Patent ID: 7316443

Claim:
A rear window roller blind assembly ( 22 ) for motor vehicles comprising: a wind-up shaft ( 23 ) mounted for rotational movement below a pull-out slit ( 12 ) adjacent a motor vehicle window, a roller blind ( 19 ) having one edge fixed to the wind-up shaft ( 23 ) and a free edge opposite the wind-up shaft ( 23 ), said roller blind ( 10 ) being movable between a retracted position about said wind-up shaft and extended position in which the roller blind ( 19 ) is pulled out through said slit ( 12 ); a pull-out element ( 21 ) fixed to the free edge of the roller blind ( 19 ), said pull-out element ( 21 ) having an elongated center piece ( 39 ) and two end pieces ( 41 ) that can move longitudinally relative to the center piece ( 39 ); said pull-out element ( 21 ) having a cross-sectional shape such that the center piece ( 39 ) together with the end pieces ( 41 ) close the pull-out slit ( 12 ) when the roller blind ( 19 ) is retracted, and a drive device ( 24 , 35 ) for the wind-up shaft ( 23 ) for rotating the wind-up shaft ( 23 ) at least in a direction for winding up the roller blind ( 19 ) onto the wind-up shaft ( 23 ).