Patent ID: 7971624

Claim:
A covering for an architectural opening movable between open and closed positions comprising in combination: an elongated roller of generally cylindrical configuration, a flexible sheet of material secured at one edge to the periphery of said roller, a set of operating elements secured at one end to said periphery of said roller, a plurality of strips of material, each strip having first and second parallel edges, said first parallel edges being intermittently secured to said sheet along a first set of parallel spaced lines so as to define unsecured locations along said spaced lines, said second edges being secured to said operating elements at spaced locations along the length of said operating elements, said operating elements slidably extending through said unsecured locations and being operative to selectively move said second edges toward and away from said first edges upon pivotal movement of said roller in moving the covering between said open and closed positions said flexible sheet and secured strips being windable about said roller.