Patent ID: 8607838

Claim:
A panel for use in a covering for architectural openings moveable between open and closed positions comprising: a rotatable roller; a set of parallel lift elements suspended from the roller; a set of parallel operating elements suspended from the roller, at least a portion of the operating elements disposed in substantially the same plane as the lift elements; at least one strip of material having a body, first and second parallel edges, and a fold defining a tab, the first edge of each strip is operably connected to the lift elements and the tab is operably connected to the operating elements; wherein the lift elements, the operating elements, and the at least one strip of material are wrappable about the roller; movement of the operating elements in a first direction relative to the lift elements causes the strip to be in a substantially closed position and the tab to have a first angle relative to the body, wherein when in the closed position, the body extends upward from a lower portion of the tab vertically more than horizontally; and movement of the operating elements in an opposite direction relative to the lift elements causes the second edge of the strip to be moved toward the first edge and the tab to have a second angle relative to the body, where the second angle is larger than the first angle.