Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60J—WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES
  • B60J1/00—Windows; Windscreens; Accessories therefor
  • B60J1/20—Accessories, e.g. wind deflectors, blinds
  • B60J1/2011—Blinds; curtains or screens reducing heat or light intensity
  • B60J1/2013—Roller blinds
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60J—WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES
  • B60J1/00—Windows; Windscreens; Accessories therefor
  • B60J1/20—Accessories, e.g. wind deflectors, blinds
  • B60J1/2011—Blinds; curtains or screens reducing heat or light intensity

Definitions

• Window curtain retainer for a window such as that of a vehicle
• the present invention relates to a device for retaining a sun visor for window curtain for retaining the curtain in obscuration position of the window.
• the invention is particularly applicable to vehicle windows, but can be applied to any other type of window.
• Sunscreen curtains consist of a blackout fabric generally made of a plastic material provided with suction cups for fixing to the window of a vehicle. This type of sucker attachment does not effectively maintain the curtain to the glass and is unattractive.
• Sunshade curtains are also known, each part of a roller blind incorporated in the mounting in the door side panel of a vehicle, and the unwinding curtain is fixed in the covering position of the glass by hooks attached to the vehicle body on the frame edge of the window located opposite the frame edge on which is fixed the winder.
• roll-up blinds are difficult to implement on vehicles that do not have them originally and are expensive to install.
• the present invention is intended to overcome the disadvantages of the state of the art cited above.
• the subject of the invention is a device for retaining a sun-blind curtain for windows such as that of a motor vehicle, enabling the curtain to be retained in the occultation position of said window, the retaining device comprising at least one insert attached near an edge of the frame of the window, and allowing blocking therein by embedding an end edge of the curtain near the edge of the frame.
• the insert is a block having a U-shaped cross section between the two parallel branches of which is retained the end edge of the curtain.
• the two parallel branches of the U comprise at each end at least one internal boss retaining the end edge of the blind between the two parallel branches.
• the two parallel branches of the U are flexible to allow their spacing from one another during the insertion of the end edge of the curtain in the insert between these two parallel branches.
• the insert is attached to the inner face of the glass by an adhesive applied to an outer face of one of the parallel branches of the U of the workpiece.
• the insert is attached to an inner lining portion of the opening by an adhesive applied to the outer face of the U-core of the workpiece.
• the end edge of the curtain is rigid or semi-rigid.
• the curtain is part of a roller blind attached to a framing edge located opposite the framing edge to which the insert is attached.
• the invention also relates to a part intended to retain a sun-blind curtain for a window, such as that of a motor vehicle, and constituted by a block having a U-shaped cross-section whose two parallel branches each comprise their ends an internal boss.
• the two parallel branches of the U are flexible.
• One of the outer faces of the branches of the part and / or the outer face of the U core of the part is coated with an adhesive coated with a removable protective film.
• the invention also relates to a vehicle opening, equipped with at least one holding device such as that defined above, and a vehicle including a motor vehicle, comprising a curtain that can occupy a position of concealment of a window of a vehicle opening, the opening comprising at least at least one retaining device as defined above.
• the window can match that of a rear door or a rear window.
• FIG. 1 is a partial perspective view of an opening of a motor vehicle whose window is equipped with a blackout curtain and comprising a retaining device according to the invention; and - Figure 2 shows a sectional view along the line II-II of Figure 1.
• the window 1 is that constituted by a rear window of the tailgate of a motor vehicle, but it may be that of a rear door of the vehicle or a window belonging to the vehicle structure .
• the sun blind 2 is fixed on the surface of the window 1 by a fastening means such as a suction cup.
• the curtain 2 can occupy an inactive position when it is not applied to a window. It can then be stored in a vehicle storage for example.
• the curtain 2 can also occupy an active occultation position of the window 1 to which the curtain 2 can be fixed by its lower end edge 5 to the frame edge 3 of the window 1 via a device retainer 4 provided near the lower frame edge 3.
• the curtain sun visor 2 is a removable accessory of the motor vehicle.
• the sunshade curtain 2 may consist of a perforated wire cloth and surrounded by a web of fabric sewn around the perforated fabric.
• the curtain 2 is shown inside a rear door of a motor vehicle, at the window 1, held by the (or) holding device (s) 4 glued for example on the glass 1, close to the frame 3 integral with the structure S of the shutter.
• Below the frame edge 3 of the window 1 is fixed an inner lining 6 integral with the structure S of the tailgate.
• the retaining device comprises at least one part 4 attached to the tailgate and constituted by a block of generally rectangular parallelepiped shape having a U-shaped cross section.
• the insert 4 can be fixed in support on the upper face of the lining 6 and / or on the inner face 7 of the pane 1.
• This method of attachment is used when the window 1 is slidably mounted in the opening of the vehicle, but it can be used for fixing the part 4 to the fixed rear window of the tailgate, if necessary in combination with the fixing of the door. corresponding branch 9 of the piece 4 to this telescope.
• the insert 4 comprises an adhesive 8 applied to one of the parallel branches 9 of the U to allow the attachment of this branch to the inner face 7 of the window 1. This method of fixing the part 4 applies to the fixed rear window of the tailgate.
• the insert 4 may also be fixed on the face of the lining 6 of the opening by the adhesive 8 applied to the outer face 10 of the core 11 of the U of the part 4. This method of attachment is used when the 1 is slidably mounted in the vehicle opening, but it can be used for fixing the piece 4 to the fixed rear window of the tailgate, if necessary in combination with the fixing of the corresponding branch 9 of the piece 4 to this bezel.
• the insert 4 comprises a removable protective film of the adhesive applied on the outer face of the corresponding branch 9 of the U of this part and / or on the outer face of the core of the U and which can be removed before the fixing the piece 4 to the window 1 and / or the trim panel 6.
• the two parallel branches 9 of the U of the part 4 comprise at each end an inner boss 12 retaining the corresponding end edge 5 of the curtain 2 in the elongated housing 13 defined between the core 11 and the branches 9 of the part 4.
• the end edge 5 can be inserted into the elongated housing 13 in several ways depending on the constitution and / or the material of the edge 5 and the insert 4.
• the insert 4 may be rigid, for example metal, or a material such as a plastic material allowing some flexibility of the branches 9 of this piece.
• the end edge 5 may comprise a hem 5a in which is housed a rod or flat wire 5b of a rigid or semi-rigid material.
• the end edge 5 especially when the strip 5b is rigid, can be inserted with the hem 5a in the housing 13 of the part 4 by spacing the one of the other of the two branches 9.
• the end edge 5 When the rod 5b of the end edge 5 is made of a deformable semi-rigid material, the end edge 5 can be inserted by force into the elongate housing 13 between the two parallel branches 9 when the rod 5b of the end edge 5 and the two parallel branches 9 of the U of the part 4 are rigid, the insertion of the end edge 5 into the elongate housing 13 of the part 4 is performed by returning in its hem 5a the rod 5b in a vertical position relative to Figure 1, so that the rod 5b and the hem 5a can be freely introduced between the two bosses 12 facing one of the other of the two parallel branches 9 and in the elongate housing 13. Then, the rod 5b is returned to its horizontal position of Figure 1 to which it is retained in the room 4.
• the mode of retention of the end edge 5 in the part 4 is the one in which the branches 9 of the part 4 are flexible and the rod or wire 5b of the end edge 5 is rigid so that the branches 9 elastically embrace and retain by their bosses 12 the rod or wire 5b in the room 4.
• the retaining device according to the invention allows the maintenance of any type of curtain on a window, in particular on very curved windows.
• the retaining device has been described with reference to a curtain 2 fixed on a window 1 so that the insert 4 was fixed in the lower part of the frame of the window 1 and or in the lower part of this window 1, but the room 4 can also be attached to the upper part of the frame and or upper part of the window 1.
• the curtain 2 may be part of a winder. It can also be fixed by one of its edges to the upper or lower frame portion of the window 1 and be removably retained by its opposite edge by the insert 4 attached to the opposite frame portion of the glass 1.
• the retainer comprises at least one insert, of discrete appearance, simple to make, inexpensive and easy to arrange and attach to a vehicle door.
• the retaining insert is adaptable to existing vehicles as well as future vehicles.
• Several retaining patches may be fixed along a frame edge of the window pane to retain the corresponding end edge of the curtain in the spaced elongated housing defined between the branches of these parts.

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