Design-a-way retractable design wall and display aid

Abstract

A Multiple-Roller Quilting Design Wall used by quilters or others requiring a vertical display for planning, designing, or presenting. An open faced box holding multiple (or one) roll-up sheets which can be unrolled singly, or simultaneously. Rotation of the roll-up sheet rod is controlled by the unique use of a friction clutch via a remote-control chain which allows the Design Wall box to be mounted high on a wall or over windows or doors.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]Provisional patent application 61 / 430,961[0002]Filing date: 01 / 08 / 2011[0003]Name of Applicants: Robyn L. Embree; Walter D. Embree[0004]Title of Invention: Design-A-Way Retractable Design Wall for QuiltersSTATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT[0005]Not ApplicableSEQUENCE LISTING, TABLE, OR COMPUTER PROGRAM LISTING[0006]Not ApplicableBACKGROUND OF INVENTION[0007]Quilt designers, makers, or finishers (Quilters) often work with small pieces of fabric material (Pieces) that, when sewn together, create larger panels (Blocks) which will be combined to create a final quilt. Quilters often use a large sheet of felt, flannel, or other fabric material, mounted vertically to a wall (Design Wall), onto which they place the Pieces or Blocks in order to match colors, patterns, designs, or fabric types, or to gain a large-scale perspective of their quilt project. Normally, the Pieces or Blocks are expected to ‘stick’ to the Desig...

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

[0011]This invention allows a Quilter to easily roll a project up while the project is mounted on the Design Wall sheet for storage, transport, or to access an additional project on the other sheets of the same unit. By simply pulling downward on a chain, the Quilter can raise or lower a Design Wall Sheet to any length desired. Due to the use of the Clutch Chains which extend typically 3 feet below the Rods, the Quilter does not have to reach high to access the Design Wall, thus allowing the unit to hang high over doors, windows, or other convenient locations.

Problems solved by technology

Quilters often have more than one project in progress at one time and limited workspace to display or mount these projects.

More often than not, Quilters will lose their perspective on the first project and lose valuable creative ideas and time trying to recreate the design they were working with.

This device is generally known to be small(ish), and does not benefit from the multiple-roller concept, and is generally assumed to be limited to a single project at a time.

The other design wall known to the Inventors uses a single spring-shade style roll-up rod, is limited in size, and does not benefit from the multiple-roller concept.

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