# US 8,405,908 B2 · Shade assembly for a display panel > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,405,908 B2 - Document ID: US8405908B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 12/769,738 - Filed: 2010-04-29 - Published: 2011-11-03 - Granted: 2013-03-26 - Earliest claimed: 2010-04-29 - Assignees: SmallHD, LLC - Applicants: Weston Phillips; Dale Backus - Inventors: Weston Phillips; Dale Backus - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8405908B2 ## CPC - G06F 1/1603: {Arrangements to protect the display from incident light, e.g. hoods} - H04N 5/00: Details of television systems (scanning details or combination thereof with generation of supply voltages H04N3/00) - H04N 5/64: Constructional details of receivers, e.g. cabinets or dust covers (furniture aspects {of television cabinets} A47B81/06) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A shade assembly for a display panel is provided. The shade assembly includes a frame having a plurality of elongate support members. Each support member has a flange on a first end thereof for being receivably engaged in a recess defined in the panel. A cover is slideably received by the plurality of elongate support members for shielding indirect light from the display panel. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A shade assembly for a display panel, comprising: a frame including a plurality of elongate support members, each support member having a flange on a first end thereof for being receivably engaged in a recess defined in the panel and further defining a shoulder that carries the flange for resting against the panel; and a cover slideably received by the plurality of elongate support members for shielding indirect light from the display panel. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The shade assembly according to claim 1, wherein the cover includes a plurality of sleeves defined on a surface thereof, each sleeve slideably receiving each elongate support member. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The shade assembly according to claim 2, wherein the cover comprises a loop of material and each sleeve is formed by a plurality of stitching extending through spaced-apart portions of the cover. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The shade assembly according to claim 1, wherein each recess is defined on an outermost periphery of the panel such that the cover projects from about the outermost periphery of the panel to thereby define a hood for viewing the panel. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The shade assembly according to claim 1, wherein a panel engaging portion of the shoulder has a shape that approximates a shape of a shoulder engaging portion of the panel. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The shade assembly according to claim 1, wherein the panel is a generally rectangular prism having a first generally rectangular major surface, a spaced-apart, generally parallel, a generally rectangular second major surface, and a sidewall connecting the first and second major surfaces. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The shade assembly according to claim 6, wherein the sidewall forms an edge portion defined between opposing corners of each of the first and second major surfaces, and further wherein, each edge portion defines the recess, such that each support member generally extends from opposing corners of each of the first and second major surfaces. ### Claim 8 A display assembly, comprising: a display panel having a display surface; a frame including a plurality of elongate support members, each support member having a flange on a first end thereof for being receivably engaged in a recess defined in the panel and further defining a shoulder that carries the flange for resting against the panel; and a cover slideably received by the plurality of elongate support members for shielding indirect light from the display panel. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The display assembly according to claim 8, wherein the cover includes a plurality of sleeves defined on a surface thereof, each sleeve slideably receiving each elongate support member. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The display assembly according to claim 9, wherein the cover comprises a loop of material and each sleeve is formed by a plurality of stitching extending through spaced-apart portions of the cover. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The display assembly according to claim 8, wherein each recess is defined on an outermost periphery of the panel such that the cover projects from about the outermost periphery of the panel to thereby define a hood for viewing the panel. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The display assembly according to claim 8, wherein a panel engaging portion of the shoulder has a shape that approximates a shape of a shoulder engaging portion of the panel. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The display assembly according to claim 8, wherein the display panel further includes a power source for providing power to the display panel. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The display assembly according to claim 8, wherein the panel is a generally rectangular prism having a first generally rectangular major surface, a spaced-apart, generally parallel, a generally rectangular second major surface, and a sidewall connecting the first and second major surfaces. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The display assembly according to claim 9, wherein the sidewall forms an edge portion defined between opposing corners of each of the first and second major surfaces, and further wherein, each edge portion defines the recess, such that each support member generally extends from opposing corners of each of the first and second major surfaces. ### Claim 16 A shade assembly for a display panel, comprising: a frame including a plurality of elongate support members, each support member having a flange on a first end thereof for being receivably engaged in a recess defined in the panel; and a cover that includes a plurality of sleeves that slideably receive the plurality of elongate support members for shielding indirect light from the display panel, wherein the cover comprises a loop of material and each sleeve is formed by a plurality of stitching extending through spaced-apart portions of the cover.