Patent ID: 7775250
Filing Date: 2010-08-17
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
1. A covering for an architectural opening, comprising: a head rail; a plurality of louver stems carried by and movable along said head rail; a plurality of louvers connected to and carried by said louver stems; a fabric panel interlaced with and connected to said louvers; an end stem carried by said head rail, said end stem including an end louver-receiving fixture and an arm having a distal end spaced from said end louver-receiving fixture; an end louver connected to and carried by said end stem in said end louver-receiving fixture in spaced relation to said distal end of said arm; and an edge portion of said fabric panel connected to said end louver and to said distal end of said arm in spaced relation to said end louver, said fabric forming a fabric column around said end louver.