Patent ID: 8602082

Claim:
A roller blind system for screening a motor vehicle window, said roller blind system comprising: a flexible sheet element; a roller blind shaft on which the flexible sheet element is wound in a stored state of the roller blind system and from which the flexible sheet element is at least partially unwound in a functional state of the roller blind system; a roller blind shaft support on which the roller blind shaft is mounted for rotation; two guide rails; and a pull-out rod attached to an end of the flexible sheet element oriented away from the roller blind shaft, the pull-out rod having a pair of spaced-apart ends through which a pull-out rod axis is defined and a central region disposed between the ends, the pull-out rod having an outwardly convex configuration such that the central region is offset from the pull-out rod axis and the ends, the ends of the pull-out rod being engaged with the respective guide rails such that the guide rails guide the pull-out rod between a first position in which the flexible sheet element is in the stored state and a second position in which the flexible sheet element is in the functional state, the pull-out rod being supported on the guide rails for swiveling movement about the pull-out rod axis as the pull-out rod is transferred along the guide rails from the first position to the second position in which second position the central region is disposed substantially vertically above the ends of the pull-out rod; the roller blind shaft having a pair of ends through which a roller blind shaft axis is defined and a central region disposed between the ends of the roller blind shaft, the roller blind shaft having an outwardly convex configuration such that the central region of the roller blind shaft is offset from the roller blind shaft axis and the ends of the roller blind shaft, the outwardly convex configuration of the roller blind shaft substantially corresponding to the outwardly convex configuration of the pull-out rod, the roller blind shaft being supported on the roller blind shaft support for swiveling about the roller blind shaft axis during transfer of the pull-out rod from the first position to the second position, the central region of the roller blind shaft in the second position being disposed substantially vertically above the ends of the roller blind shaft.