Patent ID: 6848493

Claim:
A window shade ( 12 ) for motor vehicles comprising: a rotatably seated winding shaft ( 16 ), a window shade web ( 13 ) fastened at one edge to the winding shaft ( 16 ), a guide which extends at least for some distance laterally next to the extended window shade web ( 13 ) and which has at least one guide groove ( 33 ), a pull rod arrangement ( 17 ) connected with the window shade web ( 13 ) at a location remote from the winding shaft ( 16 ), said pull rod arrangement ( 17 ) having a guide body ( 39 ) at one end which is guided in said at least one guide groove ( 33 ), a bendable, linearly extending, actuating element ( 22 ) moveable in said guide groove ( 33 ), a coupling ( 36 ) with two coupling halves ( 41 , 42 ), one said coupling half being connected to said guide body ( 39 ) and the other said coupling half being connected to said actuator ( 22 ), said coupling halves ( 41 , 42 ) being selectively coupleable together at least once, and a drive mechanism ( 18 , 27 ) for displacing the actuating element ( 22 ) along said guide rail ( 20 , 21 ) for rotating the winding shaft ( 16 ).