Patent ID: 6948216

Claim:
A covering for an architectural opening comprising in combination a headrail, a bottom rail having an opening therein, a blind extending from said headrail to said bottom rail, a flexible operating element extending from said headrail to said bottom rail and an anchor seated in said opening in said bottom rail, said anchor comprising an elongated hollow body having a first open end and a second end, said second end having at least one rib to define a plurality of passageways through said second end, and a removable cap adapted to be releasably seated in said first open end, said operating element having a first end inserted into said hollow body through said second end of said hollow body, said first end of said operating element being wrapped around said at least one rib and being free to be passed through said first open end, said removable cap being adapted to confine said free end in said first open end of said hollow body if said first end of said element is passed through said first open end wherein said anchor connects the operating element to said bottom rail at a selected location along the length of said operating element.