Patent ID: 7537041

Claim:
A blinds device comprising: a housing, said housing having a first side and second side and a first end and second end; a plurality of screens connected to said housing, each of said screens comprising a plurality of parallel rods, each of said screens being separated by a spacing from each adjacent screen of said plurality of screens and each of said rods having a diameter; a spacing mechanism for adjusting spacing between the screens in a first direction; and an alignment mechanism for adjusting the alignment of the rods of each of the screens relative to the rods of the other screens of said plurality of screens in a second direction; wherein for each screen of said plurality of screens, each rod is separated by a space from each adjacent rod of said screen; wherein the first direction and the second direction are at right angles to each other; wherein the spacing mechanism adjusts the spacing between the screens independently of the alignment of the rods of each screen relative to the rods of the other screens; wherein the alignment mechanism adjusts the alignment of the rods of each screen independently of the spacing between the adjacent screens, and wherein each of said plurality of screens independently manipulates view transparency and light penetration.