# US 11,452,222 B1 · Glare reduction shield > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,452,222 B1 - Document ID: US11452222B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 17/135,267 - Filed: 2020-12-28 - Granted: 2022-09-20 - Earliest claimed: 2020-12-28 - Applicants: Casaundra Pugh - Inventors: Casaundra Pugh - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11452222B1 ## CPC - G01J 5/0025: {Living bodies (ear thermometers G01J5/0011; detecting, measuring or recording for diagnostic purposes A61B5/00)} - H05K 5/03: Covers - G01J 5/025: {Interfacing a pyrometer to an external device or network; User interface} - G01J 5/0265: {Handheld, portable (ear thermometers G01J5/049)} - G01J 5/04: Casings - G01J 5/0893: {Arrangements to attach devices to a pyrometer, i.e. attaching an optical interface; Spatial relative arrangement of optical elements, e.g. folded beam path (G01J5/049 takes precedence)} - G01J: MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT, POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRARED, VISIBLE OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; RADIATION PYROMETRY (light sources F21, H01J, H01K, H05B; investigating properties of materials by optical means G01N) - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS ## Abstract A system for a glare reduction shield including an attaching assembly and a shield hood assembly is disclosed. The attaching assembly includes an attaching member which engages a top portion of a thermometer. Secured to the attaching member, with a hinge mechanism, is a shield hood of the shield hood assembly. The hinge mechanism is defined by a spring housing and a spring movably secured within the spring housing. The shield hood includes a lowered and raised configuration. The shield hood is used in the lowered configuration to block sunlight glare on a display screen of the thermometer for ease of viewing. The shield hood is rotated away from the attaching member about the hinge mechanism to achieve the lowered configuration. The shield hood is in the raised configuration when stored. The shield hood is rotated towards the attaching member about the hinge mechanism to achieve the raised configuration. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for a glare reduction shield, comprising: a. a thermometer with a display screen; b. an attaching assembly including an attaching member, said attaching member secured to said thermometer, said attaching member includes a base, a first sidewall and a second sidewall, said first sidewall and said second sidewall have a same length than said base; and c. a shield hood assembly including a shield hood, said shield hood movably attached to said attaching member with a hinge mechanism, said shield hood having a raised configuration and a lowered configuration, said shield hood moving away from said attaching member about said hinge mechanism and towards said display screen to achieve the lowered configuration to block sunlight glare from the display to facilitate viewing and reading of said display screen, said raised configuration achieved when said shield hood is stored, wherein said shield hood includes a shield hood base, a first shield hood sidewall and a second shield hood sidewall, wherein said shield hood base has a same width than the base of said attaching member, wherein said hinge mechanism connects an entire width of said shield hood base with a second entire width of the base of said attaching member. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein said first sidewall and said second sidewall extend perpendicularly and downwardly from lateral sides of said base. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein said first sidewall and said second sidewall are parallel to each other. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein said first sidewall and said second sidewall define a spacing therebetween, said thermometer received within said spacing. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein said attaching member is U shaped. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein said attaching member partially covers said thermometer. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein said attaching member includes at least one ridge along a length of an inner portion of said attaching member. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein said at least one ridge extends along said first side wall and said second sidewall. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein said first shield hood sidewall and said second shield hood sidewall extend perpendicularly and downwardly from lateral sides of said shield hood base. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein said shield hood move towards said attaching member about said hinge mechanism to achieve the raised configuration. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein said hinge mechanism is defined by a spring housing and a spring. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein said spring is secured within the spring housing, said spring rotatable within said spring housing as said shield hood achieves said lowered configuration or said raised configuration. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein said attaching member and said shield hood are in constant abutting contact with one another and stacked away from each other in the raised configuration. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein said shield hood is entirely above of said display screen in the lowered configuration. ### Claim 15 A system for a glare reduction shield, comprising: a) a thermometer with a display screen, said thermometer being an infrared digital thermometer; b) an attaching assembly including an attaching member, said attaching member defined by a base, a first sidewall and a second sidewall, said first sidewall and said second sidewall have a same length than said base, said first sidewall and said second sidewall extending downwardly and perpendicularly from lateral edges of said base, a spacing defined between said first sidewall and said second sidewall, said thermometer received between said spacing to secure said attaching member to said thermometer, said attaching member includes at least one ridge along a length of an inner portion of said attaching member, wherein said at least one ridge extends along said first side wall and said second sidewall; and c) a shield hood assembly including a shield hood, said shield hood defined by a shield hood base, a first shield hood sidewall, a second shield hood sidewall, said first shield hood sidewall and said second shield hood being parallel to each other, said shield hood movably attached to said attaching member with a hinge mechanism, said hinge mechanism including a spring housing and a spring within the spring housing, said shield hood having a raised configuration and a lowered configuration, said shield hood moving away from said attaching member about said hinge mechanism and towards said display screen to achieve the lowered configuration to block sunlight glare from the display to facilitate viewing and reading of said display screen, said raised configuration achieved when said shield hood is stored, wherein said shield hood base has a same width than the base of said attaching member, wherein said hinge mechanism connects an entire width of said shield hood base with a second entire width of the base of said attaching member. ### Claim 16 A system for a glare reduction shield, consisting of: a. a thermometer with a display screen; b. an attaching assembly including an attaching member, said attaching member defined by a base, a first sidewall and a second sidewall, said first sidewall and said second sidewall have a same length than said base, said first sidewall and said second sidewall extending downwardly and perpendicularly from lateral edges of said base, a spacing defined between said first sidewall and said second sidewall, said thermometer received between said spacing to secure said attaching member to a top portion of said thermometer, said attaching member includes at least one ridge along a length of an inner portion of said attaching member, wherein said at least one ridge extends along said first side wall and said second sidewall; and c. a shield hood assembly including a shield hood, said shield hood defined by a shield hood base, a first shield hood sidewall, a second shield hood sidewall, said first shield hood sidewall and said second shield hood being parallel to each other, said shield hood movably attached to said attaching member with a hinge mechanism, said hinge mechanism including a spring housing and a spring within the spring housing, said shield hood having a raised configuration and a lowered configuration, said shield hood moving away from said attaching member about said hinge mechanism and towards said display screen to achieve the lowered configuration to block sunlight glare from the display to facilitate viewing and reading of said display screen, said raised configuration achieved when said shield hood is stored wherein said shield hood base has a same width than the base of said attaching member, wherein said hinge mechanism connects an entire width of said shield hood base with a second entire width of the base of said attaching member.