Patent ID: 7513291

Claim:
A retractable covering for an architectural opening having a quadrilateral frame with first, second, third and fourth mutually perpendicular sides with the first side being opposite the third side and the second side opposite the fourth side, said covering comprising in combination: a flexible fabric corresponding in configuration to the configuration of said frame and adapted to retractably extend across said opening, said fabric having first, second, third, and fourth side edges corresponding to said sides of said frame; a fixed rail secured to said second side edge of said fabric and to said second side of said frame to secure said side edge of said fabric to said second side of said frame; a movable rail secured to said fourth side edge of said fabric and movable between said second and fourth sides of said frame, said movable rail having a channel therethrough; and a flexible guide tape having a first end operatively secured to said frame near the intersection of said first and fourth sides thereof and extending along said first side to one end of said movable rail, then extending along said channel to the opposite end of said movable rail and subsequently extending along said third side of said frame and being operatively secured at its opposite end to said frame near the intersection of said second and third sides of said frame; whereby as said movable rail is moved between said second and fourth sides of said frame, said guide tape slides within said channel; said movable rail including top and bottom end plugs having arcuate ramp surfaces for slidably diverting the direction of said guide tape; said fixed rail having an end plug adjacent to said third side of said frame, said end plug including an arcuate ramp surface for slidably diverting the direction of said guide tape and a connector for securing the guide tape to the end plug to prevent movement of the guide tape relative to the end plug, wherein said connector includes components on opposite sides of said guide tape for pinching the guide tape between said components and wherein one of said components is a flexible segment of said end plug.