Umbrella and privacy shield for an automobile
OwnerRichard W. Rasaneninventor
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Abstract
An umbrella and privacy shield for use with an automobile having a side door includes an umbrella canopy coupled to a linkage configured to move the umbrella canopy between collapsed and deployed configurations. The umbrella canopy may be temporarily secured to a top or side door of the automobile via a plurality of magnets positioned on the linkage adjacent a peripheral edge thereof. A translucent or opaque curtain may be coupled and hung from a peripheral edge of the umbrella canopy so as to form an interior space that is private and not visible to persons outside the curtain.
Claims20
An umbrella privacy shield for use with an automobile, said umbrella privacy shield, comprising:
- a handle having a proximal end and a distal end opposite said proximal end;
- a linkage that includes a plurality of ribs each of which has a first end operatively coupled to said handle and a second end extending away and displaced from said first end, said linkage being movable between a collapsed configuration in which said plurality of ribs is generally parallel to and adjacent said handle and a deployed configuration extending away from said handle in an arched configuration;
- a canopy portion coupled to said plurality of ribs of said linkage, said canopy portion having an interior surface and an exterior surface;
- a plurality of magnets spaced apart and attached to said interior surface of said canopy portion, each magnet being configured to anchor the canopy portion to a metal surface will of the automobile.
A method for shielding an area proximate an automobile, comprising:
- providing an umbrella privacy shield comprising:
- an umbrella pole having a proximal end and a distal end opposite said proximal end;
- a linkage that includes a plurality of ribs each having a first end operatively coupled to said umbrella pole and a second end extending away and displaced from said first end, said linkage being movable between a collapsed configuration in which said plurality of ribs is folded adjacent said umbrella pole and a deployed configuration extending away from said umbrella pole in an arched configuration;
- a canopy portion coupled to said plurality of ribs of said linkage, said canopy portion having an interior surface and an exterior surface;
- a plurality of magnets spaced apart and attached to said interior surface of said canopy portion, each magnet being configured to anchor the canopy portion to a rooftop of the automobile;
- moving said linkage to said deployed configuration by manipulating said umbrella pole;
- positioning said canopy portion over a rooftop of the automobile;
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- allowing said plurality of magnets to contact the rooftop of the automobile so as to anchor said umbrella privacy shield thereto.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.