Windshield shade

Apparatus for covering the inner surface of a vehicle windshield installed in a windshield supporting frame comprising a first A-post extending essentially vertically to support one side edge of said windshield and a second A-post extending essentially vertically to support the other side edge of said windshield, a housing having an elongated opening, a shade of thin heat reflecting material such as heat reflecting plastic or flexible metal constructed and arranged to extend to a free end from said elongated opening of said housing, such shade being biased to be stored as reel within said housing in the absence of a pulling force, a pull member attached to the free end of the shade, attachment means comprising a pair of spaced suction cups constructed to be secured to one side of said windshield or one of said A-posts, means to pivotally attach said housing to said attachment means so said shade may be unreeled through said elongated opening in an essentially horizontal direction through said elongated opening, a tab support member, means including a pair of spaced suction cups to secure said tab support member to said second side of said windshield or said second A-post, a tab member pivotally supported on said tab support member, a cooperating button and keyhole opening, one of said cooperating button and keyhole opening being part of said pull member and the other of said cooperating button and keyhole opening being part of said tab member, said keyhole opening having a wide portion and a narrow portion, said cooperating button and keyhole opening being constructed and arranged for said button to be received in--(a) said wide portion of said keyhole opening and to be held within said--narrow portion of said keyhole opening to hold said shade extended horizontally adjacent to the inner surface of said windshield, the pivotal support for said housing and said tab member facilitating engagement of said button and said keyhole opening even when said pairs of spaced suction cups are not positioned precisely in the optimum position that would be required for fixed securement of said housing and said tab member.