Motor vehicles and sunshields
OwnerAbraham Levyinventor
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Abstract
A foldable sunshield for motor vehicles comprises a plurality of planar rectangular elements which are joined along their longitudinal edges to form, in the stretched position, a substantially continuous partition and, in the folded position, a prismatic package, at least two planar rectangular elements being provided, in the preferred embodiment, with flap extensions. The sunshield may be used in combination with a window of a motor vehicle and devices, equipment or expedients for releasably retaining the sunshield at the window, such as a rear view mirror, sun visors, hooks, window edges and gaskets, the steering wheel, and the like.
Claims26
In a motor vehicle, the improvement comprising in combination:
- a window having an outside, an inside, an upper margin and a lower margin;
- a foldable sunshield having a plurality of planar rectangular elements fabricated from substantially rigid sheet material and jointed to each other along longitudinal edges thereof, said sunshield having a compressed position for storage in a package and a stretched position at the inside of said window wherein the planar rectangular elements extend along and away from the lower margin of the window and said longitudinal edges extend at right angles to the lower margin of the window;
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- means for releasably retaining the sunshield at the window against the force of gravity while said longitudinal edges extend at right angles to the lower margin of the window.
In a motor vehicle, the improvement comprising in combination:
- a window having an outside, an inside, an upper margin and a lower margin;
- a ledge along the lower margin of said window on the inside thereof;
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- a foldable sunshield having a plurality of planar rectangular elements fabricated from substantially rigid sheet material and jointed to eaach other along longitudinal edges thereof and a series of marginal sections resiliently jointed to said rectangular elements for supporting said sunshield at said window, said sunshield having a compressed position for storage in a package and a stretched position covering said window at the inside thereof, with the planar rectangular elements extending from said ledge to the upper margin of said window at right angles to said lower margin of said window, and said marginal sections extending on said ledge at an angle to said rectangular elements to support said sunshield at said window.
In a motor vehicle, the improvement comprising in combination:
- a movable window having an outside, an inside and an upper margin;
- a gasket along the upper margin of the window;
- means for positioning the gasket for reception of the upper margin of the window in sealing engagement when the window is being closed;
- a foldable sunshield covering said window at the inside thereof and having a plurality of planar rectangular elements fabricated from substantially rigid sheet material and jointed to each other along the longitudinal edges thereof, said longitudinal edges extending at right angles to the upper margin of said window, at least two of said planar rectangular elements having flaps extending therefrom at the upper margin of said window and extending in between said upper margin and said gasket to the outside of said window;
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- means coupled to said window for moving said window toward said gasket and for releasably clamping said flaps between said upper margin and said gasket.
In a motor vehicle, the improvement comprising in combination:
- a window having an outside, an inside and an upper margin and being movable between open and closed positions;
- hooks at said upper margin of the window when said window is in its closed position;
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- a foldable sunshield covering said window when in its closed position at the inside thereof and having a plurality of planar rectangular elements fabricated from substantially rigid sheet material and jointed to each other along the longitudinal edges thereof, said longitudinal edges extending at right angles to the upper margin of said window, at least two of said planar rectangular elements having flaps extending therefrom at the upper margin and having openings configured thereon for receiving said hooks and appending the sunshield from said hooks.
A foldable sunshield for motor vehicles comprising in combination a plurality of planar rectangular elements fabricated from substantially rigid sheet material having a plurality of folds dividing said sheet material into said planar rectangular elements jointed to each other through said folds along the longitudinal edges thereof, alternate of said folds biasing planar rectangular elements in a clockwise direction relative to adjacent planar rectangular elements, and the remaining folds biasing planar rectangular elements in a counterclockwise direction relative to adjacent planar rectangular elements, several of said planar rectangular elements having flaps contiguous with corresponding ends thereof along one side of said sunshield and exceeding in height the height of any portion of said sunshield between said flaps, said flaps having a total width less than the total width of said rectangular elements to thereby adapt said sunshield to be appended from a fitting of a motor vehicle and each of said flaps having an opening configured thereon to permit said sunshield to be appended from a hook fastened to the window of said motor vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.