STEVEN MARKOWITZ, MD
Osteopathic Medicine at 70 St, New York, NY

4877075, Oct 31, 1989

Mar 6, 1984

6/586771

Steven Markowitz - New York NY

A47H 5032

160 841

A window shade mounting assembly includes at least one tubular formation or channel extending substantially the width of a window shade proximate and parallel to an upper end or edge thereof for receiving a curtain rod and cooperating therewith to support the window shade in opposition to the force of gravity. The mounting assembly also includes a plurality of pulleys each having on one side and on a lower end a rotatably mounted roller and, on an end and a side of the pulley opposite the roller, a hook shaped mounting element which is insertable through apertures in the tube of the window shade and which can be snapped onto the curtain rod. The pulleys support cords or strings which are connected to a lower end of the window shade for alternately raising and lowering that lower end in response to manipulations by an operator.

5127459, Jul 7, 1992

Aug 12, 1991

7/743889

Steven L. Markowitz - New York NY

A47H 100

160263

The present invention provides a readily adjustable rod for a tear-away window shade. The shade is constructed of a long sheet of a rollable material provided with a multiplicity of longitudinally disposed parallel tear lines spaced apart from each other in the widthwise direction to define a multiplicity of strips. The window shade rod includes a multiplicity of disconnectable segments. Strips of the sheet can be individually torn away at the tear lines from the ends of the sheet so as to decrease the width of the shade in decrements corresponding to the width of the strips. Segments can be removed from the rod so that the rod width can be decreased to correspond to the width of the sheet.

4539238, Sep 3, 1985

Jun 14, 1984

6/620479

Steven L. Markowitz - New York NY

A47G 502, B65D 6528

428 43

A window shade comprises a multiplicity of elongate fabric strips connected to one another along their longitudinal edges by means of severable connecting threads. Mounting and weighting rods inserted in respective pockets at the upper and lower end of the multistrip fabric web are adjustable in length to match the width of the window shade upon a reduction thereof owing to a tearing of one or more fabric strips from the body of the window shade web. The window shade web is advantageously provided with a foam backing which contributes in part to the mechanical stability of the shade.