Patent ID: 6874845

Claim:
Sun shield for a motor vehicle roof which is movable between an extended operating position for covering a translucent or transparent roof area and a retracted position next to this roof area, comprising, a take-up roller, a shade tarp which can be wound onto the take-up roller in said retracted position, a transverse bow to which a free end of the shade tarp is attached, the bow, in the extended operating position of the shade tarp being positionable against an end stop at an opposite side of the roof area from said take-up roller, and a stiffening holding element onto which at least one anchoring element is formed on an end thereof and which is held in an anchoring groove extending along the length of the bow, wherein opposite side edges of the shade tarp are laterally guided in the direction of motion of the shade tarp on guide rails, wherein the stiffening holding element is centered between the guide rails by means of spring elements, and wherein, the shade tarp is fixed to the stiffening holding element pro-tensioned in a transverse direction.