Patent ID: 6837294

Claim:
A pleated shade assembly capable of height adjustment without use of pull cords, comprising, in combination: a) an upper elongated support, b) a lower elongated member that is manually adjustable up and down, c) primary lines extending through shade pleats to suspend said bottom lower elongated member, d) primary rotors at said top upper elongated support to entrain said primary lines, e) a secondary line having endwise connection to said primary lines, at the same location whereby the secondary line defines a continuation of each primary line, f) and means acting on said secondary line for counterbalancing suspension force exerted on said primary lines at different shade height adjusted levels, g) said means including first and second rotary members entraining and exerting tensioning force on said secondary line, h) said means including a spring spirally coupled to said rotary members and exerting force tending to entrain said secondary line about said first and second rotary members, for storage on at least one of the first and second rotary members.