Patricia S Ogden

US Patent:

57851883, Jul 28, 1998

Filed:

Jun 20, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/667029

Inventors:

Patricia P. Ogden - Atlanta GA

International Classification:

A47F 500

US Classification:

211 8801

Abstract:

A valance for storing and displaying items such as stuffed animals or dolls. The valance has pouches formed on its front into which the items are placed. The pouches are provided with a spacer and/or loose fill for increasing the interior volume of the pouch, thereby giving the pouch a three-dimensional appearance. The spacer or fill may also serve to elevate the items so that they are visible over the front flap of the pouch. The valance may be two pieces of fabric sewn together to form pouches bound by the seams. Alternatively, the valance may be a piece of fabric having loops, through which a scarf-like second piece of fabric is threaded. The droop of the scarf between the loops forms the pouches into which the items are placed.