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US 5,553,908 AGranted
Sun shield assembly
AssigneeAuto-Shade, Inc.
InventorJoseph M. Shink
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Abstract
The present invention is a sun shield assembly that has a suction cup which can attach the shield to the windshield of an automobile. The shade has a flexible opaque sheet that is attached to a flexible frame. The frame is constructed to be folded and twisted into a plurality of concentric loops that can be placed in a pouch for storage.
Claims6
An automobile sun shield assembly that can cover an automobile window, comprising:
- a shade that includes a sheet of flexible opaque material attached to a frame, said frame being constructed as a single closed loop that can be twisted into a plurality of concentric loops;
- a first flexible conical cup coupled to said flexible opaque material, said first flexible conical cup being adapted to be depressed onto the window to create a vacuum between said first flexible conical cup and the window such that said shade is attached to the window;
- and,
- a second flexible conical cup attached to said first flexible conical cup, said second flexible conical cup being adapted to be depressed onto a grommet attached to said flexible opaque material to couple said first flexible conical cup to said shade, the grommet forming a solid platform within the flexible material for adhesion of the second flexible conical cup.
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