Disclosed is a roman shade assembly that utilizes lift bands rather than lift cords. The shade can be formed of textured materials or woven woods. The shade assembly includes lift bands that attach to a rotatable member(s) and can be extended or retracted within an architectural opening by rotating the member(s). The lift bands can be slidingly connected to the shade at multiple points along the vertical length of the shade. Accordingly, as the wide lift bands are extended or retracted, the attached shade is likewise extended or retracted to cover or uncover an architectural opening.

A window covering comprising: a fabric having a top and bottom for covering a window; a plurality of horizontally spaced members attached to said fabric between said top and bottom; at least one attachment secured to each said spaced member; a flexible sleeve attached to each said attachment of said plurality of horizontally spaced members between said top and bottom of said fabric; and a cord extending inside said flexible sleeve from said bottom to said top for lifting said fabric from a closed position covering said window to an open position revealing said window.

A horizontal blind structure includes a blind rail, more than one slat control unit and more than one cord winding unit. The slat control unit includes a fixing seat and a control polygonal drum received in the fixing seat and a cord restriction seat. The control polygonal drum is connected with a ladder belt. The ladder belt extends along the cord restriction seat to connect with the slats so as to control the slats to rotate into a horizontal state or a vertical state for shading sunlight. The cord winding unit includes a cord winding tube passing through the cord restriction seat and a movable conic tube movably fitted on the cord winding tube. A pull cord is wound on the movable conic tube. Multiple guide wheels are disposed at lower end of the cord restriction seat for guiding the pull cord to be positioned at the center of the slats, whereby the slats can be tidily overlapped and the pull cord is prevented from tangling so as to enhance the sunshade effect.

A hem bar of a cable guided shade adapted to be removably attached to a pair of cables secured along opposite sides of a structural opening. The hem bar comprises a pair of cable engaging portions disposed at two opposite ends of the hem bar. Each cable engaging portion comprises a tubular body with a longitudinal channel extending therein and a slot traversing the tubular body from the top end to the bottom end of the tubular body. The hem bar may removably and slidably engage the pair of cables by twisting the hem bar in a first direction to align each slot in the cable engaging portions with a length of the respective cable, inserting the cables through the slots into the channels in the cable engaging portions of the hem bar, and twisting the hem bar in a second direction, opposite the first direction, to capture the cables within the channels in the cable engaging portions.

A shade structure includes a shading member (1) having a first section (13), a second section (14) and a plurality of successive sections (15), a first figure face (2) mounted on the first section, a second figure face (3) mounted on the second section and presenting a determined figure related to that of the first figure face, a plurality of successive figure faces (4) mounted on the successive sections and presenting a determined figure related to that of the first figure face and the second figure face, and a plurality of connecting units (5) arranged between the first section, the successive sections and the second section and connected mutually to overlap and fold the shading member which has different folded states.

A window covering includes a positional adjustment mechanism connected to a first rail that includes a spring motor unit, a first lift cord pulley connected to the spring motor unit, a first lift cord collection mechanism having a first roller positioned in the first rail, and a first lift cord that extends from the first lift cord pulley through window covering material such that a portion of the first lift cord passes along the first roller. The first roller is configured so that it only rotates a pre-selected number of revolutions when the window covering material is moved from the extended position to the retracted such that the first roller no longer rotates in the second rotational direction as the window covering material is moved from an extended position to a retracted position after having rotated the pre-selected number of revolutions in the second rotational direction.

A lighted architectural-structure covering is disclosed. In one example of an embodiment, an architectural-structure covering includes a light source arranged and configured to illuminate at least a portion of the architectural-structure covering. The architectural-structure covering may include first and second coverings. The light source is arranged and configured to direct light onto the second covering, which is arranged and configured to reflect, redistribute, etc. the received light toward the interior space of the room in which the architectural-structure covering is located. Thus arranged, the architectural-structure covering may be used to create, for example, diffused-lighting effects.

A motor driven system for raising and lowering a window covering executes motor ramp trajectory speed control. The motor ramp trajectory limits acceleration of an external motor from the idle (stationary) state to full operating speed, and limits deceleration of the motor from full operating speed back to the idle state. This function reduces stresses on a continuous cord loop drive mechanism. A control system manages solar heating effects in response to sunlight entrance conditions such as system sensor outputs, external weather forecasts, and other data sources. The system automatically opens or close the window covering to increase or decrease admitted sunlight under appropriate conditions. The input interface of the control system includes a visual display and input axis, which are aligned vertically if the window covering mechanism raises and lowers the window covering, and are aligned horizontally if the window covering mechanism laterally opens and closes the window covering.

A modular shade includes at least one module that consists of a head rail unit, a foot rail unit, at least one intermediate rail unit, and a plurality of slat components. A top slat may be coupled to the head rail unit and the intermediate rail unit, and a bottom slat component may be coupled to the intermediate rail unit and the foot rail unit. Further, additional intermediate rail units and intermediate slat components may be added to the module to alter the shape and size of the module, and the module may be coupled to one or more additional modules to change the overall shape and size of the modular shade.

A system for biasing or encouraging a sheet of material to gather in one direction when one edge of the sheet of material is moved toward an opposite edge of the sheet of material is provided. A plurality of strips of material may extend along a face of the sheet of material and may be laminated to the face of the sheet of material. The plurality of strips of material may overlap each other and may define stiffened regions extending along the overlapped interface between the plurality of strips of material. When the covering is moved from an extended position to a retracted position, the sheet of material may gather in loops of material that may have apexes defined at or adjacent the overlapped interfaces of the plurality of strips of material.