Patent ID: 8347936
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
1. A shade assembly, for selectively covering a window opening in a vertical wall having an inside surface, wherein a frame defines said opening and wherein a sash is positioned within said opening, the frame having a vertical inside face which is spaced apart from said sash and is parallel to said wall inside surface, the frame having a height and width, each bounded by opposing inward-facing frame portions, which shade assembly comprises: (a) a support assembly, attached to one or more of said inward-facing frame portions proximate the top of said frame and positioned within said frame opening, having a length no greater than the width of said opening; (b) a head rail, attached to the support assembly and running horizontally, having a horizontally extending dimension which is greater than the width of said opening and sufficient to overlap opposing vertical sides of said frame inside face, the head rail contacting or minimally spaced apart from said inside frame face; (c) a lifting assembly, attached to the support assembly and positioned within said opening, extending a horizontal width distance which is less than the width of said opening, the lifting assembly comprising a horizontally disposed rod for rotatably furling and unfurling a lifting panel; (d) a window treatment comprised of a front panel and a lifting panel, wherein (e) a transmission for rotating said rod, to alternately furl and unfurl the lifting panel thereon and thereby raise and lower the lower end of the front panel; wherein, the lifting assembly and transmission are positioned within the space between the lifting panel and said sash when the front panel is in a lowered position where the window opening is covered.