Patent ID: 6860312
Filing Date: 2005-03-01
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
1. A roll-up shade with cord capture comprising: a headrail; a panel of window covering material having a width, a top edge attached to the headrail and a bottom edge; a rail attached to the bottom edge of the panel of window covering material such that the panel can be wound around the rail; a plurality of looped cords each cord having a first end attached to the headrail, and each cord extending from the headrail down one side of the panel of window covering material, around the bottom edge and up an opposite side of the panel of window covering material and into the headrail such that movement of the cords into the headrail will cause the panel of window covering material to roll up and movement of the cords out of the headrail will cause the window covering material to unroll, the looped cords spaced apart from one another; and a rod parallel to the rail and extending across one side of the panel of window covering material, the rod having at least two apertures such that one of the looped cords passes through each aperture.