A CodePen by Chris Coyier. Filtered Search RWD Pattern

index.html

<form role="search" class="search-form" id="search-form" action="#" method="post">
  
  <section class="search-terms">
    <label for="search-term" class="search-term-label screen-reader-text">Search Terms</label>
    <div>
      <span class="search-term-wrap">
        <input type="search" id="search-term" class="search-term">
      </span>
      <span class="search-term-button-wrap">
        <input type="submit" value="Search" class="search-button">
      </span>
    </div>
  </section>

  <section class="search-filters" id="search-filters">
    
    <h3 class="search-filters-title" id="search-filters-title">Search Filters</h3>
    
    <div class="size-filters filter-group">
    
      <div>
        <input type="checkbox" id="filter-size-small">
        <label for="filter-size-small">Small</label>
      </div>
      
      <div>
        <input type="checkbox" id="filter-size-medium" checked>
        <label for="filter-size-medium">Medium</label>
      </div>
      
      <div>
        <input type="checkbox" id="filter-size-large">
        <label for="filter-size-large">Large</label>
      </div>
      
    </div>
    
    <div class="content-filters filter-group">
      
      <div>
        <input type="radio" id="filter-content-cats" name="filter-content">
        <label for="filter-content-cats">Cats</label>
      </div>
      
      <div>
        <input type="radio" id="filter-content-dogs" name="filter-content">
        <label for="filter-content-dogs">Dogs</label>
      </div>
      
      <div>
        <input type="radio" id="filter-content-Birds" name="filter-content">
        <label for="filter-content-birds">Birds</label>
      </div>
    </div>
    
    <small class="filter-explanation">Choosing filters automatically refines and refreshes search.</small>
    
  </section>
</form>

<section class="search-results">
  <div class="result"></div>
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</section>

script.js

var Search = {
  
  searchForm: $("#search-form"),
  searchTerms: $("#search-terms"),
  searchFilters: $("#search-filters"),
  searchFiltersTitle: $("#search-filters-title"),
  offset: $("#search-filters-title").offset(),
  win: $(window),
  
  init: function() {
    Search.bindUIEvents();
  },
  
  bindUIEvents: function() {
    
    Search.searchFiltersTitle
      .on(
        "click",
        Search.toggleSearchFilters
      );
    
    Search.win
      .on(
        "scroll",
        Search.filterHeaderPosition
       );
    
    Search.searchForm
      .on(
         "submit",
        Search.searchSubmit
       );
    
  },
  
  toggleSearchFilters: function() {    
    Search.searchForm
      .toggleClass("filters-open");
  },
  
  filterHeaderPosition: function() {
    
     var scrollTop = Search.win.scrollTop();
           
     if (scrollTop > Search.offset.top) {
       Search.searchFilters.addClass("pinned");
       Search.searchTerms.css("margin-bottom", Search.searchFilters.outerHeight());
     } else {
       Search.searchFilters.removeClass("pinned"); 
       Search.searchTerms.css("margin-bottom", "10px");
     };
    
  },
  
  searchSubmit: function() {
    // process new search
    return false; 
  }
  
};

Search.init();

style.css

* {
  box-sizing: border-box; 
}
body {
  padding: 20px;
  width: 70%;
  margin: 0 auto;
}
.screen-reader-text {
  position: absolute;
  top: -9999px;
  left: -9999px;
}

.search-form {
  width: 35%;
  float: left;
  padding-right: 20px;
}
.search-term {
  width: 100%;
  margin: 0 0 5px 0;
}
.search-terms {
  display: table;
  margin: 0 0 10px 0;
}
.search-filters {
  overflow: hidden;
  margin: 0 0 10px 0;
  background: #eee;
  padding: 10px;
}
.search-filters-title {
  font-weight: normal;
  font-size: 1em;
  margin: 0 0 10px 0;
}
.filter-group {
  margin: 0 0 10px 0;
}
.cloned-filters {
  display: none; 
}
.search-results {
  width: 65%;
  float: right;
  padding-bottom: 2500px; /* just scrolling space */
}
.result {
  float: left;
  width: 24%;
  height: 100px;
  margin-right: 1.33%;
  margin-bottom: 1.33%;
  background: #eee;
}
.result:nth-child(4n) {
  margin-right: 0; 
}
.result img {
  width: 100%;
  height: auto;
  display: block;
}

@media (max-width: 1000px) {
  body {
    width: 90%;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 600px) {
  body,
  .search-form,
  .search-results {
    width: 100%;
  }
  .search-form {
    padding: 0;
  }
  .search-terms {
    display: table;
    width: 100%;
    margin: 0;
  }
  .search-terms > div {
    display: table-row; 
  }
  .search-terms > div > span {
    display: table-cell;
  }
  .search-term-wrap {
    padding-right: 10px;
  }
  .search-button {
    width: 100%;
  }
  .search-filters-title {
    color: blue;
    text-decoration: underline;
    cursor: pointer;
    margin: 0;
  }
  .search-filters.pinned {
    position: fixed;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    width: 100%;
    background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
  }
  .filter-group {
    display: none;
  }
  .filter-explanation {
    display: none;  
  }
  
  .filters-open .filter-group,
  .filters-open .filter-explanation {
    display: block; 
  }
  .filters-open .search-filters-title {
    margin: 0 0 10px 0;
  }
}