Guide rail arrangement
AssigneeVolvo Car Corporation
InventorGert Aldeborg
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Abstract
A guide rail arrangement for an extensible cover. The guide rail arrangement has a main extension direction (D) and comprises a guide rail and a guide member. The guide rail extends in the main extension direction and is adapted to guide the cover during pull-out thereof. The guide member is displaceable in relation to the guide rail, e.g. by sliding or rotation. The guide member is configured to form an extension of the guide rail in the main extension direction, when in an operational position in relation to the guide rail. The present disclosure further relates to a kit comprising the guide rail arrangement and a belt, to a vehicle and to a method of pulling out the extensible cover.
Claims19
A guide rail arrangement for an extensible cover, said rail arrangement having a main extension direction (D), said guide rail arrangement comprising:
- a guide rail, adapted to guide said cover during pull-out thereof, said guide rail extending in said main extension direction (D),
- a guide member, being displaceable in relation to said guide rail and being configured to form an extension of said guide rail in said main extension direction (D), when in an operational position in relation to said guide rail,
- a side trim panel, said guide rail being comprised in said side trim panel or forming a part of said side trim panel or said side trim panel comprising a slot adapted to receive and hold said guide rail, said side trim panel comprising an indentation, said indentation being located next to said guide rail, such that said guide member in said operational position at least partly covers said indentation, and
- a belt, wherein said indentation is configured such that when said belt is placed in said indentation, said guide member in said operational position at least partly covers said belt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.