Koxka, are those blinds the kind that roll up....oohh, how do I describe this....kind of like a garage door, but they roll up in a roll instead of flat like a garage door. Kinda like the steel "shields" businesses in Chicago roll down over their plate glass windows at night so no one throws a brick through the glass.

Anyway, if they are the same thing I'm thinking of, I saw them for the first time when we were in Germany last year. They actually came down on the outside of the house/hotel so the inside didn't need to be messed up with curtain rods or anything like that. The ones at the hotel had a crank to open and close them, and the ones we saw at a friend's house had a string similar to the one on yours (it's attached on the top and bottom, doesn't just hang loose). I really liked them and thought they were a fantastic idea. The only thing I didn't like was at the hotel they were the only way to shut out the light, and it was kinda warm and they also blocked the little breeze that came in, so we had to compromise and only close them part way.

Some of the things you guys have over there are the neatest things, and such great ideas. Unfortunately I think they are all too expensive and last way too long for people over here. Sometimes the US is such a throw away society......

Anyway, I think these would work great for anyone with "blind" problems (notice I didn't say "cat" problems ) because there is no way a cat can push these out of the way. They can definitely be attacked, but the blind would win everytime.