fabrics fabrics which lack sufficient body to maintain a fixed position usually require the addition of a stiffening material in order to hold the pleat in the desired shape fig2 shows a top view of the window treatment of fig1 which shows the top 10 of trifold pleat 4 and the folds 14 that are formed by the fabric that hangs from the pleat 0034 fig3 is a side view of fig1 which shows the rod pocket 6 the side edge of panel 2 is hemmed to provide a finished edge on the panel 0035 fig4 shows a tab back pinch pleat type of window treatment which has pinch pleats that are identical to the pinch pleat construction of fig1 this window treatment differs from the window treatment of fig1 in that it has straps 18 that form a series of separate support elements that are placed at the back of the pinch pleats and at the top back edges of the window treatment to form a means that will engage a rod that is inserted transversely to the longitudinal axis of the window treatment 0036 fig5 is a front view of a pleated window treatment having pleats that are the same as fig1 fig6 is a back view of fig4 which shows straps 18.