(57) An architectural opening covering includes: a first rail having an elongate extent,
wherein, with the elongate extent of the first rail extending in a longitudinal direction,
the first rail is configured to translate laterally in opposite first and second lateral
directions substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction; a second rail
having an elongate extent, wherein, with the elongate extent of the second rail extending
in the longitudinal direction, the second rail is configured to translate laterally
in the opposite first and second lateral directions; a shade material extending in
the first lateral direction between the first and second rails; and a motor drive
configured to translate only the first rail of the first and second rails selectively
in the first and second lateral directions; wherein the second rail is configured
to be translated in the first and second lateral directions manually by a user; and
wherein the motor drive and the first rail are together configured to translate the
second rail in the first lateral direction by the first rail pushing the second rail
in the first lateral direction.
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