US 6,206,451 B1Granted

Dual panel retracting vehicle shade

OwnerArnold Kawika Maanoinventor

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Abstract

A retractable automobile shade device having a pair of sun shade panels for covering the front and rear of the vehicle which retract within a rectangular housing. The housing is mounted on the roof of the vehicle via special clamps which attach to the luggage rack or the rain gutters. Each shade panel has a pull handle located on the end for manual deployment. An optional privacy screen that surrounds and encloses the vehicle adds further protection.

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A dual panel retracting vehicle shade for installation on a rooftop of a vehicle, comprised of:

a housing mounted centrally on the rooftop of the vehicle between front and rear windows and transversely from a left edge of the vehicle rooftop to a right edge, wherein said housing is composed of a bottom sidewall, a top sidewall, a left sidewall, a right sidewall attached together forming a rectangular housing having two rectangular apertures on ends of the rectangular housing and an interior volume, and wherein a pair of track housing members are located within the interior volume of said housing adjacent to an interior of the left sidewall and right sidewall of said housing;
a front shade panel, wherein said front shade panel and a rear shade panel are mounted within said housing on a pair of panel tracks formed in each of said track housing members with said front shade panel located physically beneath said rear shade panel within said housing and said panel tracks having a gradient of approximately 3° to 5° so that said front panel and said rear panel are angled downwardly approximately 3° to 5°;
said rear shade panel and said front shade panel retractably extend from said housing;
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an attachment means for attaching said housing to the rooftop of the vehicle, wherein said attachment means comprises clamps for mounting said vehicle shade on a luggage rack, or onto rooftop rain gutters, wherein said front shade panel and said rear shade panel retractably extend from within said housing to shade a front and rear of the vehicle and angled downwardly for rain and water drainage, and a front housing door pivots upwardly when said front shade panel is extended forward and a rear housing door pivots upwardly when said rear shade panel is extended rearwardly, and said front housing door and said rear housing door enclose said front shade panel and said rear shade panel within said housing when said front shade panel and said rear shade panel are in a retracted configuration.

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Abstract

A dual panel retracting vehicle shade for installation on a rooftop of a vehicle, comprised of:

a housing mounted centrally on the rooftop of the vehicle between front and rear windows and transversely from a left edge of the vehicle rooftop to a right edge, wherein said housing is composed of a bottom sidewall, a top sidewall, a left sidewall, a right sidewall attached together forming a rectangular housing having two rectangular apertures on ends of the rectangular housing and an interior volume, and wherein a pair of track housing members are located within the interior volume of said housing adjacent to an interior of the left sidewall and right sidewall of said housing;
a front shade panel, wherein said front shade panel and a rear shade panel are mounted within said housing on a pair of panel tracks formed in each of said track housing members with said front shade panel located physically beneath said rear shade panel within said housing and said panel tracks having a gradient of approximately 3° to 5° so that said front panel and said rear panel are angled downwardly approximately 3° to 5°;
said rear shade panel and said front shade panel retractably extend from said housing;
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an attachment means for attaching said housing to the rooftop of the vehicle, wherein said attachment means comprises clamps for mounting said vehicle shade on a luggage rack, or onto rooftop rain gutters, wherein said front shade panel and said rear shade panel retractably extend from within said housing to shade a front and rear of the vehicle and angled downwardly for rain and water drainage, and a front housing door pivots upwardly when said front shade panel is extended forward and a rear housing door pivots upwardly when said rear shade panel is extended rearwardly, and said front housing door and said rear housing door enclose said front shade panel and said rear shade panel within said housing when said front shade panel and said rear shade panel are in a retracted configuration.

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