Patent ID: 8291959
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
1. A Roman shade, comprising: an upper rail including a housing space to hold a shaft holder and an anchor seat; a Roman shade assembly including a foldable and pendent fabric shade fastened to a lower side of the upper rail and at least one pressing rod on a backside of the fabric shade and a positioning means below a lowest pressing rod; and a rolling shade including a main shaft located in the upper rail with a winding means and a shade surface which includes one end fastened to the main shaft and another end running through the pressing rods and clamped by the positioning means; wherein the winding means includes an upper seat and a lower seat coupled together, a first holding strut and a second holding strut located in a housing compartment of the lower seat, a first elastic winding spool and a second elastic winding spool coupled on the first and second holding struts, a first gear coupled on a distal end of the first holding strut, an elastic reed coupled on the first and second elastic winding spools that includes two wedge ends latched thereon, a third holding strut located close to an inner side of the housing compartment of the lower seat and a second gear coupled thereon to engage with the first gear and a bevel gear located thereon, and a bevel gear element coupled at one side of the upper and lower seats to engage with the bevel gear for transmission to allow the winding means to retract or extend the rolling shade.