Shielding device for vehicle while opening the door

#1. Field of the Invention

#The present invention relates to a shielding device, and more particularly to a shielding device or a sun visor for shielding the space between the vehicle and the door of the vehicle, when the vehicle door is opened.

#2. Description of the Prior Art

#FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a vehicle having a shielding device in accordance with the present invention for shielding the widely opened space located between the door and the vehicle or the building;

#FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the shielding device;

#FIG. 3 is a front view of the shielding device;

#Referring to the drawings, and initially to FIGS. 1-8, a shielding device in accordance with the present invention is provided for attaching or securing onto the door panel and for covering or shielding the widely opened space located between the door and the vehicle or the building, particularly while opening the door of the vehicle or the building, or while the vehicle drivers or the passengers are getting off the vehicle or while the persons are going out of the housing buildings.

#The shielding device includes a pair of seats 4, 5 spaced away from each other and secured onto an object, such as the roof of the vehicle 7 (FIG. 1), or the wall 8 of the housing or building (FIG. 9), with fasteners 50 or locks or the like. The seats 4, 5 each includes a cavity 41, 51 formed therein and preferably having a non-circular cross section. A shaft 2 includes two ends 22, 23 engaged in the cavities 41, 51 of the seats 4, 5 and secured to the seats 4, 5 with fasteners 42, 52. It is also preferable that the ends 22, 23 of the shaft 2 include a non-circular cross section for engaging with the corresponding non-circular cross sectional cavities 41, 51 of the seats 4, 5 and for preventing the shaft 2 from rotating relative to the seats 4, 5.

#The shaft 2 includes a peripheral bulge 21 extended radially outward from the middle portion thereof, and includes a hole 211 formed in the shaft and located beside the bulge 21, and includes two apertures 241, 251 formed in the end portions for receiving a stop pin 24, 25 therein. A spring 3, such as a coil spring includes one end portion 30 engaged onto the peripheral bulge 21 with such as a force-fitting engagement, and an end member 31 engaged and secured into the hole 211 of the shaft 21, and includes the other end member 32.