Patent ID: 8033313
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. A side window roller blind for a motor vehicle having a side window that has a lower window edge and an upper window edge, wherein an extraction slot is provided at the lower window edge, the side window roller blind comprising: a winding shaft that is rotatably supportable underneath the extraction slot; a blind that is cut to a shape corresponding to that of the side window, the blind having a first edge fixed on the winding shaft and a second edge remote from the winding shaft; a tension bar that is fixed on the second edge of the blind for movement between blind extended and retracted positions, said tension bar having rollers for rolling contact with said window during movement of said blind between said extended and retracted positions; a single support rod that has an upper end connected to the tension bar and a lower end; a guiding device for the support rod arrangeable underneath the lower window edge for vertically guiding movement of the support rod in a direction approximately perpendicular to the lower window edge; and said tension bar having an aligning aid configured such that the vertical retraction movement of the blind causes the tension bar to be aligned into a position in which it is oriented substantially parallel to the extraction slot, said alignment aid defining a guide surface having a portion extending along and substantially less than the length of the tension bar on a side of the blind adapted to face the window angled away from a plane of the blind in an upward direction toward the window for engaging an edge of the extraction slot and guiding the tension bar into pre-determined retracted position relative to the extraction slot.