Patent ID: 7401840

Claim:
A window shade for a window of a vehicle, comprising: a window shade storage roller mounted beneath a window opening; a trim panel concealing the storage roller and having a slot therein; a window shade wound on the roller and having a stiffening rod at the top edge adapted for movement between a lowered position and a raised position; a first hook element carried on the stiffening rod at the top edge of the window shade and facing away from the vehicle occupant; a second hook element provided on the trim panel on the side of the slot facing away from the vehicle occupant and being engaged by the first hook element when the window shade is lowered so that the engagement between the first hook element and the second hook element establishes the lowered position of the window shade in which the stiffening rod at the top edge of the window shade is retracted through the slot in the trim panel to be concealed from view; and a finger grip carried by the top edge of the window shade for use by a vehicle occupant to move the window shade between the raised and lowered positions.