Abstract: The vertical Venetian blind (100) consists of vertical lamellae (10), held in a support rail (15) and travelling in the support rail longitudinal direction by an operating cord (17) and swivellable about their vertical longitudinal axes (11) by an operating chain (16) for opening and closing, which constitute, when closed, a curtain-type Venetian blind (200), these vertical lamellae (10) being made of strip shaped cut-out pieces made of a weft, cloth or foil, the vertical lamellae (10) being connected with each other at their lower free ends (10c) with connecting cords, chains or bead chains (13) held on their outer marginal edges (10a, 10b), whereby at least one section (90) with manually adjustable vertical lamellae (120), situated in the lower Venetian blind area, is constituted in the Venetian blind (200) formed by the vertical lamellae (10).

Abstract: In order that the tensile forces caused by the weight of the curtain do not act upon the adhesive closing tape employed for the affixation of the curtain fabric to a mounting track rigidly connected with the building, but are instead conducted into the anchoring system on the building, a curtain, more particularly a window shade, is provided with guiding and deflecting elements for the drawing cords fitted to the curtain fabric, in which the curtain fabric carrying attachment plates (20) with rings or eyes (21) is affixed with the aid of an adhesive closing tape (40) of a fleece tape (41) and a Velcro fastener tape (141) to a mounting track (10) rigidly connected with the building constructed in such a way that the attachment plates (20) for the establishment of a frictional, operative connection with the mounting track (10) are connected by means of detachable supporting and connecting elements (30) that absorb vertical tensile forces, while the attachment plates (20) and the mounting track (10) are provided

Abstract: The roller blind (100) detachably fastened to a winding axis (50) can be rolled up on to and unrolled from the winding axis with the aid of pull cords, in which case the pull cords (20, 120, 220) are constructed in the form of U-like routed pull cord pairs (21, 121, 221) passed through guide rings (30, 31, 130, 131, 230, 231) with concentric pull cord connecting sections (24, 124, 224) proceeding parallel to the longitudinal axis of the winding shaft (50) and located on top of each other, which are seized for the rolling up and the unrolling operation of the window shade by a pull cord entrainment means (60) secured concentrically to the circumference of the winding axis (50).