Headlining for a motor vehicle roof
OwnerChristoph Tobias Lante, Martin Kralik +1inventors
InventorsChristoph Tobias Lante, Martin Kralik, Mauricio Kurpjuweit
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Abstract
A headlining for attachment to a motor vehicle roof has an essentially rigid base structure with at least one predetermined folding line that is divided into at least two spaced partial folding lines in an arched headlining section of the base, an at least partially flexible cover layer which faces the interior of the motor vehicle, so that an edge section of the headlining can be bent or folded downward.
Claims15
A headlining for attachment to a motor vehicle roof, said headlining comprising:
- an essentially rigid base structure;
- an essentially flexible cover layer mounted on a lower side of the an essentially rigid base structure which faces an interior section of the motor vehicle in an installed condition of the headlining;
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- at least one predetermined folding line for allowing a section of the headlining to be folded downward with the substantially flexible cover layer being at an inner side of the downwardly folded section;
- wherein the headlining has an arched headlining section;
- and wherein said predetermined folding line is divided into two spaced, partial folding lines in the arched headlining section.
A headlining for attachment to a motor vehicle roof, said headlining comprising:
- an essentially rigid base structure;
- an essentially flexible cover layer on a lower side of the an essentially rigid base structure which faces an interior section of the motor vehicle in an installed condition of the headlining;
- and
- at least one predetermined folding line for allowing a section of the headlining to be folded downward with the substantially flexible cover layer being at an inner side of the downwardly folded section;
- wherein said essentially rigid base structure includes stretching means for maintaining said cover layer in at least one of a tensioned and stretched position when said headlining is placed in a folded-back position, said stretching means being mounted crosswise of said at least one predetermined folding line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.