Patent ID: 7396067

Claim:
A roller blind assembly ( 21 ) for a window ( 9 , 10 ) in a motor vehicle ( 1 ) having a curved top window edge ( 8 ) and a roller blind pullout slot ( 14 ) adjacent a bottom window edge comprising: a windup shaft ( 22 ) supported for rotational movement below said pullout slot ( 14 ), a roller blind ( 19 ) connected at one end to said windup shaft ( 22 ); a pull rod assembly ( 23 ) fixed to an end of the roller blind ( 22 ) opposite the windup shaft ( 19 ) for pulling the roller blind ( 19 ) out through said pullout slot ( 14 ); said pull rod assembly ( 23 ) being moveable along a pull out path from a rest position with the roller blind ( 19 ) in a substantially wound condition about said windup shaft ( 22 ) and a functional position in which the roller blind ( 19 ) is pulled out from said windup shaft ( 22 ) in front of said window; a drive ( 44 ) for moving said pull rod assembly ( 23 ) between said rest and functional positions, at least one guide member ( 18 ) for guiding movement of the pull rod assembly ( 23 ) along the pullout path between said rest and functional positions and which pivots the pull rod assembly about an axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of the pull rod assembly ( 23 ) such that the pull rod assembly is disposed in a first pivoted position when in said rest position and in a second pivoted position different from said first pivoted position when in said functional position, and said pull rod assembly ( 23 ) including a rectilinear rod member to which said opposite end of said roller blind is affixed and a contoured plate ( 24 ), said contoured plate having a curved edge ( 25 ) that is positionable relative to a top curved window edge ( 8 ) when said pull rod assembly ( 23 ) is in said functional position such that the contoured plate ( 24 ) substantially closes any light gap between the pull rod assembly ( 23 ) and the top window edge ( 8 ) when the pull rod assembly is in said functional position.