Packaged bamboo shade and method of packaging bamboo shades

Abstract

A shade of the type having a headrail, a panel of bamboo or faux bamboo slats attached to a headrail, at least one cord lock or spring motor and cord spool and lift cords connected to the panel and passing over a portion of the cord lock or the cord spool is packaged for trimming in a cut-down machine. In the preferred method, the panel is folded into a plurality of folds, the folds being located to create a cavity between the folds and the bottom surface of the headrail with the cord locks located in the cavity. Spacer material is positioned in the cavity in a manner so that there is spacer material adjacent to the side edges of the panel of slats. A band is wrapped around the shade to form a banded shade. The band is sized and positioned so that a portion of the panel adjacent each side edge is exposed. Then a wrapper is placed around the banded shade.

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