Patent ID: 7347246

Claim:
A side window shade for a motor vehicle having a side window with a substantially curved edge, the side window shade comprising: a rotatably supported winding shaft arranged opposite the curved edge; a strip-shaped shade having one edge fixed to the winding shaft; a contour part mounted on the strip-shaped shade, the contour part having an edge region which has a shape corresponding to the curved edge of the side window; a guide rail arranged adjacent to strip-shaped shade when the shade is in an extracted position; a slide connected to said strip-shaped shade and guided for movement by the guide rail between a retracted position of said shade in which the shade is wound around said winding shaft and an extended position pulled outwardly a distance from the windup shaft; and a hinge for connecting the contour part to the slide for pivotal movement about a hinge axis that extends perpendicular to a plane defined by the strip-shaped shade when in the extracted position such that said contoured part is moveable about said hinge axis in response to movement of said shade between said retracted and extended positions.