Cable guided shade hem bar to cable attachment

A cable guided shade adapted to adjustably cover a structural opening comprising:

• a pair of cables adapted to be secured along opposite sides of the structural opening;
• a shade material extending from a top end and a bottom end;
• a shade drive unit operably connected to the top end of the shade material and adapted to raise and lower the shade material to adjustably cover the structural opening;
• and
• a hem bar connected across a width of the bottom end of the shade material and comprises a pair of cable engaging portions disposed at two opposite ends of the hem bar, wherein each cable engaging portion comprises:
• a tubular body longitudinally extending from a top end to a bottom end, wherein the tubular body comprises a first side wall and an oppositely disposed second side wall interconnected by a front wall and a rear wall;
• a longitudinal channel extending from the top end to the bottom end through the tubular body;
• wherein the channel comprises a first portion that is aligned with a first plane and is defined by at least portions of the first side wall, the front wall, and the rear wall that extend from the top end to the bottom end of the tubular body;
• wherein the channel comprises a second portion defined by at least portions of the front wall, the rear wall, and the second side wall, wherein the second portion comprises a slot traversing the tubular body from a top end of the tubular body to a bottom end of the tubular body, wherein the slot is substantially aligned with a second plane that is offset from the first plane of the longitudinal channel,
• wherein each slot comprises:
• a diagonal opening traversing the second side wall,
• a first notch in the front wall proximate to the top end of the tubular body creating a first notched opening between the first notch and the second side wall, and
• a second notch in the rear wall proximate to the bottom end of the tubular body creating a second notched opening between the second notch and the second side wall,
• wherein the diagonal opening extends from the first notched openings to the second notched opening;
• wherein the hem bar is adapted to 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 along the first plane;
• inserting the cables through the slots into the second portions of 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 second portions of the channels in the cable engaging portions;
• wherein when each cable is engaged within the first portion of the channel of the respective cable engaging portion, the cable is substantially aligned along the first plane and is prevented from exiting the respective slot via the front wall and the rear wall at the first portion of the channel.

A hem bar for 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, wherein each cable engaging portion comprises:
• a tubular body longitudinally extending from a top end to a bottom end, wherein the tubular body comprises a first side wall and an oppositely disposed second side wall interconnected by a front wall and a rear wall;
• a longitudinal channel extending from the top end to the bottom end through the tubular body;
• wherein the channel comprises a first portion that is aligned along a first plane and is defined by at least portions of the first side wall, the front wall, and the rear wall that extend from the top end to the bottom end of the tubular body;
• wherein the channel comprises a second portion defined by at least portions of the front wall, the rear wall, and the second side wall, wherein the second portion comprises a slot traversing the tubular body from the top end to the bottom end of the tubular body, wherein the slot is substantially aligned along a second plane that is offset from the first plane, wherein each slot comprises:
• a diagonal opening traversing the second side wall,
• a first notch in the front wall proximate to the top end of the tubular body creating a first notched opening between the first notch and the second side wall, and
• a second notch in the rear wall proximate to the bottom end of the tubular body creating a second notched opening between the second notch and the second side wall,
• wherein the diagonal opening extends from the first notched openings to the second notched opening;
• wherein the hem bar is adapted to 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 along the first plane;
• inserting the cables through the slots into the second portion of 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 second portions of the channels in the cable engaging portions;
• wherein when each cable is engaged within the first portion of the channel of the respective cable engaging portion, the cable is substantially aligned along the first plane and is prevented from exiting the respective slot via the front wall and the rear wall at the first portion of the channel.