A roller blind arrangement for a motor vehicle, having a roller blind web and a winding shaft onto which the roller blind web can be wound and from which the roller blind web can be unwound and which has a flexible hollow tube arrangement penetrated by a bearing beam attached to the vehicle. The hollow tube arrangement may have a hollow tube element which, viewed in the axial direction, may have multiple flexible portions interrupted by at least one stabilizing portion having a greater torsional strength than the flexible portions.

The gym locker attached privacy cover creates a privacy area behind an arched privacy screen where a user may change clothing without being seen. The gym locker attached privacy cover attaches to gym lockers at a first support column and a second support column. An opaque screen stored without the support columns is deployed from around spindles within each support column and wires in the opaque screen cause the opaque screen to form an arch that projects away from the lockers. The user may stand within the space defined between the lockers and the arch. The first support column and the second support column may each be held in place by a set of magnets. In some embodiments, the privacy screen may be retracted by a spring-loaded ratchet and pawl arrangement or by a manually operated knob attached to the spindle.

Disclosed is an improved sunshade configuration over the prior art. A Zig-Zag clamping mechanism for connecting two endpoints of each flexible metal loop can provide an additional flexibility and strength. The hollow enclosure is clamped in with two opposite pressure points being offset to one-another which provides an secure clamping.

A window assembly for use in a vehicle including a window frame including a first end and a second end opposite the first end, and an opaque shade movable relative to the window frame, wherein the opaque shade includes a first tab formed at a bottom end of the opaque shade. A transparent shade is movable relative to the window frame, wherein the transparent shade includes a second tab formed at a bottom end of the transparent shade. The first tab and the second tab are configured for selective integration with each other to enable dependent movement of the opaque shade and the transparent shade with each other, and to enable independent movement of the opaque shade and the transparent shade relative to each other.

A cockpit window panel that is easily installed and removed that reduces glare and heat and improves overall cockpit environment and pilot comfort. The panels include a clear polycarbonate sheet contoured to match an aircraft window, a bonding film applied to the polycarbonate sheet and a tinted film applied to the bonding film. The polycarbonate panel is bound by a flexible trim having a channel frictionally received over the peripheral edge of the panel and a conformable gasket that engages the interior window ledges when the panel is in an installed position. At least one pull tab is provided along the edge of the panel. The panels are easily installed by simply pressing them into place within the window well and secured by friction through the conformable gasket trim.

A smart transformable shading system with adaptability to expand and retract in response to solar radiation comprises, in one implementation, a housing unit, a plurality of structural cells, and a plurality of modular units. The structural cells are within the housing unit, and are aligned in first and directions with respect to the housing unit. Each modular unit is placed within a corresponding structural cell, and includes a plurality of structural rings, a plurality of deployable shell panels, a plurality of control units, and a plurality of circuit units. Each circuit unit is connected to a corresponding control unit, which in turn is connected to a corresponding deployable shell panel, the combination of which is placed within a corresponding structural ring to transform into different geometries in response to light.

A window assembly for use in a vehicle including a window frame including a first end and a second end opposite the first end, and an opaque shade movable relative to the window frame, wherein the opaque shade includes a first tab formed at a bottom end of the opaque shade. A transparent shade is movable relative to the window frame, wherein the transparent shade includes a second tab formed at a bottom end of the transparent shade. The first tab and the second tab are configured for selective integration with each other to enable dependent movement of the opaque shade and the transparent shade with each other, and to enable independent movement of the opaque shade and the transparent shade relative to each other.

A roller blind arrangement for a motor vehicle, having a roller blind web and a winding shaft onto which the roller blind web can be wound and from which the roller blind web can be unwound and which has a flexible hollow tube arrangement penetrated by a bearing beam attached to the vehicle. The hollow tube arrangement may have a hollow tube element which, viewed in the axial direction, may have multiple flexible portions interrupted by at least one stabilizing portion having a greater torsional strength than the flexible portions.

Automated systems and methods that use wireless technologies to control the extent to which windows are covered with window coverings based on temperatures or light intensities. Such a system preferably includes a window unit having a window covering sized and configured to at least partially cover the window when the window covering is in a deployed configuration thereof and expose the window when the window covering is in a stowed configuration thereof. The window unit further has a base mountable to a frame of the window, a motor supported on the base, an arm assembly associated with the motor and connected to the window covering so that the motor is operable to rotate the window covering, and a base guide mounted to the base and configured to guide the movement of the window covering as the window covering rotates between the deployed and stowed configurations thereof.

Window covering assemblies having a housing supporting a first panel and having a second, movable panel are disclosed. The movable panel can have a frame positioned within the housing. The first and second panels can comprise alternating portions of different opacity and/or polarization. The assemblies include a drive assembly that is driven by a motor to move the movable panel relative to the first panel. As the movable panel moves with respect to the second panel, the alignment of the slats for each the panels changes, varying the amount of visible light that is allowed through the assembly.