Patent ID: 7509990

Claim:
A garage door shade assembly comprising: (a) a conventional, slidable overhead stored garage door, wherein said door comprises a lower panel having a bottom boundary and a top boundary, and at least one track element; (b) said at least one track element further comprising a plurality of openings; (c) a frameless shade comprising an upper edge comprising a rigid element attached to said bottom boundary and a lower edge comprising a rigid member; (d) at least one wing nut bolt for directly appending said rigid member to said track element wherein one of said wing nut bolts is inserted through one of said openings and secured therein maintaining the vertical position of said rigid member when said shade assembly is extended; (e) a first threaded end cap associated with a first end of said rigid member wherein at least one of said wing nut bolts rotates into said first end cap; and (f) means for detachably securing said rigid member near said top boundary of the lower panel of said door.