Column blind device

A column blind device provided in a vehicle, comprising:

• an instrument panel;
• a steering column a position of which is adjustable relative to the instrument panel in a vehicle front-rear direction and an up-down direction such that the steering column is configured to move between its foremost position and its rearmost position in the vehicle front-rear direction;
• a column cover that covers the steering column;
• and
• a flexible blind disposed in a gap between the instrument panel and the column cover, one end of the flexible blind being fixed to an instrument-panel-side support provided to the instrument panel, another end of the flexible blind being fixed to a column-cover-side support provided to the column cover, such that the flexible blind extends between the instrument panel and the column cover, thereby closing the gap, the column-cover-side support moving between its foremost position and its rearmost position as the steering column moves between its foremost position and its rearmost position in the vehicle front-rear direction, wherein the instrument-panel-side support is positioned in an intermediate position in the vehicle front-rear direction, which is between the foremost position and the rearmost position of the column-cover-side support,
• wherein the instrument-panel-side support has a side portion disposed along a side portion of the column cover, and
• wherein a lower end of the side portion of the instrument-panel-side support has a height identical to a height of a lower end of a side portion of the column-cover-side support when the column-cover-side support is in an intermediate position in the up-down direction.