Patent ID: 8968900
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: H01M,Y02E,Y02P,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A roller shade comprising: a tube roll; the tube roll having a generally cylindrical exterior surface and a hollow interior; a shade attached to the tube roll; a sleeve positioned within the hollow interior of the tube roll; the sleeve extending a length and having an inside surface and an outside surface, wherein the sleeve is flexible; the sleeve having a continuous hollow battery receiving space positioned within the sleeve and extending the length of the sleeve wherein the battery receiving space expands and the sleeve flexes to accommodate a plurality of batteries positioned within the battery receiving space such that the inside surface of the sleeve at least partially contacts the plurality of batteries; wherein when the roll tube is rotated the shade is opened or closed as the shade wraps or unwraps around the roll tube; wherein when the roll tube is rotated the sleeve holds the plurality of batteries in place thereby reducing the movement of the plurality of batteries relative to the roll tube.