Patent ID: 6823925
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
A retractable window shade with height adjustment control, comprising in combination:a shade element adapted to at least partially occlude a window when the shade element is oriented adjacent the window; said shade element having a top edge spaced above a bottom edge; at least two cords, said cords spaced laterally from each other; each said cord having an upper end adjacent said top edge of said shade element and a lower end adjacent said bottom edge of said shade element; at least two cord retainers coupled to said bottom edge of said shade element; at least two selectively activatable cord retractors, each said retractor adapted to load one of said cords into said cord retainers when an associated said retractor is activated; and each said retractor including one of at least two cord brakes adjacent said bottom edge of said shade element, said cord brakes spaced from each other and adapted to hold a portion of one of said cords between said cord upper end and said cord lower end adjacent said bottom edge of said shade element when each said retractor associated with each said cord is activated.