Manually movable rails for coverings for architectural openings

A covering for an architectural opening comprising:

• a headrail;
• a collapsible shade material suspended from the headrail;
• a middle rail operably connected along a top edge of the shade material and movable toward and away from the headrail;
• a bottom rail operably connected along a bottom edge of the shade material, and movable toward and away from the headrail independently of the middle rail to collapse and uncollapse the shade material positioned between the middle rail and the bottom rail;
• a pair of flexible control elements extending operatively between the headrail and the bottom rail, the middle rail and the bottom rail being operatively connected to the flexible control elements;
• a first manually operable lock member operatively associated with the flexible control elements to permit selective releasable positioning of the bottom rail;
• a second manually operable lock member operatively associated with the flexible control elements to permit selective releasable positioning of the middle rail;
• and
• a biased flexible element take-up system in the bottom rail biased to gather and release the flexible control elements as the bottom rail is moved toward and away from the headrail.

A shade comprising:

• a top rail;
• a bottom rail operably connected to the top rail and movable away from and towards the top rail;
• a middle rail operably connected to the top rail between the top rail and the bottom rail, the middle rail movable away from and towards the top rail independently of the bottom rail;
• a shade material operably connected to and between the bottom rail and the middle rail;
• a pair of cords extending between the top rail and the bottom rail;
• and
• a take-up system at least partially received in the bottom rail, the take-up system biased to gather and release the cords as the bottom rail is moved toward and away from the top rail, wherein
• the bottom rail includes a first manually operable lock member operatively associated with the cords;
• and
• the middle rail includes a second manually operable lock member operatively associated with the cords.