Vehicle curtain system
AssigneeVolvo Truck Corporation
InventorsWilliam Oakley, Lakshmikanth Govindaiah
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Abstract
A vehicle comprising a windscreen and a side door having a window, the vehicle further comprising a curtain assembly, the curtain assembly comprising: a rail located above the window; a series of first connectors located above the windscreen; a curtain comprising: a piece of fabric; a series of runners fixed to the piece of fabric, the runners of the series of runners being engaged and slidable in the rail; and a series of second connectors fixed to the piece of fabric, each second connector of the series of second connectors being releasably engageable with a respective first connector of the series of first connectors.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising a windscreen and a side door having a window, the vehicle further comprising a curtain assembly, the curtain assembly comprising:
- a rail located above the window;
- a series of first connectors located above the windscreen;
- and
- a curtain comprising:
- a piece of fabric;
- a series of runners fixed to the piece of fabric, the runners of the series of runners being engaged and slidable in the rail;
- and
- a series of second connectors fixed to the piece of fabric, each second connector of the series of second connectors being releasably engageable with a respective first connector of the series of first connectors.
A method for closing a curtain assembly in a vehicle, the vehicle comprising a windscreen and a side door having a window, the vehicle further comprising a curtain assembly, the curtain assembly comprising:
- a rail located above the window;
- a series of first connectors located above the windscreen;
- a curtain comprising:
- a piece of fabric;
- and
- a series of runners fixed to the piece of fabric, the runners of the series of runners being engaged and slidable in the rail;
- and
- a series of second connectors fixed to the piece of fabric, each second connector of the series of second connectors being releasably engageable with a respective first connector of the series of first connectors;
- the method comprising:
- pulling the curtain so that the runners slide in the rail;
- and
- connecting each second connector to a first connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.