Magnetic sunshade attachment
AssigneeToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
InventorNicholas Keith Middleton
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Abstract
The present invention provides for a frame on the vehicle, the frame operable to accept the window. The frame having a first edge and an opposed spaced apart second edge. A shade having a fixed end and a free end. The fixed end mounted to the first edge of the frame. The assembly further including at least one magnet wherein the at least one magnet is connected to the free end of the shade. The shade is operable to extend away from the first edge of the frame and connect to the second edge of the frame. The magnet attached to the free end of the shade connects to a ferrous material provided on the second edge of the frame. The magnet attachment allows for a user to blindly extend the shade assembly to an extended position.
Claims15
A sunshade assembly for use in a vehicle over a window, the sunshade assembly comprising:
- a frame on the vehicle, the frame operable to accept the window, the frame having a first edge and an opposed spaced apart second edge;
- a shade having a fixed end and a free end, the fixed end mounted to a first edge of the frame;
- and
- at least one magnet, the at least one magnet connected to the free end of the shade, the shade operable to extend away from the first edge of the frame, the free end of the shade operable to connect to the second edge of the frame, the at least one magnet of the free end of the shade operable to connect to the second edge of the frame.
A sunshade assembly for use in a vehicle over a window, the sunshade assembly comprising:
- a frame on the vehicle, the frame operable to accept the window, the frame having a first edge and an opposed spaced apart second edge;
- a shade having a fixed end and a free end, the fixed end mounted to a first edge of the frame, the shade including a handle on the free end;
- and
- at least one magnet, the at least one magnet connected to the second edge of the frame, the shade operable to extend away from the first edge of the frame to the second edge, the free end of the shade operable to connect to the second edge of the frame, the at least one magnet of the second edge operable to connect to the free end of the shade.
A sunshade assembly for use in a vehicle over a window, the sunshade assembly comprising:
- a frame on the vehicle, the frame operable to accept the window, the frame having a first edge and an opposed spaced apart second edge;
- a shade having a fixed end and a free end, the fixed end mounted to a first edge of the frame;
- and
- at least one magnet, the at least one magnet connected to the free end of the shade, the shade operable to extend away from the first edge of the frame, the free end of the shade operable to connect to the second edge of the frame, the at least one magnet of the free end of the shade operable to connect to the second edge of the frame, the second edge of the frame having at least one indentation configured to accept the at least one magnet of the free end of the shade.
A sunshade assembly for use in a vehicle over a window, the sunshade assembly comprising:
- a frame on the vehicle, the frame operable to accept the window, the frame having a first edge and an opposed spaced apart second edge;
- a shade having a fixed end and a free end, the fixed end mounted to a first edge of the frame, the shade including a handle on the free end;
- and
- at least one magnet, the at least one magnet connected to the second edge of the frame, the shade operable to extend away from the first edge of the frame to the second edge, the free end of the shade operable to connect to the second edge of the frame, the at least one magnet of the second edge operable to connect to the free end of the shade, the second edge of the frame having at least one indentation configured to accept the handle of the free end of the shade.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.