Patent ID: 8590591
Filing Date: 2013-11-26
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
1. A roman shade assembly adapted for vertical movement to provide an opaque covering for a dwelling opening, the roman shade assembly comprising: a planar shade body of flexible material including a top edge and a bottom edge with a plurality of horizontal pleats and pockets extending between opposed side edges of the shade body; a head rail member adapted for installation at a top of a dwelling opening, the head rail member including a plurality of pulleys and an attachment system for securing the top edge of the shade body to the head rail member; a pair of linear track members adapted for mounting vertically on opposite sides of the dwelling opening, each linear track member including a hollow interior with an access slot extending the length of the track member between first and second open ends thereof, each linear track member including an L-shaped exterior mounting flange extending the length of the track member between first and second ends thereof; the L-shaped mounting flange having a first leg portion intersecting and fastened along the length of the track member, and a second leg portion extending from the first leg portion parallel to and beyond the track member, the second leg portion providing an unobstructed surface adapted for fastening the linear track member to the casing of the dwelling opening; the shade body sized to fit between said vertically mounted track members, each pocket of the shade body including a rigid rod member providing horizontal rigidity to the shade body; a plurality of wheeled clip members movably maintained within each linear track member, each wheeled clip member attached to one side edge of the shade body by a clip portion for maintaining the shade body close to the track members; and a plurality of draw string members each attached to the bottom edge of the shade body and threaded through vertically aligned grommets in the shade body, the draw string members threaded through the pulleys attached to the head rail member, the draw string members adapted for extending interior the dwelling, thereby providing raising or lowering of the shade body from within the dwelling.