Cellular shade pull for Home Depot brand Home Decorators Collection shades

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Months ago, we bought a couple of Home Depot brand Home Decorators Collection series cordless cellular shades. These are nice bottom-up/top-down shades with handles at the top to pull the top down, but it's strange that there are no handles provided to lift or pull down the bottom of the shade. One ends up putting weird stresses on the internal mechanism to lower the shade all the way down. We have had two internal cord breakages in two of the shades, and fortunately, we were able to exchange them under warranty. To fix the design flaw, I decided to design and print these handles, and they work perfectly. Besides the STL file, I've included the original Inventor part file as well as an IGES file, so the solid can be modified if needed. When installing, hook the edge near the front of the handle first, then snap it on by pushing on the bottom with the palm of your hand (see included photos). It takes a little force to push it on, but once they are on, they are very stable. There is another pull handle design for Home Depot branded cordless cell shades created by another Thingiverse member. It didn't fit my shade style, but if mine doesn't fit your shade type, perhaps the one below will work. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4266115