Patent ID: 7255149

Claim:
A temporary window covering comprising: a pleated cover formed from a sheet of material having a plurality of horizontal creases extending across the width of the sheet thereby defining a plurality of pleats, the pleated cover being moveable between a retracted position wherein each of the pleats is substantially horizontally aligned and in contact with the adjacent pleats, an extended position wherein each of the pleats is substantially vertical and substantially vertically aligned with the other pleats, and a plurality of intermediate positions wherein at least some of the pleats are oriented between the pleats' retracted positions and the pleats' extended positions; and a bottom rail attached to a bottommost pleat of the pleated cover, the bottom rail being moveable between a first position wherein the bottom rail encircles the pleated cover to prevent the covering from being extended to the extended position, and a second position wherein the bottom rail does not encircle the pleated cover such that the pleated cover may be extend to the extended position and to intermediate positions, and wherein the bottom rail comprises: a first side having a first edge, a second edge, and a first surface attached to the bottommost pleat of the pleated cover, a second side having a first edge connected to the second edge of the first side, and a second edge, a third side having a first edge connected to the second edge of the second side, and a second edge, and a fourth side having a first edge connected to the second edge of the third side, and a second edge, wherein the first side, the second side, the third side and the fourth side form a tube encircling the pleated cover when the pleated cover is in the retracted position and the bottom rail is disposed in the first position.