Air partition for automobile passenger compartments

• US 4,095,837 A
• Filed: 09/27/1976
• Issued: 06/20/1978
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/1976
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Harry E. Hunter
• Original Assignee: Harry E. Hunter
• Inventors: Hunter, Harry E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Goodman, Philip
• Application Number:
  US05/727,245
• Time in Patent Office: 631 Days
• Field of Search: 296/24 R, 49/404, 49/409
• US Class Current: 296/24.41
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/00592 Add-on devices, e.g. heat/cooling boxes, compartment dividers, upgrade sets
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 1/20 Accessories, e.g. wind deflectors, blinds antiglare provisions B60J3/00; wind deflectors associated with roof openings B60J7/22; removable external protective coverings for windows or windscreens B60J11/08 ; aerodynamical spoiler for vehicles B62D35/00; heating arrangements specially adapted for transparent or reflecting areas H05B3/84
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 47/02 for large numbers of passengers, e.g. omnibus

Abstract

A partition for segregating the air space within the passenger compartment of an automobile or the like relative to the passenger seats thereof including an elongated upper support track for affixment to the inner roof portion of an automobile, a plurality of side brackets for removable affixment to the opposed inner wall portions of the automobile, and a transparent curtain secured on the free lateral edges thereof to the plurality of side brackets, and on the uppermost free edge thereof to the upper support track.

Claims

1. A partition for segregating the air space within the passenger compartment of an automobile or the like relative to the passenger seats thereof comprising:

an elongated upper support track for removable affixment to the inner roof portion of an autombile, said track being located substantially above the backrest of a passenger seat provided by said automobile when installed therein;

a plurality of side brackets for removable affixment to the opposed inner wall portions of said automobile each of said plurality of brackets disposed in a plane defined by said upper support track and said backrest; and

a transparent curtain being fixedly secured on the lateral free edges thereof to said side brackets, the uppermost free edge of said curtain being affixed to said elongated upper upper support track, the lowermost free edge of said curtain disposed in a touching relationship with said backrest, said curtain having two flexible halves each independently affixed to said elongated upper support track, a plurality of spherical elements, said plurality of spherical elements fixedly secured to said uppermost free edge of said curtain, said elongated upper support track providing at least one longitudinal groove therein, said groove for capturing and slidably engaging each of said plurality of spherical elements therein thereby permitting the opening and closing of said two flexible halves of said curtain .

2. A partition as claimed in claim 1, wherein said elongated upper support track further comprises a first plurality of magnets fixedly secured to the surface thereof disposed adjacent said inner roof portion of said automobile, said magnets for removable affixment thereto.

3. A partition as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a first plurality of ferrous plates adapted to be fixedly secured to said inner roof portion of said automobile, said ferrous plates positioned for magnetic engagement with said first plurality of magnets.

4. A partition as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of said plurality of side brackets further comprises a second plurality of magnets fixedly secured to the surface thereof disposed adjacent said inner wall portion of said automobile, said magnets for removable affixment thereto.

5. A partition as claimed in claim 4, further comprising a second plurality of ferrous plates adapted to be fixedly secured to said inner wall portion of said automobile, said second plurality of ferrous plates positioned for magnetic engagement with said second plurality of magnets.

6. A partition as claimed in claim 1, wherein said upper support track is constructed of a semi-flexible material.

7. A partition as claimed in claim 1, wherein said plurality of side brackets are each constructed of a semi-flexible material.