Modular customizable panel window curtain system

Abstract

A series of modular fabric panels with edge zippers interconnect to form a modular window covering system custom fit by a user to cover windows of various sizes. Flexible zippers with removable zipper pulls and edge cover fabric over the zippers create a customized curtain which looks like a standard sewn seamed curtain.

1 . A modular window dressing system of interconnectable fabric panels to construct a window dressing to cover a desired size window, the system comprising:
 a series of individual curtain panels which each comprise a sheet of curtain fabric having a front side which faces into a room and a back side which faces a window, one side of a zipper connector attached along an edge of the curtain panel on a back side of at least one edge of the curtain panel and a covering flap of material on the front side over the zipper along the length of the at least one zipper covering the zipper from view on the front side with the covering flaps of material on adjacent interconnected panels contacting each other to appear like a normal seam in a curtain, the zipper comprising a flexible lightweight zipper with a means for preventing the zipper pull from hanging down below the window dressing so that the zippers do not affect the appearance of the curtain formed by the assembled panels hang and the curtain hangs in a normal way without any visibility of the zipper, the panels detachably connecting to each other to form a modular curtain system for a user to form a custom window cover for a window having a desired size custom width or length so that the finished assembled window covering appears to be a seamed window covering custom fit to the window.   
   
   
       2 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the series of curtain panels comprise at least one valence panel comprising a finished valence top edge, one side of a zipper connector attached to a bottom edge, and one side of a zipper connector attached to each of two side edges of the at least one valence panel; and at least one curtain panel comprising a rectangular sheet of curtain fabric having one side of a zipper connector attached to each of the four edges of the at least one valence panel. 
   
   
       3 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the zipper comprises a standard zipper with removable interlocking teeth fabricated of a lightweight flexible synthetic material. 
   
   
       4 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the means for preventing the zipper pull from hanging down below the window dressing comprises a removable zipper pull which is unclipped and removed from the window dressing after assembly. 
   
   
       5 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the means for preventing the zipper pull from hanging down below the window dressing comprises a zipper pull which locks in an upright position against the closed zipper after assembly. 
   
   
       6 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the zipper comprises a zipper fabricated of a lightweight flexible synthetic material with one elongated tab on one panel removably locked into a mating elongated groove in an adjacent panel.