Patent ID: 8261808

Claim:
A window shade system comprising: a first shade unit comprising a first headrail, a roller mounted beneath a rearward portion of the first headrail, a first shading material having a first shading effect and spooled onto the roller to define a stowed position of the first shading material, and means for deploying the first shading material from the roller to define a deployed position in which the first shading material is adapted to at least partially cover a window; a second shade unit independently operable of the first shade unit, the second shade unit comprising a second headrail, a second shading material attached to the second headrail, and means for deploying the second shading material from the second headrail to define a stowed position in which the second shading material is collapsed and collected immediately beneath the second headrail and to define a deployed position in which the second shading material is adapted to at least partially cover the window, the second shading material having a second shading effect that is different than the first shading effect of the first shade unit; brackets securing the first and second headrails together so that, when installed in the window, the first headrail is positioned vertically above the second headrail so as to define a cavity therebetween, the rearward portion of the first headrail extends rearwardly of the second headrail, the roller is mounted beneath the rearward portion of the first headrail so as to be within the cavity and rearward of the second headrail and the second shading material, and the first and second shading materials are horizontally spaced from each other when in their respective deployed positions; and means attached to the first headrail for concealing the headrails, the cavity, the roller within the cavity, and the brackets.