Abstract: A base structure and associated method for converting the base structure into an operable vane on a shade for an architectural opening. The base structure includes a back sheet and a front sheet attached together in engagement regions spaced along the length of the back sheet and front sheet. The front sheet is separated into front strip sections having a free end. Operating elements are positioned along the back sheet and situated so as to move relative thereto. The operating elements are attached adjacent to a free end of the front strip. Movement of the operating elements actuates the free end of the front strip to move from a closed position to an open position as desired by the user.

Abstract: A retractable bathroom door includes a fixed frame, a mobile frame, a first pull string and a foldable portion. The mobile frame is perpendicular to the upper frame portion of the fixed frame and horizontally moves in a frame range thereof. A frame portion at one side of the mobile frame has a first hollow structure. A first upper pulley and a first lower pulley are respectively disposed at a top end and a bottom end of the first hollow structure. The first pull string has two ends which are wound around the first upper pulley and the first lower pulley in a crossover manner. An upper rail and a lower rail are respectively disposed on the upper frame portion and the lower frame portion of the fixed frame. An upper strip and a lower strip are respectively disposed on the upper rail and the lower rail.

Abstract: A window curtain includes a first curtain body and multiple second curtain bodies attached to the first curtain body. The first curtain body allows light to penetrate therethrough. Each second curtain body has a connection edge formed on the top edge thereof so as to be connected to the first curtain body. Multiple first magnet units and multiple second magnet units are connected to the rear side of each second curtain body. The rear side faces the first curtain body. When folding either of the second curtain bodies relative to the first curtain body, the first and second magnet units are magnetically attracted to each other.

Abstract: An operating system for a retractable covering for an architectural opening having at least a movable bottom rail and possibly a movable middle rail connected to a shade material includes control or guide cords extending from a head-rail for the covering to the bottom rail and extending through the middle rail. Manually operable locks are provided on the bottom rail and the middle rail to grip the cords as they extend therethrough and a take-up system is provided in the bottom rail that is biased so as to retain the cords in a taut condition during movement of the bottom rail or the middle rail. The bottom and middle rails are moved manually simply by manually releasing the manual locks provided thereon so that exposed control cords are alleviated.

Abstract: A vertical blind assembly module includes a head rail unit with opposite sides and a unit axis extending between the sides, a housing and an axle pivotally connecting the housing to the head rail unit so that the housing can pivot about a pivot axis that is perpendicular to the unit axis. A slat is coiled in the housing so enabling the slat to be extended from the housing a selected distance and retracted into the housing. A foot rail unit is pivotally connected to the projecting end of the slat, the pivotal connection being collinear to the pivot axis. By turning the axle relative to the head rail unit about the pivot axis when the slat is extended, the slat can be turned between a closed position wherein the slat is parallel to the unit axis and an open position wherein the slat is perpendicular to the unit axis.

Abstract: The present invention provides a top down-bottom up shade multi-lift system for a plurality of windows. The multi-lift system comprises a master shade and one or more slave shades. The master shade comprises two motors. The salve shades do not include any motor. Rather, the salve shades are motorized via the motors of the master shade.

Abstract: Provided is a blind system including a head-rail; a first cord mechanism associated with a first blind portion via a first cord; a second cord mechanism associated with a second blind portion via a second cord; each blind portion includes a bottom rail; the first blind portion is interposed between the headrail and the second blind portion, where the second cord is also associated with the first blind portion.

Abstract: A sunlight-shielding device includes two one-way clutches characterized by a short overall length, compact size, simple structure, and fewer parts for a sunlight-shielding device in which two shielding materials suspended from a head box can be switched using a single-loop up/down operation cord. Each one-way clutch includes has an input disk, input plate, top plate, and output drum provided on a center pin in a rotatable manner such that when the input plate rotates in a specified direction due to the rotation from the input disk, an engagement part of the top plate projects along a guide groove and engages with an engagement projection strip of the output drum, to transmit the rotation from the input disk to the output drum.

Abstract: A two-way up-down curtain includes a fixed top base including a device space and its bottom is drilled several eyelets. A coil rope control device is located in the device space is coiled with a first and a second thread. The threads penetrate through the eyelet in the bottom of the fixed top base. A curtain under the fixed top base includes a mobile top, a bottom and a curtain. The first thread penetrates through the mobile top, curtain and bottom downwards, and through the bottom downwards with an extended end. A pulling base is only fixed to the extended end of the first thread mutually, so that the user can push and pull the mobile top or the pulling base by hand to change the state of the curtain. The mobile top can be actually prevented from moving to result in clearance to the fixed top base.

Abstract: A covering for an architectural opening has a horizontal movable rail supported by cords, with a variety of configurations which allow the movable rail to be moved up and down while concealing the cords.

Abstract: A Roman shade includes a shade having multiple folded sections formed thereon and multiple control units are connected to the folded sections. Each control unit includes a connection unit and a rope unit. The connection unit and the rope unit share a common end. The connection unit is sewed to the folded sections so as to allow the transmission rope in the connection unit to move freely within the connection unit. The distance between the connection ropes of the rope unit restricts the transmission rope from being pulled out easily.

Abstract: A window shade includes a head box with a top shade control unit and a bottom shade control unit received therein. The top shade control unit has a first cord connected thereto and the bottom shade control unit has a second cord connected thereto. A shade unit has a top shade which is connected between the head box and an intermediate bar, and a bottom shade which is connected between the intermediate bar and a bottom bar. The first cord extends through the top shade and is connected to the intermediate bar. The second cord extends through the bottom shade and is connected to the bottom bar. The top and bottom shades can be individually controlled.

Abstract: A shielding apparatus is provided in which operations of raising and lowering a middle rail and operations of raising and lowering a bottom rail can be performed independently from each other by means of a common operation cord. In a shielding apparatus equipped with an elevation apparatus configured to raise and lower a middle rail 3 and a bottom rail 5, whereby a shielding member 2, 4 can be pulled out in the vertical direction or folded in, the elevation apparatus comprises an operation cord 16 of an endless type hanging down from a head box 1, and selective operation means 13 configured to raise or lower the middle rail 3 through an operation of the operation cord 16 in one direction, and to raise or lower the bottom rail 5 through an operation in the other direction, wherein the selective operation means 13 is configured to push up the middle rail 3 by the bottom rail 5 so that the bottom rail 5 and the middle rail 3 can be raised together.

Abstract: A mechanism for operating a dual shade covering a window with a single handle. The mechanism provides a first glide attached by a pulley system to the first shade of the dual shade, and a second glide attached by a pulley system to the second shade of the dual shade. The first glide and the second glide are slidably disposed within a track assembly, and a master glide is disposed in the track assembly between the first glide and the second glide. The master glide engages the first glide to lower the first shade, and is detached from the first glide along the track assembly by a disengaging plate. The master glide engages the second glide to lower the second shade, and is detached from the second glide along the track assembly by a disengaging plate.

Abstract: A mechanism for operating a dual shade covering a window with a single handle. The mechanism provides a first glide attached by a pulley system to the first shade of the dual shade, and a second glide attached by a pulley system to the second shade of the dual shade. The first glide and the second glide are slidably disposed within a track assembly, and a master glide is disposed in the track assembly between the first glide and the second glide. The master glide engages the first glide to lower the first shade, and is detached from the first glide along the track assembly by a disengaging plate. The master glide engages the second glide to lower the second shade, and is detached from the second glide along the track assembly by a disengaging plate.

Abstract: A window covering includes a first set of lift cords extending from a headrail to middle rail. The first set of lift cords is extendable between the headrail and the middle rail to a predetermined distance, which defines a lowermost position of the middle rail relative to the headrail. The first set of lift cords is also retractable to a wound position for defining an uppermost position of the middle rail. A second set of lift cords extends from the headrail to the bottom rail and is extendable from between the middle rail and bottom rail to define an extended position of window covering material. The predetermined distance that the first set of lift cords may extend is selected to help prevent children from becoming entangled in the first set of lift cords when the middle rail is lowered away from the headrail.

Abstract: A retractable shielding apparatus includes an adjusting base, a fixing base, two retractable shields, a shuttle, and a cable. The two retractable shields are assembled to two ends of the shuttle respectively with one corresponding end thereof. The adjusting base and the fixing base are respectively fixed to the opposite other end of the corresponding two retractable shields. The cable adjustably connects the adjusting base, the two retractable shields, the shuttle and the fixing base together. The shuttle is slidably located between the adjusting base and the fixing base and is configured to slide along the path formed by the cable, such that the two retractable shields can be extended or retracted together with the shuttle.

Abstract: A safety roman blind includes a shielding web unit disposed rearwardly of a blind curtain and having a web sheet attached to the blind curtain at a plurality of attached and attaching spots arranged along fold lines, and a casing disposed on the web sheet to receive and shield a pulled cord segment of a lift cord so as to prevent strangulation accidents.

Abstract: A window covering includes a roller attached to a mounting device and an actuation device attached to the roller to rotate the roller in at least one of a first direction and a second direction. A front member is attached to the mounting device. A second member is attached to the roller. A plurality of ballast members are attached to the front member. Each ballast member has a portion that extends to the second member to engage the second member to cause the front member to form substantially parallel folds when the second member is wound about the roller to retract the front member to a retracted position. Preferably, the folds are similar to or exactly like the transverse folds in shade material that are formed when a conventional Roman shade is raised.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include movable partitions and devices, methods and systems that help to limit or prevent lateral displacement of movable partitions. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a movable partition includes two structures, each structure having a first plurality of panels, and each panel being hingedly coupled to an adjacent panel. The two panels are each supported from an overhead track at laterally spaced locations. One or more lateral restraint devices are supported from the overhead track at a location between the two laterally spaced structures. The lateral restraint device may include a trolley disposed in a channel of the overhead track and an elongated member coupled with the trolley and extending away from the trolley to a location proximate a lower edge of the first structure and a lower edge of the second structure.

Abstract: A shrinkable and extensible screen is mounted between a pair of screen-mounting frame portions arranged bilaterally to confront each other and at least one being slidably movable. A tension member extending through the screen for supporting it in shrinking and extending directions is routed in the screen-mounting frame portions. The tension member is extracted at the portion close to the central portion from the upper end portion of the slidably movable screen-mounting frame portions, to the outside on the side opposite to the screen mounting side.

Abstract: A blind is provided which uses a toothed band bodies such as slender toothed belts as rod holding bodies including operating band bodies, instead of conventional cords and tape, having a straightforward structure providing accurate and stable parallel holding of moving rods, and quit and smooth movement, due to accurate operations without slippage due to engaging of bands and wheels having teeth, without problems such as tangling and bending and the like. Particularly, a rod movement holding device suitable for having multiple moving rods and having multiple shielding adjustment faces, and a blind having a rod operating device, can be provided.

Abstract: A curtain assembly a top box and a first curtain and a second curtain are connected to the scrolling mechanism in the top box. The second end of the first curtain is connected to the second end of the second curtain by multiple securing units which are fixed to a transverse bar on the second curtain. Multiple restriction members each include a clamping part and an elongate plate which extends perpendicularly from the clamping part. The second curtain includes multiple transverse sections separated by section rods which extend through passages defined transversely in the second curtain. Each passage communicates with two notches which are located corresponding to two sides of the first curtain. The clamping parts of the restriction members are inserted through the notches and clamp the section rods, and the elongate plates are located outside of the first curtain.

Abstract: A window covering includes a roller attached to a mounting device and an actuation device attached to the roller to rotate the roller in at least one of a first direction and a second direction. A front member is attached to the mounting device. A second member is attached to the roller. A plurality of ballast members are attached to the front member. Each ballast member has a portion that extends to the second member to engage the second member to cause the front member to form substantially parallel folds when the second member is wound about the roller to retract the front member to a retracted position. Preferably, the folds are similar to or exactly like the transverse folds in shade material that are formed when a conventional Roman shade is raised.

Abstract: In a folding screen device pulled in the lateral direction, the widthwise dimension limit of the screen device in the opening and closing direction of the screen is eliminated. A plurality of screen units include movable vertical frame members attached to both ends of a screen expandable in an accordion manner. The vertical frame members are slidable along a lateral frame member of a building opening. Screen guides in the screen units move out and into the interior of the vertical frame member through upper and lower ends thereof in a bent state, and are led along upper and lower ends of the screen in an extended state. A parallel movement mechanism causes the vertical frame members to move in parallel during opening and closing of the screen. The screen units can be arranged in parallel in the building opening by connecting adjacent vertical frame members of the screen units.

Abstract: A shade comprises a head rail that supports the lift cords for a shade panel. The shade panel includes a plurality of cells secured to one another. A bottom rail is secured to the lower edge of the panel and to which the lift cords are connected for raising and lowering the bottom of the shade panel. The upper edge of the panel is defined by a horizontally extending top cell that is substantially the same as the other cells that create the panel. A rigid bar insert is located within the top cell that extends for substantially the entire length of the top cell. The lift cords for raising and lowering the upper edge of the panel extend through the top cell and are connected to the bar.

Abstract: A semi-private partition or covering includes a collapsible structure having a plurality of uniform perforations formed therein. The plurality of uniform perforations can be configured in size, shape, and dimension to provide not only aesthetic but functional differences from one partition to the next. A manufacturer can make a partition by forming a collapsible structure, such as by bonding a plurality of elongate cells along a plurality of different horizontal seams. The manufacturer can then position a plurality of cutout apparatus about the structure and apply the cutout apparatus to create hollow perforations passing through the entire depth of the collapsible structure (e.g., when expanded). The partition can be mounted to a top or side support structure for any combination of vertical or horizontal expansion/contraction of the partition.

Abstract: Upper ends of the first fabric and the second fabric are attached to the head rail, respectively, and the first lift cord and the second lift cord suspended from the head rail in a liftable manner are coupled to the first fabric and the second fabric, respectively. The first lift cord is routed into a rear side of the first fabric and the second lift cord is routed into a rear side of the second fabric so as to come over an upper end of the second fabric. An extension member is provided so as to extend downwardly along with a lower edge of a rear portion of the head rail, and the upper end of the second fabric is attached to a front surface of the extension member.

Abstract: Present invention teaches to build a Roman shade window curtain where a roller shade is used in the back side of said window curtain, to provide for the release/retraction control, resulting in a “cord-less” control for the actuation of a. Roman shade, which hangs down from a special head rail on top, with the roller shade fabrics slideably travel down the gaps between each horizontal fold created by the rib, clip and rib rod.

Abstract: A window covering offers significant options and control with respect to the amount of light that enters a room. The invention is embodied in a first illustrated embodiment with an upper blind portion that has a head rail attached to a header plates and which is adjustable from the top down, and a separate lower blind portion that has a bottom rail attached to the sill plate and is similarly but independently adjustable from the upper blind portion. The two portions in combination provide a highly variable window covering system. In an alternative embodiment, the upper and lower components of the window covering share a middle rail that defines a lower rail for the upper component, and an upper rail for the lower component, in which the upper and lower rails of the respective upper and lower components are separable from the associated header and sill plates.

Abstract: A window covering in the style of a Roman shade has a straight bottom edge when the shade is lowered and that forms into an inverted fan shape when the shade is raised. Spaced parallel creases in the shade simulate pleats when the shade is in a lowered position and promote accordion-folded pleats when the shade is raised. A pull cord behind the shade lifts the shade from its bottom edge and along its vertical centerline. A two-part bottom rail is secured in the bottom edge of the shade, and each part extends from an outer side edge of the shade to the midportion of the bottom edge, so that when the cord is pulled to raise the shade, the two parts pivot downwardly about the midportion, imparting an inverted fan shape to the bottom edge.

Abstract: A safety device for Roman shades includes multiple loop members connected to each of the folding lines on the shade and multiple restriction members are connected to multiple loop members. Each restriction member includes multiple extensions which spirally wrap to each other so as to define an opening therebetween. Multiple engaging members are connected to the loop members located at a lower end of the shade. Multiple control ropes each have a top end connected to the top box of the Roman shade and the lower end of each control rope extends through the openings of the restriction members and is connected to a collar. The collars can be disengaged from the engaging members. When the control ropes are pulled laterally, the collars are disengaged from the engaging members and the control ropes are disengaged from the extensions of the restriction members.

Abstract: A screen device in which a screen is provided in a contractable and expandable manner between a pair of screen installation frames, at least one of which is movable in a sliding manner, and the screen can be opened and closed by pulling it sideways, and which has upper guide frames for guiding the screen installation frames while covering their upper end sections. The screen installation frames have, at their upper end sections, fall-down prevention guide sections. The upper guide frames have, in their insides, guide rail projections which prevent, by holding the fall-down prevention guide sections, the upper end sections of the screen installation frames from coming out of the upper guide frames.

Abstract: A Roman shade is provided with a child safety device that includes a plurality of release devices configured for attachment to the shade material of the Roman shade. Each release device includes a female member and a male member that releasably connect together such that one member is attached to the shade material and the other member has an opening through which a lift cord passes. The male member and female member of each release device are sized and configured to separate when a release force acts on at least one of the female members and male members. A kit for retrofitting Roman shades to include such safety devices is also disclosed.

Abstract: A retractable covering in accordance with the present invention includes a head rail with a horizontally disposed roller and a pair of depending sheets from the roller which form part of a fabric which can be wrapped around the roller or unwrapped from the roller when moving the covering between retracted and extended positions. The sheets can also be moved with the roller between a closed position wherein they are in contiguous relationship and an open position wherein they are separated while remaining in parallel relationship. A plurality of cut-out vanes are formed in one sheet having a free edge thereof secured as with adhesive or the like to the other sheet. Accordingly, when the sheets are in the closed contiguous relationship, the vanes which are integral with one sheet become coplanar therewith but when the sheets are separated the vanes pivot to open a passage through the sheet from which they were cut to permit the passage of vision and light.

Abstract: A control system for a top down/bottom up covering for an architectural opening includes a head rail and an independently moveable bottom rail and middle rail. A shade material extends between the middle rail and the bottom rail and control systems are provided at opposite ends of the head rail for operating the middle rail independently of the bottom rail. Each control system includes lift spools associated with lift cords that are secured to the bottom rail or middle rail with the lift spools being seated in cradles and rotated by a drive shaft connected to manually operated control elements. Each drive shaft is operatively connected to a braking system in the form of a two-way clutch so the drive shafts can be rotated in either direction to raise or lower a bottom or middle rail, but locked in any selected position.

Abstract: In a folding screen device pulled in the lateral direction, the widthwise dimension limit of the screen device in the opening and closing direction of the screen is eliminated. A plurality of screen units include movable vertical frame members attached to both ends of a screen expandable in an accordion manner. The vertical frame members are slidable along a lateral frame member of a building opening. Screen guides in the screen units move out and into the interior of the vertical frame member through upper and lower ends thereof in a bent state, and are led along upper and lower ends of the screen in an extended state. A parallel movement mechanism causes the vertical frame members to move in parallel during opening and closing of the screen. The screen units can be arranged in parallel in the building opening by connecting adjacent vertical frame members of the screen units.

Abstract: A cellular structure such as a honeycomb window treatment comprises a plurality of rows of elongated cells secured to one another. Each of the rows is constructed by providing a first longitudinally extending length of material, which includes a first surface and a second surface, as well as, a lesser width portion and a greater width portion. A second length of material is also provided that includes a first surface and a second surface of the first material. The second surface of the second material is secured to the first surface over the greater width portion of the first material along a plurality longitudinally extending locations on the second surface of the second material to form a row. A longitudinally extending crease is also formed in the first material such that the lesser width portion and the greater width portion of the first material lie on opposite sides of the crease.

Abstract: A retractable window shade with multiple shading gradations has a guide rail, two shade bodies and two cord assemblies. The guide rail has two one-way arresting mechanisms. The two shade bodies have different opacities and each shade body has a top side mounted on the guide rail and a lower section. The cord assembles are respectively mounted through the one-way arresting mechanism and connected to the lower sections of the of the shade bodies. The cord assemblies are pulled to rise the lower sections of the shade bodies. When the force for pulling one shade body is released, the cords are selectively arrested by the one-way arresting mechanisms to hold the shade body in a proper position. By expanding both of, one of or none of the shade bodies, the retractable window shade provides a proper proportion of shading sunlight with appropriate, comfortable and mild brightness.

Abstract: A multi-functional shading device includes a first shading arrangement including a top traverse supporter adapted for affixing to a top beam of a ceiling, a first shading arrangement downwardly extended from the top traverse supporter including a base member and a first operating means for selectively lifting up the base member towards the traverse supporter and unlifting the base member to drop downwardly away from the traverse supporter, a second shading arrangement including a base stabilizer, a translucent fabric, which is folded in a Z-shaped manner, downwardly extended from the base member to the base stabilizer, a second operating means for folding and unfolding the translucent fabric, and a pair of windproof arms disposed on two sides of shading arrangements for restricting shading device from swaying back and forth.

Abstract: An acoustical wall covering assembly (10) with pleats (11) formed and attached in situ to a trim member for covering a wall of a movie theatre, in which a panel (22) of an acoustical wall covering attaches to a pleating member (22) having groups (20) of scores (32, 34, 36, 38) for folding to define the pleats (11). An end of the pleated assembly (10) attaches to a ceiling trim (16). Each pleat (11) is formed and attached in situ to the ceiling trim. Subsequently, each pleat in the attached panel is pulled longitudinally away from the ceiling trim (16) to form an extended pleat in the panel and then secured to a bottom trim (18) to cover a portion of the wall with the pleated assembly. A method of forming and securing an acoustical pleated panel in situ to cover a wall is disclosed.

Abstract: A window blind assembly includes a headrail having a longitudinal axis extending between first and second ends thereof, a first tube rotatably mounted between the first and second ends of the headrail and a second tube rotatably mounted between the first tube and the second end of the headrail. The assembly also has a bottom rail suspended below the headrail, an intermediate rail suspended below the headrail and positioned between the headrail and the bottom rail, and a window covering material extending between the intermediate rail and the headrail, the window covering material having an upper end attached to the intermediate rail and a lower end attached to the bottom rail.

Abstract: A covering for an architectural opening includes a head rail, a bottom rail with a take-up roller therein and an intermediate rail with both the intermediate rail and bottom rail suspended from the head rail, a fabric material interconnecting the intermediate rail with the bottom rail and being adapted to be wrapped around the roller in the bottom rail, said fabric including a pair of vertically oriented sheets that are horizontally spaced by a plurality of vertically spaced horizontal vanes with the vanes being movable between open and closed positions by opposite vertical movement of the sheets of material. In a first embodiment a first control system is provided for raising and lowering the bottom rail and a second control system for raising and lowering the intermediate rail as well as tilting the intermediate rail to effect an opening or closing of the vanes.

Abstract: A Venetian blind for day/night use includes a fixed upper beam attached at the top of a door/window, a movable beam disposed beneath the fixed upper beam, and a lower beam disposed at the bottommost thereof wherein a light-penetrable folding blind (slats) with cord passing holes disposed thereon is attached between the fixed upper beam and the movable beam thereof, and a sheltering folding blind (slats) with cord passing slots distributed thereon is located between the movable beam and the lower beam thereof. The fixed upper beam has three equally spaced cord passages arranged at the bottom side thereon in alignment with three through holes disposed at the upper surface of the movable beam thereon. A sheltering-blind pull cord unit and a light-penetrable-blind pull cord unit are respectively led through engaging holes with locating members mounted therein at both lateral sides of the fixed upper beam thereof and extend downwards till fixedly tied up to the movable beam and the lower beam respectively.

Abstract: A multi-functional shading device includes a first shading arrangement including a top traverse supporter adapted for affixing to a top beam of a ceiling, a first shading arrangement downwardly extended from the top traverse supporter including a base member and a first operating device for selectively lifting up the base member towards the traverse supporter and unlifting the base member to drop downwardly away from the traverse supporter, and a second shading arrangement including a base stabilizer, a translucent fabric, which is folded in a Z-shaped manner, downwardly extended from the base member to the base stabilizer, and a second operating device for folding and unfolding the translucent fabric. Therefore, the first and second shading arrangements having different light intensity blocking abilities are adapted for selectively blocking lights passing through from one side to another side of the shading arrangements respectively.

Abstract: The invention relates to a window decoration (1) for partially or wholly covering a window (3) as desired, which window decoration (1) comprises: a first displaceable window covering element (4); and a second displaceable window covering (6) element arranged parallel to the first window covering element (4); wherein both window covering elements are transparent. Section of differing elements are transparent. Sections of differing transparency can thus be created with the window decoration (1) according to the invention.

Abstract: A non-pull cord operated multi-layer Venetian blind comprises an upper beam, a lower beam, and an intermediate beam with upper and lower blind bodies of different materials and patterns attached thereto. The upper and lower blind bodies are made up of upper and lower slats with upper and lower cord passage holes disposed at both left and right sides thereof respectively; and the upper, intermediate, and lower beams are equipped with upper, intermediate, and lower slide guide pieces thereof respectively for a retaining cord to be guided smoothly there-through.

Abstract: A vertical retractable blind. The blind includes a fixed headrail, a lifting rail vertically movable in the horizontal direction below the headrail, two positioning cords adapted to support the lifting rail at the desired elevation. The positioning cords each have a first end connected to the headrail and a second end respectively extended across the lifting rail and fixedly secured to a respective fixed point outside the lifting rail to provide a tension force to the lifting rail. A retractable blind body is connected between the headrail and the lifting rail and vertically extended out/received subject to vertical movement of the lifting rail.

Abstract: A double-layer drape includes an upper beam and a window curtain connected to the upper beam. The window curtain includes an inner layer and an outward layer. Both layers are formed with different shade cloths. The outward layer is a pervious-to-light curtain. The inner layer includes a plurality of opaque curtains. The inner layer curtains are connected to the pervious-to-light curtain by up-and-down overlapping. In addition, the opaque curtains are simultaneously folded upwards or hung over downwards through pulling operating cords by a user to achieve the indoor anti-dazzling or semi-opaque effects.

Abstract: A sunshade for a sunroof assembly includes two opposed halves which accordion fold to a collapsed position. The collapsed position of the sunshade is within a projected area of the sunroof panel. Thus, room within the roof, in addition to the room taken by the sunroof panel, is not require for the sunshade when in its open position.