Patent ID: 7059378

Claim:
A panel for use with a covering for an architectural opening comprising: A sheet of fabric; at least two strings displaced from one another and positioned in a parallel plane spaced from said sheet; and a plurality of spaced, parallel and flexible, longitudinally extending, fabric vanes having first and second sides, at least some of said vanes having a first longitudinally extending edge and a second longitudinally edge wherein the first side of said at least some of said vanes is attached to said sheet of fabric adjacent to said first edge, and the second side of said at least some of said vanes is attached to said strings adjacent to said second edge, said panel being movable between an open position wherein said sheet and said strings are maximally spaced from each other and a closed position adjacent to each other so as to, be spaced only by said fabric vanes, said at least some of said vanes being of S-shaped configuration when said covering is in said open position, and whereby movement of the strings relative to the sheet of fabric causes movement of said at least some of said vanes.