Patent ID: 8028738
Filing Date: 2011-10-04
Classification: B60J,B60R

Abstract:
1. A motor vehicle comprising: a frame which includes interior structural columns and a plurality of windows, a roller blind associated with at least one of said windows, said roller blind including a rotatably supported window shade shaft for mounting adjacent said one window; a shade having one edge fixed to the window shade shaft and another edge distant from the window shade shaft; a pull rod that is connected to the shade on the edge that lies distant from the window shade shaft; a plurality of separate interior parts that form a guide rail arrangement with an undercut guide groove for receiving and guiding movement of the pull rod of the window blind; said plurality of interior parts including a first discrete individual interior lining panel part having a visible side facing an interior of the vehicle and a rear side facing and for being secured to an interior structural column of the motor vehicle; a second discrete individual interior lining panel part separate from and not integrally connected to the first interior lining panel part having a visible side facing the interior of the vehicle and a rear side facing in a direction toward an interior structural column of the motor vehicle; said interior lining panel parts covering the interior structural column of the motor vehicle and rigidly bordering each other in a manner that respective edges of the lining panel part forms a fixed, constant width gap between the panel parts along a distance between said shade opening and closing positions for guiding movement of a respective end of the pull rod along a path of travel defined by the gap; a rail arranged on the rear sides of the said interior individual lining panel parts and extending along and over the fixed gap therebetween; said guide rail arrangement forming an undercut groove for receiving an end of the window shade pull rod and guiding movement thereof, said undercut groove including a chamber defined by at least one wall of the guide rail arrangement and a slot narrower in width than said chamber and communicating outwardly thereof defined by at least two walls of said guide rail arrangement.