Patent ID: 6598651
Filing Date: 2003-07-29
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A cargo area divider having a flexible planar structure that can be pulled out and is held at a rear end on a roller-shade shaft and at a front end is equipped with a pull-out bar that has a length which is at least as long as a width of the planar structure, wherein the pull-out bar is received within a hollow chamber region of a cover profile, which extends at least over the width of the planar structure, wherein the cover profile is provided with a longitudinal slot, wherein an end of the planar structure is attached to the pull-out bar, and extends from the pull-out bar, out through the longitudinal slot;the hollow chamber region having a cross-sectional configuration which includes an outer leg and an inner leg, wherein the outer leg at least partially overlaps the inner leg to define an enclosure region which substantially surrounds the pull-out bar, and a passage, which connects the enclosure region with the longitudinal slot, which passage extends substantially off-center with respect to the enclosure region.