# US 11,440,477 B2 · Guide rail arrangement > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,440,477 B2 - Document ID: US11440477B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/274,317 - Filed: 2019-02-13 - Published: 2019-09-26 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2018-03-23 - Assignees: Volvo Car Corporation - Applicants: Volvo Car Corporation - Inventors: Gert Aldeborg - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11440477B2 ## CPC - B60R 5/045: {collapsible or transformable} - B60R 5/047: {collapsible by rolling-up} - B60R 13/0237: {Side or rear panels} - E06B 9/58: Guiding devices - B60R 2022/1818: {Belt guides} - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - E06B: FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES (shades or blinds for greenhouses A01G9/22; curtains A47H; lids for car boots or bonnets B62D25/10; skylights E04B7/18; sunshades, awnings E04F10/00) ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The guide rail arrangement according to claim 1, wherein said guide member is displaceable in relation to said guide rail to said operational position from an idle position, in which said guide member is located at said guide rail in an at least partly overlapping position. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The guide rail arrangement according to claim 1, wherein said guide rail comprises a track intended to receive a protruding member of said cover, said guide member comprising a corresponding track, such that said guide rail and said guide member are configured to, in said operational position, form a combined track. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The guide rail arrangement according to claim 1, wherein said guide member is slidably displaceable along said guide rail to said operational position. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The guide rail arrangement according to claim 1, wherein said guide member is rotatably displaceable in relation to said guide rail to said operational position. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The guide rail arrangement according to claim 1, wherein said guide member comprises a belt catch member, adapted to catch and retain said belt. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The guide rail arrangement according to claim 1, wherein said guide member has an extension, as seen in said main extension direction (D), in the range of from 2 cm to 30 cm. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) The guide rail arrangement according to claim 2, wherein said guide member is biased to said idle position. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The guide rail arrangement according to claim 1 further comprising an additional guide rail, also extending in said main extension direction (D), such that said additional guide rail is aligned with said guide rail with an interspace therebetween, said guide member in said operational position being located between said additional guide rail and said guide rail, such that said guide member at least partly fills or covers said interspace to form an extension of said guide rail and said additional guide rail in said main extension direction (D). ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The guide rail arrangement according to claim 9, wherein said guide member in said operational position fits into said interspace. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The guide rail arrangement according to claim 1, wherein said guide rail arrangement further comprises a displacement means adapted to displace said guide member to said operational position. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) A method of pulling out said extensible cover of said vehicle, said vehicle comprising said guide rail arrangement according to claim 1 and said cover, said cover comprising a protruding member configured to be moved in said guide rail arrangement while said cover is pulled out, said method comprising: a) placing said belt in said indentation, b) displacing said guide member to said operational position, and c) pulling out said cover, such that said protruding member moves in said guide rail and in said guide member, respectively. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method according to claim 12, in case wherein said guide member comprises a belt catch member, adapted to catch and retain said belt, wherein step a) comprises: catching said belt by means of said belt catch member in order to move said belt into said indentation. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The guide rail arrangement according to claim 1, wherein said extensible cover is a load cover. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The guide rail arrangement according to claim 1, wherein said guide rail comprises a track intended to receive a protruding member of said cover, said guide member comprising a corresponding track, such that said guide rail and said guide member are configured to, in said operational position, form a continuous combined track. ### Claim 16 (depends on 2) The guide rail arrangement according to claim 2, wherein said guide member is slidably displaceable along said guide rail between said idle position and said operational position. ### Claim 17 (depends on 2) The guide rail arrangement according to claim 2, wherein said guide member is rotatably displaceable in relation to said guide rail between said idle position and said operational position. ### Claim 18 (depends on 6) The guide rail arrangement according to claim 6, wherein said belt comprises a safety belt. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The guide rail arrangement according to claim 1, wherein said side trim panel is an upper side trim panel.