Apparatus for reducing glare in a vehicle and associated method
OwnerCharles DiNunzioinventor
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Abstract
A vehicle having glare-reducing apparatus has a windshield and a driver's seat disposed rearwardly of the windshield. An elongated light source is disposed adjacent to and extends across a substantial portion of the windshield such that light emitted by the light source will impinge on both eyes of the driver generally equally and constrict the pupils of the driver's eyes. In a preferred form, the light source is substantially continuous and may be a fluorescent bulb or a neon bulb. The light source is preferably positioned above the windshield and has a central axis which is about 1/2 to 1 inch from the exposed uppermost portion of the windshield. A potentiometer or other device may be employed to adjust the light intensity. A related method is provided.
Claims21
A vehicle having glare-reducing apparatus comprising
- said vehicle having a windshield and a driver's seat disposed rearwardly of said windshield,
- an elongated light source disposed above, adjacent to and extending across a substantial portion of the windshield disposed adjacent to said driver's seat, and
- said elongated light source being positioned and structured to direct light emitted by said light source onto the face of said driver and constrict the pupils of said driver's eyes thereby reducing glare.
A vehicle having glare-reducing apparatus comprising
- said vehicle having a windshield and a driver's seat disposed rearwardly of said windshield,
- an elongated light source disposed adjacent to and extending across a substantial portion of the windshield disposed adjacent to said driver's seat, whereby light emitted by said light source will impinge on the face of said driver and constrict the pupils of said driver's eyes thereby reducing glare,
- said light source being colored, and
- said light source color being selected from the group consisting of blue, red and amber.
A method of resisting glare on the occupant of a vehicle wherein
- providing an elongated light source disposed generally adjacent to the upper edge of and extending across a substantial portion of the vehicle windshield,
- energizing said elongated light source so as to impose substantially equal light intensity on both eyes of said occupant, and
- employing light of sufficient intensity to constrict the pupils of said occupant's eyes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.