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US 4,560,245 AGranted
Vehicular windshield curtain for inhibiting heat transfer
OwnerPatricia I. Sarverinventor
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Abstract
A special heat transfer inhibiting curtain for demountable positioning in juxtaposed coextending relationship with the interior surface of the windshield of a vehicle to reduce interior heat build-up in the vehicle when it is not being operated.
Claims7
A curtain for inhibiting heat transfer through the windshield into the interior of a vehicle comprising:
- (a) a curtain for demountable placement in juxtaposed coextending relationship with the interior surface of the windshield, said curtain being formed of a flexible and foldable sheet of light impervious material which is configured to substantially match the shape of the windshield and having top and bottom edges;
- (b) cooperating elements of a demountable top edge fastener means on the top edge of said curtain and for affixation proximate the top edge of the windshield for demountably attaching the top edge of said curtain proximate the top edge of the windshield;
- (c) cooperating elements of a bottom edge fastener means on the bottom edge of said curtain and for affixation proximate the bottom edge of the windshield for attaching the bottom edge of said curtain proximate the bottom edge of the windshield;
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- (d) said flexible sheet of light impervious material having light reflecting means on the surface which faces the windshield, and light absorbing means on the surface which faces away from the windshield when the curtain is placed in juxtaposed coextending relationship therewith.
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A curtain for use in a vehicle comprising:
- (a) a curtain mountable in the vehicle proximate the windshield thereof for selective movement between a first position in folded-over resting engagement on the dashboard of the vehicle to a second position in juxtaposed coextensive relationship with the interior surface of the windshield, said curtain being configured to substantially match the shape of the windshield and having top and bottom edges, said curtain being formed of a flexible and foldable light impervious material to inhibit heat transfer through the windshield into the vehicle when said curtain is in the second position;
- (b) cooperating elements of a demountable top edge fastener means on the top edge of said curtain and for affixation proximate the top edge of the windshield for demountably holding said curtain in the second position;
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- (c) cooperating elements of a bottom edge fastener means on the bottom edge of said curtain and for affixation proximate the bottom edge of the windshield for attaching the bottom edge of said curtain to the bottom edge of the windshield;
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- (d) said curtain having light reflecting means on the surface of said curtain facing the windshield and light absorbing means on the surface of said curtain facing away from the windshield where said curtain is in the second position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.