In combination, a generally rectangular window frame for mounting in a vehicle window opening and a window shade construction for fitting in said window frame with clearance;
- said window shade construction comprising:
- a pair of flexible cords running from top to bottom of said window frame and attached adjacent respective top and bottom edges of said window frame;
- substantial portions of said cords being locatable in a parallel and spaced apart condition adjacent and parallel to opposite lateral sides of said frame;
- a shade structure comprising similar top and bottom headers and a pleated shade member coupled to and intermediate said top and bottom headers;
- cord receiving means for slideably mounting said shade member to said pair of cords generally at opposite sides thereof so as to be expandable and collapsible in accordion-like fashion relative to said cords;
- and mounting means coupled to said headers for mounting said headers for slidable movement along said cords and for directing said cords through said headers and into said slideable engagement with said pleated shade member;
- said mounting means including engaging means for maintaining sufficient frictional engagement between said headers and said cords for permitting each of said headers to be set at a desired orientation along said cords relative to said window and for holding said headers in the desired orientations and against unintended movement relative to said cords in response to vibration or the like;
- wherein said cord receiving means for mounting said pleated shade members to said cords comprises a plurality of aligned through apertures in respective segments of said pleated shade member and adjacent each of opposite lateral edges thereof;
- and further including a second header connected to an end of said shade member opposite from said first-mentioned header;
- wherein each of said headers comprises an elongate, hollow, open-ended member, and wherein said mounting means comprises an end cap affixed to either end of each of said header, each said end cap having a through aperture for receiving one of said cords therethrough to thereby direct exposed portions of said cords along and closely adjacent to respective sidewalls of said window frame for attachment adjacent top and bottom corners thereof to substantially avoid accidental snagging of or other contact with the cords;
- wherein said engaging means further includes a pair of second through apertures formed in a surface of each of said headers which faces said pleated shade member, each of said second through apertures being aligned with the respective through apertures at one side of said pleated shade member for directing said cord from one end of said caps to said pleated shade through apertures and thereby defining said frictional engagement between said header and said cords as said cords extend interiorly of said header from each said end cap to each said second through aperture therein;
- and wherein said engaging means are further defined by said cords being respectively disposed extending through said hollow interior of each header and directed from each of said end caps thereof to the through aperture adjacent the opposite end of each said header to thereby further enhance said frictional engagement between each of said header and each of said cords;
- and wherein said pleated shade member includes a first, upper section and a second, lower section;
- said construction further including at least one intermediate header slideably engaged with said cords intermediate said first and second mentioned headers and engaging respective facing end portions of the first and second pleated shade member sections;
- each respectively extendable and collapsible in response to corresponding movement of one or more of said headers for alternately covering or exposing any desired portion of said window, up to and including substantially the entire window.