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US 4,171,845 AGranted
Window shade apparatus for a vehicle
OwnerBertram H. Hirschinventor
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Abstract
A window shade apparatus for an automobile or the like may be fitted to a sun visor thereof, and in one embodiment the shade thereof may be raised and lowered through releasing of a brake system acting on the roller thereof. In another embodiment, an electrical switch may be actuated to drive a reversible electric motor in one and the other direction to raise and lower the shade of the apparatus.
Claims6
A self-contained shade apparatus for use with a vehicle window comprising:
- a frame;
- a roller rotatably mounted to the frame, said roller including a tubular portion, and further comprising a tubular member secured in position relative to the frame and extending within the tubular portion of said roller;
- a shade secured to the roller;
- an electric motor operatively associated with the roller for rotating the roller upon supply of electrical power thereto, said electric motor being disposed within the tubular member;
- a battery for supplying electric power to the motor disposed within the tubular member;
- and
- electrical switch means operatively connected with the motor and battery means for providing actuation and deactuation of the motor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.