Patent ID: 8820386

Claim:
A multiple shade apparatus comprising: a shade system with a shade header with end caps; a first shade roll, with a first shade connected with the first shade roll, the first shade including a first bottom bar, wherein the first shade roll is connected with the shade header; a second shade roll, with a second shade connected with the second shade roll, the second shade including a second bottom bar, wherein the second shade roll is connected with the shade header; a first connector connected with the first bottom bar and a second connector connected with the second bottom bar, wherein the first connector and the second connector connect to, and disconnect from, one another; one of the first connector and the second connector include a magnet; a detachment device connected with the shade system for automatically disconnecting the first connector from the second connector; the detachment device further positioned in the shade header; wherein when the first connector and the second connector are magnetically connected to one another and raised into the header, the detachment device forces the first bottom bar and the second bottom bar apart thereby breaking the magnetic connection between the first connector and the second connector.