Adjustable expandable and collapsible shade

An adjustable shade comprising:

• upper headrail means and lower rail means and a transversely pleated shade member, means attaching an upper portion of the shade member to the upper headrail means, the lower rail means including two lower rail sections, means attaching a lower portion of the shade member to the lower rail sections with the said sections having proximate ends disposed approximately midway between side edges of the shade member, and means interconnecting proximate ends of the lower rail sections for swinging movement between a position in which the rail sections extend generally parallel to the lower headrail means and a position in which the rail sections extend downwardly in sidewise adjacent relation, the shade member having a center row of aligned cord openings and at least two side rows of aligned openings spaced from relatively opposite sides of the center row, a center lift cord attached to the interconnecting means and extending upwardly through the center row of cord guide openings to the upper headrail means, at least two side lift cords each attached to a respective one of the lower rail sections at locations spaced from the interconnecting means and extending upwardly through a respective one of the side rows of openings to the upper headrail means, a first shade operating means connected to the center lift cord for raising the proximate ends of lower rail sections while allowing distal ends of the lower rail sections to swing downwardly into sidewise adjacent relation and draw the lower portion of the pleated shade member into an inverted fan configuration, and second shade operating means connected to the side lift cord means for raising the pair of lower rail sections.