Patent ID: 6932138

Claim:
A window covering movable between a closed position and an open position, and comprising: a head rail; a plurality of collapsible panels suspended from the head rail, each of the plurality of panels having a pair of opposed longitudinal regions and also having a face, the pair of opposed longitudinal regions including an upper region and a lower region; a securement cord connecting the head rail and the plurality of panels; an opening cord connecting the head rail and the plurality of panels; the securement cord including a plurality of spaced loops and being restrainedly positioned with each of the plurality of panels about one of the opposed longitudinal regions by an anchor member guided through one of the spaced loops, and the opening cord being restrainedly positioned with each of the plurality of panels about the longitudinal region opposite the securement cord; and a vertical adjustment mechanism operatively connected to the opening cord for independently adjusting the position of the opening cord relative to the securement cord such that a distance between the lower longitudinal region and the upper longitudinal region of each of the plurality of panels is decreased, and wherein the lower longitudinal region is positioned behind the face of the panel to move the window covering between the closed position and the open position.