Side window blind with slot covering

US6347825B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BOS GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

• Holger Seel · Aidlingen, DE
• Herbert Walter · Großenhain, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 20, 2001
• Grant date: Feb 19, 2002
• Expiry date: Apr 20, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60J1/2086
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A side window blind is integrated in the bodywork of a motor vehicle. The blind can be retracted into the hollow space between the inner lining and the outer skin of the vehicle. The blind passes out through a slot in the window embrasure. In order to close this slot when the side window blind is not in use, a flexible cover strip is connected with the reinforcing strip on the front edge of the blind material, which in the driven-out state comes to lie against the contour of the reinforcing strip. In the driven-in or drawn in state, the cover strip is lifted off sectionwise from the reinforcing strip and lies, closely to the slot, on at least one of the slot edges.