Patent ID: 8726969
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: E06B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A double shade apparatus comprising: a) a body component including a head rail; b) first and second end panels attached respectively to opposite ends of the head rail, each end panel having a bracket; c) a roller shade apparatus mounted between the brackets of the first and second end panels; d) a second shade apparatus mounted to the head rail; and, e) a clip for releasably engaging the roller shade apparatus with the second shade apparatus, wherein the roller shade apparatus includes a flexible shade material and the second shade apparatus includes a cellular shade material and the clip is independently releasably attachable to both a bottom of the flexible shade material and a bottom of the cellular material wherein the second shade apparatus includes a cellular shade rail attached to a bottom edge of the cellular shade material and the clip is configured and dimensioned to releasably engage the cellular shade rail wherein the clip includes an arcuate body portion forming a pocket in which the cellular shade rail is seated, and wherein the roller shade apparatus includes a rod attached to a bottom of the flexible shade material, and the clip includes a C-shaped extension for gripping said rod.