Sun-blocking and privacy hood
OwnerRob Michael Alleninventor
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Abstract
Described is a sun-blocking hood for an electronic device in which the hood or shade includes a left, right, top, and back panel that may be various configured so as to fully collapse the hood or fully construct the hood so as to provide privacy and shading to the display of an electronic device. The hood is height adjustable, via side extenders that are attached to the top panel and that overlap the left or right panels. In the collapsed position, the hood may be attached to the electronic device so as to provide protection to the outside of the electronic device.
Claims13
A shade for an electronic device, said electronic device having a display, a back, a left side, a right side, and a bottom, said shade comprising
- a back panel having a back panel left edge, a back panel top edge, a back panel right edge, and a back panel bottom edge, with said back panel attachable to a display containing portion of said electronic device;
- a left panel having a left panel back edge, a left panel top edge, a left panel front edge, and a left panel bottom edge, said left panel back edge being connected to said back panel left edge, and with said left panel sized to extend to the bottom edge of said electronic device, and thus block all side entering light and glare from reaching said device;
- a right panel having a right panel back edge, a right panel top edge, a right panel front edge, and a right panel bottom edge, said right panel back edge being connected to said back panel right edge, and with said right panel sized to extend to the bottom edge of said electronic device, and thus block all side entering light and glare from reaching said device;
- a top panel having a top panel back edge, a top panel left edge, a top panel right edge, and a top panel front edge, said top panel back edge being connected to said back panel top edge;
- said left panel having a generally wedge shaped polygonal left bottom flap as wide as said left panel, said wedge shaped left bottom flap attached to said left panel bottom edge and extending leftward away from said electronic device, said wedge shaped left bottom flap configured for placement alongside said electronic device left side to allow upward rotation of said left panel and top panel while still blocking light from entering the interior of said shade;
- said right panel having a generally wedge shaped polygonal right bottom flap as wide as said right panel, said wedge shaped right bottom flap attached to said right panel bottom edge and extending rightward away from said electronic device, said wedge shaped right bottom flap configured for placement alongside said electronic device right side to allow upward rotation of said right panel and top panel while still blocking light from entering the interior of said shade;
- a first side extender, said first side extender having a first side extender top edge, said first side extender top edge being connected to said top panel left edge;
- a second side extender, said second side extender having a second side extender top edge, said second side extender top edge being connected to said top panel right edge;
- at least one left attachment mechanism connected to said left panel, said left attachment mechanisms being configured to selectively hold onto a portion of said first side extender;
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- at least one right attachment mechanism connected to said right panel, said right attachment mechanisms being configured to selectively hold onto a portion of said second side extender;
- a left u shaped guide channel and a right u shaped guide channel, attached to said back panel adjacent the left and right edges of said back panel, positioned with the open side of the U channel facing the center of the back panel, and configured for engagement with side edges of said electronic device;
- whereby said shade may be removably attached to said display containing portion of an electronic device via said left and right u shaped guide channels, such that said back panel lays against said electronic device's back, and said shade being further configured so that said shade may be arranged in at least one collapsed position while said shade is attached to said back side of said electronic device's back, and said left panel extends along said electronic device's left side from said back panel, said right panel extends along said electronic device's right side from said back panel, said top panel extends from said back panel and over said display, said first side extender overlaps said left panel top edge and at least partially overlaps a portion of left panel such that said first side extender is selectively attached to said left panel via at least one of said left attachment mechanisms, and said second side extender overlaps said right panel top edge and at least partially overlaps a portion of said right panel such that said second side extender is selectively attached to said right panel via at least one of said right attachment mechanisms, such that said shade will essentially block light from shining on said display from behind or beside said electronic device;
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- whereby said first side extender may be selectively attached to said left panel via at least one of said left attachment mechanisms and said second side extender may be selectively attached to said right panel via at least one of said right attachment mechanisms such that said top panel's height may be selectively adjusted.
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