Patent ID: 8505607
Filing Date: 2013-08-13
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
1. A window shade, comprising: a headrail adapted for mounting adjacent a window; a rotatably mounted roller; a shading material having a first end attached to the headrail, a second end opposite the first end, and a face between the first and second ends; a cord disposed adjacent the face and secured to the roller wherein rotation of the roller causes the cord to be wound about or unwound from the roller for moving the shading material between a stowed position in which the shading material is collected adjacent the headrail and a deployed position in which at least a portion of the shading material extends away from the headrail; a shroud defining an internal passage through which the cord extends, wherein the shroud extends longitudinally as the shade portion is moved toward the deployed position and the shroud collapses longitudinally as the shade portion is moved toward the stowed position; and first, second, and third spaced cord guides secured to and extending outwardly from the face, wherein the first cord guide is disposed at a first location, the second cord guide is disposed at a second location farther away from the headrail than the first location, and the third cord guide is disposed at a third location farther away from the headrail than the first and second locations, wherein the cord is secured to the shading material at a fourth location farther away from the headrail than the third location and wherein each cord guide surrounds the cord and at least a portion of the shroud and wherein the shroud is substantially unsecured to the shading material at least at one location between adjacent cord guides.