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(11) EP 0 420 441 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
04.09.1991 Bulletin 1991/36

(43) Date of publication A2:
03.04.1991 Bulletin 1991/14

(21) Application number: 90309913.3

(22) Date of filing: 11.09.1990
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: A47H 5/032
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FR IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 23.09.1989 GB 8921550

(71) Applicant: MCKECHNIE CONSUMER PRODUCTS LIMITED
Aldridge Walsall West Midlands WS9 8DS (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Bolton, Peter John
    Pendeford, Wolverhampton WV9 5QN (GB)

(74) Representative: Mosey, Stephen George et al
MARKS & CLERK Alpha Tower Suffolk Street Queensway
Birmingham B1 1TT
Birmingham B1 1TT (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Curtain track system


    (57) A curtain track system comprises a flexible, plastics material track member (10), having in a rear surface thereof a central longitudinal lipped groove (14) and upper and lower longitudinal lipped channels (37) at opposite sides thereof, a ball chain (38) retained in the channels (37) and extending over rollers (18) in end caps (12) at respective opposite ends of the track member, support brackets (16) releasably securable to the track member at said groove (14) by operating from the front of the track member a manually operable pivotal catch (25), and upper and lower master gliders (39, 40) mounted on the track member and releasably securable to respective upper and lower runs of the ball chain in said channels (37) by operation at the front of the track member of manually operable pivotal members (50) which each have a free rear end with a 'vee' notch (53) for engaging the ball chain (38) between a pair of adjacent balls thereof and trapping it towards an inner surface of one of said channels.







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