Abstract: A retractable blind or shade assembly for covering a polygonal contoured surface area, includes a retractable covering member (2, 16, 36, 37, 55), a movable member (3, 39, 60') and at least one cord member (9, 43, 44, 58). At least one cord member (9, 43, 44, 58) is provided between its terminal ends with a looped connection (10, 10') adapted to engage the movable member (3, 39, 60') upon a predetermined amount of relative movement between the movable member (3, 39, 60') and the one cord member (9, 43, 44, 58) in one direction, while otherwise relative movement between the movable member (3, 39, 60') and the cord member (9, 43, 44, 58) is independent of one another. The assembly enables the engagement of a further element without obstruction to being guided through openings or around deflecting surfaces and pulley wheels, such as are often part of a blind or shade structure.

Abstract: An apparatus for suspending lamellar sun-blinds or the like, which apparatus comprises a profile open on at least one side with guiding, wherein a number of carriers (5) each having a gear transmission (8) and movable along the guiding by means of a control means, a control rod (11) arranged rotatably in and parallel to the profile, which is carried in each case through one of the gears of the transmission (8), a vertical rotating pin (7) with depending member for the slat connected to another gear and supported by the carrier, a spacer strip (66) connected to each of the carriers (5) which is guided slidably in a guiding of the adjacent carrier, wherein the spacer strip (66) is fixed on the side of the carrier such that the blade of the strip is vertically oriented in order to provide a profile dimensioning that is aesthetically well-considered, requires small dimensions particularly in the height and is thereby easy to combine with other profiles for additional applications.