Roman blind assembly

Abstract

An improved Roman blind assembly is disclosed. The Roman blind assembly consists of a fabric screen having opposite first and second sides and opposite first and second ends. A plurality of parallel roman bars are mounted horizontally to the first side of the fabric screen between the first and second ends of the screen. A lowermost roman bar is mounted to the screen near the first end of the screen and a pair of parallel support cords are mounted to the lowermost roman bar. A roller clutch assembly is mounted to the first side of the fabric screen adjacent the second end of the screen. The support cords are coupled to the clutch assembly and the clutch assembly is adapted to raise and lower the cords. Each of the support cords pass through an elongated opening in the screen, said openings positioned adjacent the second end of the screen. After exiting the openings, the cords pass along the second side of the screen. Each cord is slidingly attached to each roman bar.

1 . A Roman blind assembly comprising: 
 a) a fabric screen having opposite first and second sides and opposite first and second ends,    b) a plurality of parallel roman bars mounted horizontally to the first side of the fabric screen between the first and second ends of the screen,    c) a lowermost roman bar mounted to the screen adjacent the first end of the screen,    d) a pair of parallel support cords mounted to the lowermost roman bar,    e) a roller clutch assembly mounted to the first side of the fabric screen adjacent the second end of the screen, the support cords being coupled to the clutch assembly, the clutch assembly adapted and configured to raise and lower the cords,    f) the support cords each passing through an elongated opening in the screen, said openings positioned adjacent the second end of the screen, the cords passing along the second side of the screen, each cord being slidingly attached to each roman bar.    
     
     
         2 . The roman blind assembly of  claim 1  wherein the roller clutch assembly comprises an elongated tube having opposite ends, the support cords being coupled to the elongated tube midway between the opposite ends, the clutch assembly configured to raise the cords by turning the tube in a first direction to wind the cords on to the tube and to lower the cords by turning the tube in a second direction to unwind the cords from the tube, each of the elongated openings being oriented substantially parallel to the roman bars.  
     
     
         3 . The roman blind assembly of  claim 2  further comprising a pair of elongated grommets attached to the sheet adjacent the elongated openings, each grommet reinforcing one of the elongated openings, the grommets being oriented parallel to the roman bars.  
     
     
         4 . The roman blind assembly of  claim 3  wherein the elongated openings and grommets are oblong in shape.