Collapsible cellular shade assembly and method for constructing same

A cellular shade comprising:

• a plurality of sequential and interconnected closed cell structures extending in a longitudinal direction, each cell structure having a collapsed position when the shade is contracted and having an open position when the shade is extended, each cell structure including a front face and a separate back face and defining a top tab and a bottom tab, the back face including a first segment separated from a second segment by a fold line, the front face being attached to the back face at the top tab and the bottom tab, the front face being longer than the back face as measured in the longitudinal direction from the top tab to the bottom tab such that each cell structure has a D-shaped configuration in an open position, the collapsed position of each cell structure including the back face nested within the front face, a first cell structure and a second adjacent cell structure being attached to one another at a juncture that includes the top tab of the first cell structure attached to the bottom tab of the second cell structure with the front face of the first cell structure and the front face of the second cell structure being non-continuous materials attached to one another at the juncture, and the back face of the first cell structure and the back face of the second cell structure also being non-continuous materials;
• and
• a lift system configured for vertically drawing said cell structures from an expanded configuration into a contracted configuration;
• wherein the material forming the front face is at least two times the weight of the material forming the back thee.