Patent ID: 6431245
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: A47H,E06B

Abstract:
A window shade comprising:a top rail having an arresting member at one end thereof, said top rail having a first actuating member at a center thereof, said top rail having a second actuating member at an end opposite said arresting member; a shade body fastened at a top side to said top rail, said shade body having a plurality of cross pleats extending in spaced parallel relation to said top rail, said shade body having a bottom tube at a bottom side thereof, said bottom tube having two bottom cross rods fitted into opposite ends of said bottom tube, said shade body having a middle tube in a middle section thereof, said middle tube having a middle cross rod fitted thereinto, said bottom tube having an annular body affixed at a center thereof; a locating member positioned below said arresting member by a distance; a first side pull cord having one end connected to said locating member, said first side pull cord having another end connected to said middle tube of said shade body via said first actuating member and said second actuating member and said plurality of cross pleats of said shade body; a middle pull cord having one end connected to said locating member, said middle pull cord having an opposite end connected to said annular body of said bottom tube via said arresting member and said first actuating member; and a second side pull cord having one end connected to said locating member, said second side pull cord having an opposite end connected to said middle tube via said arresting member; and an active pull cord having a top end fastened to said locating member.