Patent ID: 6640867
Filing Date: 2003-11-04
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
An apparatus for at least partially obscuring an opening, said opening having a frame, said apparatus comprising a header, said header being attachable to the frame of said opening,at least one drawstring, said at least one drawstring extending away from said header and being operatively associated therewith; and a pleated shade, said pleats being unequally sized, so that said shade comprises pleats of at least two mutually different sizes, said shade having a proximal end juxtaposed with said header and a distal end opposed thereto, said shade having a plurality of attachments attachable to said drawstring, said plurality of attachments being disposed on some of said pleats, whereby at least one pleat does not have attachments juxtaposed therewith, whereby said shade can be operatively associated with said drawstring without threading said drawstring through a holes in said shade, whereby said distal end of said shade can be moved towards and/or away from said header by said at least one drawstring.