Automobile sunshield
OwnerYu Zhenginventor
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Abstract
A collapsible elongated sun sheild including, a plurality of adjacent collapsible flexible loop members. A fabric covering material for substantially covering the flexible loop members. The loop members substantially supporting the fabric in particular areas to provide for loop portions and an interconnecting portion forming a hinge between each loop portion. The loop portions of the fabric are folded on top of each other about the hinge portion to have the loop members and associated fabric overlaying each other. The overlaying loop members are collapsed by twisting and folding to form a plurality of concentric loop rings and layers of fabric to substantially reduce the size of the sunshield.
Claims16
A collapsible elongated sunshield including,
- a plurality of adjacent collapsible flexible loop members each having an expanded position and a collapsed position,
- a fabric covering material for substantially covering the flexible loop members in an extended state to have the adjacent loop members and fabric covering forming the elongated sunshield,
- the loop members substantially supporting the fabric in particular areas to provide for loop portions of the fabric maintained to assume a particular configuration in accordance with the loop members in the open position and with an interconnecting portion of the fabric forming a hinge portion between each loop portion of the fabric, and
- the loop portions of the fabric being foldable on top of each other about the hinge portion to have the loop members and associated fabric overlaying each other and with the overlaying loop members collapsible to the collapsible positions by twisting and folding to form a plurality of concentric loop rings and layers of fabric to substantially reduce the size of the sunshield in the collapsed state.
A method of collapsing an elongated sunshield constructed of a plurality of collapsible flexible loop members each having an expanded position and a collapsed position and a fabric covering material for substantially covering the flexible loop members to form loop portions and with the fabric maintained to assume a particular elongated configuration in accordance with the loop members in the expanded position and with an interconnecting portion of the fabric forming a hinge portion between adjacent loop portions, the method including the following steps:
- folding the loop portions of the fabric on top of each other about the hinge portion to have the loop members and associated fabric overlaying each other, and
- collapsing the overlaying loop members by twisting and folding to form a plurality of concentric loop rings and layers of fabric to substantially reduce the size of the sunshield.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.