US 8,708,027 B2Granted

Portable privacy shield for an automobile

AssigneeAtmosphere Creative Inc.

InventorsJonathan Howie, Amy Howie

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Abstract

Portable privacy spaces are described that include an open door of a vehicle, and an opaque sheet attached to a first fastener and a second fastener. The first fastener is attached to the open door of the vehicle and the second fastener is attached to another surface of the vehicle. The door, the sheet, and the vehicle form a perimeter for the privacy space. Also, methods of forming a privacy space are described that include the steps of opening a first door of a vehicle, and attaching a first fastener to the open door, where the first fastener is also attached to an opaque sheet. A second fastener is attached to another surface of the vehicle, where the second fastener is also attached to the opaque sheet. The open door, the opaque sheet and the rest of the vehicle form the privacy space.

Claims11

Dependent claims

A method of forming a privacy space comprising:

opening a first door of a vehicle, wherein the first door has a window and an outer edge;
attaching a first fastener to the exterior of the first open door, wherein the first fastener is also attached to an opaque sheet such that the opaque sheet hangs roughly vertical from the first fastener;
obscuring a view of an occupant through the window of the first open door with the roughly vertical hanging opaque sheet;
flexing the opaque sheet at an angle at the vertical outer edge of the first door;
and
attaching a second fastener to another surface of the vehicle, wherein the second fastener is also attached to the opaque sheet such that the opaque sheet hangs roughly vertical from the second fastener,
wherein the first open door, the roughly vertical surface of the opaque sheet and the rest of the vehicle form the privacy space such that an open space extends vertically through the portable privacy space to allow a person of any height to stand upright within the portable privacy space.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.