Patent ID: 7665793

Claim:
Shade system for a motor vehicle roof, with at least one first ( 12 ) and one second shade arrangement ( 10 ) which are arranged in line with one another in the lengthwise direction of the roof and each have a take-up shaft ( 14 , 16 ), a length of shade ( 18 , 20 ) which proceeding from one end can be taken up thereon, and a pull ( 22 , 24 ) which acts on a free end of the length of shade, and at least one compressively stiff drive cable ( 26 , 28 ) which is driven by a drive ( 30 , 32 ) and which is securely coupled at a first point ( 34 , 36 ) to the pull ( 24 ) of the first shade arrangement ( 12 ), characterized in that the drive cable ( 26 , 28 ) is securely coupled at a second point ( 38 , 40 , 62 ) to the pull ( 22 ) of the second shade arrangement ( 10 ) in a first segment of motion of the second point and in a subsequent second segment of motion of the second point is decoupled from the pull of the second shade arrangement, the coupling or decoupling taking place automatically when the boundary is reached between the first and the second segment of motion by means of a locking element ( 42 ).