Sunshade assembly and open roof construction provided therewith

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016368353-A1
Application number	US-201615187134-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 20, 2016
Priority date	Jun 22, 2015
Publication date	Dec 22, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A sunshade assembly comprises a flexible sunscreen and two opposed longitudinal guides for guiding longitudinal edges of the sunscreen. A rotatable winding shaft is configured for winding and unwinding the sunscreen. An operating beam is connected to the opposite transversal edge of the sunscreen. Two drive cables are connected to opposite ends of the operating beam. Two positioning members are movable with the operating beam, wherein each positioning member extends into a corresponding one of said opposed longitudinal guides. Each of the opposed longitudinal edges of the sunscreen near the opposite transversal edge is provided with a wing folded inwards in a direction away from the respective positioning member, so that the wing and the positioning members are on opposite sides of the sunscreen. Each wing is made accessible to the respective positioning member from the opposite side of the flexible sunscreen in order to engage it.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A sunshade assembly comprising:
a flexible sunscreen having opposed longitudinal edges and opposed transversal edges; two opposed longitudinal guides configured to receive therein and guide corresponding ones of the opposed longitudinal edges of the sunscreen; a rotatable winding shaft configured to wind and unwind the sunscreen at a first one of the transversal edges; an operating beam connected to the second one of the transversal edges of the sunscreen; two drive cables connected to opposite ends of the operating beam and guided in the opposed longitudinal guides in order to wind and unwind the flexible sunscreen; two positioning members movable with the operating beam, wherein each positioning member extends into a corresponding one of said opposed longitudinal guides, and wherein each of the opposed longitudinal edges of the sunscreen at least near a second one of the transversal edges is provided with a wing folded inwards in a direction away from the respective positioning member, so that the wing and the positioning members are on opposite sides of the sunscreen; wherein each wing is made accessible to the respective positioning member from an opposite side of the flexible sunscreen in order to engage it.

2 . The sunshade assembly of claim 1 , wherein the wing is made accessible to the respective positioning member by separating each wing from the remainder of the sunscreen near the transversal edge of the sunscreen adjacent the operating beam so that each positioning member is engaged with the respective wing without an interfering sunscreen.

3 . The sunshade assembly of claim 2 , wherein the wing is extended beyond the respective transversal edge of the sunscreen into a protruding flap which is folded to be engaged with the positioning member.

4 . The sunshade assembly of claim 3 , wherein the protruding flap is folded back and attached to one of itself and the surface of the sunscreen, the positioning member engaging the flap where the positioning member is attached.

5 . The sunshade assembly of claim 4 wherein the positioning member is attached to the flap with legs straddling a position of attachment.

6 . The sunshade assembly of claim 3 , wherein the flap is folded inwardly sideways and wherein overlapping portions of the flap are attached to each other and parts of the positioning members straddle a position of attachment.

7 . The sunshade assembly of claim 6 , wherein the flap is folded inwardly such that the folded flap portion extends substantially in a transversal direction of the sunshade.

8 . The sunshade assembly of claim 1 , wherein each wing is made accessible by at least one hole in the sunscreen adjacent the respective wing, and wherein at least a protruding part of the positioning member is inserted through the at least one hole towards the respective wing.

9 . The sunshade assembly of claim 8 , wherein the at least one hole is substantially slot-shaped.

10 . The sunshade assembly of claim 8 , wherein the wing and the portion of the sunscreen that is overlapped by the sunscreen are attached to each other on one or both sides of the at least one hole.

11 . The sunshade assembly of claim 8 , wherein the positioning member comprises a plurality of spaced apart, substantially parallel protruding parts inserted into a corresponding number of holes in the sunscreen.

12 . The sunshade assembly of claim 4 , wherein attachment of the wing to itself or the sunscreen is done by stitching.

13 . An open roof construction including a sunshade assembly comprising:
a flexible sunscreen having opposed longitudinal edges and opposed transversal edges; two opposed longitudinal guides configured to receive therein and guide corresponding ones of the opposed longitudinal edges of the sunscreen; a rotatable winding shaft configured to wind and unwind the sunscreen at a first one of the transversal edges; an operating beam connected to the second one of the transversal edges of the sunscreen; two drive cables connected to opposite ends of the operating beam and guided in the opposed longitudinal guides in order to wind and unwind the flexible sunscreen; two positioning members movable with the operating beam, wherein each positioning member extends into a corresponding one of said opposed longitudinal guides, and wherein each of the opposed longitudinal edges of the sunscreen at least near the second one of the transversal edges is provided with a wing folded inwards in a direction away from the respective positioning member, so that the wing and the positioning members are on opposite sides of the sunscreen; and wherein each wing is made accessible to the respective positioning member from an opposite side of the flexible sunscreen in order to engage the flexible sunscreen.

Assignees

• Inalfa Roof Sys Group Bv

Inventors

• Clephas Petrus Martinus Josephus
• Geurts Ruud
• Munsters Paulus Johannes Wilhelmus
• Haumann Gerardus Franciscus Jacobus

Classifications

• B60J7/0015 Primary

  roller blind · CPC title

• B60J7/0023 Primary

  flexible and foldable · CPC title