Patent ID: 8919414

Claim:
A roller blind arrangement for use in a vehicle, said arrangement comprising: a roller blind cassette having a housing including a hollow section extending in a main extension direction, an exit slot extending along a full extent of said hollow section and a pair of edge regions disposed opposite one another on both sides of said exit slot and extending in the main extension direction, each said edge region being folded over on itself to define first and second edge walls disposed in closely adjacent, opposed and facing relation with one another, said first and second edge walls being spaced from one another to define a slot-shaped receiving area therebetween, said first and second edge walls of each said edge region adjoining one another at a bent region which defines a boundary of said exit slot; a roller blind shaft defining an axis substantially parallel to the main extension direction, said roller blind shaft being mounted within said cassette for rotation about the axis; a roller blind disposed within said cassette and wound onto said roller blind shaft in a stowed configuration and unwound from said roller blind shaft in a functional configuration in which said roller blind is at least partially extended, in a longitudinal direction transverse to the main extension direction, from said roller blind shaft through said exit slot; and said edge regions located opposite one another at at least one end of said housing being interconnected to one another by a flat, plate-shaped and rigid metal connecting bridge, said connecting bridge having respective insertion pieces inserted in a direction substantially parallel to the main extension direction into the respective slot-shaped receiving areas at said one end of said housing, the respective said insertion pieces and said slot-shaped receiving areas being configured to create a permanent press-fit between said connecting bridge and said one end of said housing to prevent rotation of said connecting bridge relative to the respective edge regions.