Patent ID: 6910518

Claim:
In an automobile having two windows sized and configured differently from each other, a window shade arrangement comprising a first winding shaft ( 14 , 35 ) rotatably supported adjacent a window edge ( 7 ), a first window shade strip ( 16 , 38 ) shaped to conform generally to a first one of said windows and having one end attached to said first winding shaft ( 14 , 35 ) and a free edge ( 37 , 39 ) that can be moved away from the first winding shaft ( 14 , 35 ), a second winding shaft ( 14 , 35 ) rotatably supported adjacent to another window edge ( 7 ), a second window shade strip ( 16 , 38 ) shaped to conform generally to a second of said windows and differently from said first window shade strip, said second window shade strip ( 16 , 38 ) being attached to said second winding shaft ( 14 , 35 ) and having a free edge ( 17 , 39 ) that can be moved away from the second winding shaft ( 14 , 35 ), a single drive unit ( 19 , 61 ) operatively coupled to each of said window shade strips ( 16 , 39 ) for moving said window shade strips ( 16 , 38 ) in at least one direction in response to operation of the drive unit ( 19 , 61 ) into respective overlying relation with said two windows, and said drive unit being operable for moving one of said window shade strips a greater distance than the other of said window shade strips.