Patent ID: 8347937

Claim:
A cordless window blind apparatus, comprising: a. a first magnetically active track defining a single, substantially “C” shaped channel running longitudinally along an axis of the first magnetically active track; b. a second magnetically active track defining a single, substantially “C” shaped channel running longitudinally along an axis of the second magnetically active track, the respective first and second magnetically active substantially “C” shaped channels meant to be installed facing each other; c. a first rod comprising a first end and a second end distally located from the first end of the first rod, the first end of the first rod comprising a first magnet dimensioned and adapted to magnetically and slidingly engage the first magnetically active track, and the second end of the first rod comprising a second magnet dimensioned and adapted to magnetically and slidingly engage the second magnetically active track; d. a second rod comprising a first end and a second end distally located from the first end of the second rod, the first end of the second rod comprising a third magnet dimensioned and adapted to magnetically and slidingly engage the first magnetically active track, the second end of the second rod comprising a fourth magnet dimensioned and adapted to magnetically and slidingly engage the second magnetically active track; and e. a window covering material cordlessly connected to the first rod and the second rod, the window covering material comprising a first end and a second end, the first end and the second end cordlessly connected to the first rod and the second rod, respectively, the window covering material unattached directly or indirectly to the first and second tracks other than by the first and second rods at the first and second ends.