Patent ID: 6962186

Claim:
A cordless continuous blind comprising: a) an upper beam; b) a continuous folding blind connected at a top thereof to a bottom of the upper beam and having a plurality of slats; and c) two retaining plates, each of the two retaining plates having: i) a secured section fixedly connected to one of two opposing ends of a bottommost slat of the plurality of slats; ii) an extending section; and iii) a flexible counter weight stick located along a center of a length thereof, wherein each of the two retaining plates is movable between open and clamped positions, in the clamped position, each extending section is bent around a predetermined number of the plurality of slats clamping the predetermined number of the plurality of slats between each extending section and each secured section, and, in the open position, the extending section extends outwardly from the continuous folding blind.