Patent ID: 7311132

Claim:
A window covering, comprising: a head rail and a bottom rail; a shade portion having first and second lateral ends and extending between said head rail and said bottom rail; a lift cord loop extending through said bottom rail and having first and second cord portions that respectively extend up through said shade portion adjacent said first and second lateral ends and into said head rail and then out of said head rail, such that the respective ends of said first and second cord portions are exposed for manipulation by an operator; and a cord-gripping member connected to said window covering and through which said lift cord loop passes, said gripping member adapted to provide sufficient resistance to preserve cord-to-bottom rail positioning during normal window covering operation, but allowing leveling of a non-level bottom rail when an operator applies a downward force on the higher end of such non-level bottom rail that is sufficient by itself to overcome the resistance of said gripping member.