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US 7,114,767 B2Granted
Window blind for a sliding roof system
AssigneeArvinMeritor GmbH
InventorsRainer Grimm, Horst Boehm, Thomas Becher, Christian Biewer
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Abstract
A window blind for a sliding roof system having a flexible material and two guide elements extending along the longitudinal edges of the flexible material. The guide elements engage in a guide associated with a corresponding longitudinal edge. The guide element is a flat strip that is fastened to a longitudinal edge of the flexible material so that it can be wound up together with the window blind.
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A window blind for a sliding roof system, comprising:
- a flexible material having two longitudinal edges;
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- at least one guide element extending along at least one of the two longitudinal edges, wherein the at least one guide element is adapted to engage in a guide corresponding to the at least one of the two longitudinal edges, wherein the at least one guide element is a strip attached to the at least one of the two longitudinal edges of the flexible material so that the at least one guide element can be wound up together with the window blind, and wherein the strip has an inboard edge and an outboard edge, the flexible material being attached only from the outboard edge to a central portion of the strip such that the inboard edge is spaced from the flexible material.
A vehicle roof blind assembly, comprising:
- a window blind including a flexible material having two longitudinal edges;
- two guide elements, with one guide element extending along each of the two longitudinal edges, wherein each of the two guide elements is a strip attached to a corresponding longitudinal edge of the flexible material so that the two guide elements can be wound up together with the window blind, and wherein each strip has an inboard edge and an outboard edge, the flexible material being attached only from the outboard edge to a central portion of each strip such that the inboard edge is spaced from the flexible material;
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- two guide rails, each of the two guide elements engaging in a corresponding guide rail such that each of the two longitudinal edges is movably arranged with an associated guide element in one of the two guide rails.
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A vehicle roof blind assembly for a sliding roof system, comprising:
- a blind selectively moveable to cover a roof opening, the blind being formed from a flexible material having two longitudinal edges;
- at least one resilient strip extending along at least one of the two longitudinal edges and having an innermost strip edge and an outermost strip edge, the at least one resilient strip being attached to one of the two longitudinal edges of the flexible material only from the outermost strip edge to a central portion of the at least one resilient strip;
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- at least one guide rail mountable to a vehicle roof adjacent the roof opening, the at least one guide rail guiding movement of the blind between an open position and a closed position relative to the roof opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.