaped plate 13 for coupling the supporting plate 2 to the supporting base 1, and fixed holes 121 are provided at the vertical plate 12 for mounting the supporting base 1.
The supporting plate 2 is coupling to one side of the L-shaped plate 13 of the supporting base 1 via the receiving unit 131. A connecting unit 21 is provided at an L-shaped section of the supporting plate 2 for coupling to the receiving unit 131 of the supporting base 1. The connecting unit 21 comprises a flexible plate 211 and a protrusion 212. An aperture 22 is provided at the supporting plate 2, wherein the aperture 22 can be designed as a circular shaped hole.
Refer to FIG. 3, a schematic view showing how the safety support is applied to a curtain in accordance with another preferred embodiment of the present invention. Refer to FIGS. 1-3, a curtain 3 is suspended via an upper bar 31, and two ends of the upper bar 31 are supported and coupling to the two supporting plates 2 via the apertures 22 of the supporting plates 2. The supporting plates 2 are coupling to the supporting bases 1. The curtain 3 is then supported and suspended at the window frame by attaching the supporting base 1 to the window frame or the walls via the fixed holes 121 and the screws.
The safety support of the present invention is designed to protect the safety of the children at homes. The safety support is specifically constructed to support a specific weight, which is also called the safety weight, when the actual weight exceeds the pre-determined safety weight, the connecting unit 21 will be detached easily and immediately from the receiving unit 131.
FIG. 3 shows that the curtain 3 comprises a control rope set 32, which controls the rising and descending of the curtain 3, and ropes 33 positioned at both side of the curtain body, which can control the length of the curtain body. When a child is accidently hanged or suspended by the control rope set 32 or the rope 33, such as the child's neck is tangled with the ropes, the weight of the child will cause an enormous force to pull on the control rope set 32 and the ropes 33 as a result, the connecting unit 21 of the supporting plate 2 will detach and come loose immediately from the receiving unit 131 of the supporting base 1 to prevent the suspension of the child from the curtain's ropes. In other words, when the external force/weight sustained on the safety support of the present invention exceeds the pre-determined safety weight setting, the connecting unit 21 of the supporting plate 2 will disconnect immediately from the receiving unit 131 of the supporting base 1 to prevent life-threatening accident from happen to the child. Once the child is safe from the ropes, the curtain 3 can be suspended again by re-inserting the flexible plate 211 of the connecting unit 21 into the hole of the receiving unit 131 of the supporting base 1 so that the protrusion 212 of the connecting unit 21 is clicked at one side of the receiving unit 131. Therefore, the safety support of the present invention can allow the curtain 3 to be set up or installed up easily, and its safety design can provide a safe environment for the child.
FIG. 4 shows another safety support in accordance with another preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein an aperture 22 a is provided at a supporting plate 2 a as shown in FIG. 4. The aperture 22 a further comprises an arc-shaped opening 221 a, and one portion of the aperture 22 a is connecting to the arc-shaped opening 221 a. When the external force exerted on the safety support of the curtain exceeds the pre-determined safety weight setting, the control rope set 32 or the rope(s) 33 of the curtain 3 is pulled by the external force will result the upper bar 31 to be pulled out from the arc-shaped opening 221 a of the aperture 22 a immediately to cause the upper bar 31 of the curtain 3 to be detached from the supporting plate 2 a of the safety support in such that the curtain 3 will be released from its suspension position.
The safety support of the present invention is designed to protect the safety of the children indoor and to prevent the child from suspension on the curtain or ropes. The safety support is constructed in such that when the external force exerted on the safety support of the curtain exceeds the pre-determined safety weight setting, the connecting unit 21 of the supporting plate 2 will disconnect immediately from the receiving unit 131 of the supporting base 1 or the upper bar 31 of the curtain 3 to be pulled out from the arc-shaped opening 221 a of the aperture 22 a immediately to cause the curtain 3 detaching from the supporting plate 2 a of the safety support so that the child is protected from suspension by the curtain 3 or the ropes 32, 33.
Thus, while the present invention has been fully described above with particularity and detail in connection with what is presently deemed to be the most practical and preferred embodiment of the invention, it will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art that numerous modifications, including, but not limited to, variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use may be made, without departing from the principles and concepts of the invention as set forth in the claims.

Claims

1. A safety support for a curtain, comprising:

a supporting base, having a receiving unit provided at one side of the supporting base; and

a supporting plate, coupling to one side of the supporting base, wherein the supporting plate comprises a connecting unit which is coupled to the receiving unit of the supporting base, and an aperture.

2. The safety support of claim 1, wherein the supporting base further comprises a horizontal plate, a vertical plate which is perpendicularly attached to one side of the horizontal plate, and an L-shaped plate that is attached perpendicularly to another side of the vertical plate, and the vertical plate comprises a fixed hole.

3. The safety support of claim 1, wherein the connecting unit of the support plate comprises a flexible plate and a protrusion.

4. The safety support of claim 1, wherein the aperture is designed as the circular shaped hole.

5. The safety support of claim 1, wherein the aperture further comprises an arc-shaped opening connecting to one section of the aperture.