These glorified plant racks would likely be made of heavy gauge steel wire or some other material that would make them sturdy but lightweight while packed full of potted plants. A few pipe segments welded to one edgeof the rack would fit over paired posts secured to the edge of a window frame, making a hinge. Once full of plants, the whole thing can be swung to cover the window for privacy or opened to enjoy the view. The plants get the benefit of maximum sunlight available to a room and the humans get a oxygenating herb farm and privacy screen.

The trick here is getting the ‘rope’ material right. It has to be strong and durable but also the right balance of transparent and cloudy. Transparent enough to let light pass evenly along the length of it, but cloudy enough to refract light outward so that the effect is nice and bright.

The simple matter of putting a bright LED in each handle shouldn’t be too challenging. Maybe a few strobe/color settings for the deluxe model.