Personal portable sunshade

• US 5,033,528 A
• Filed: 01/11/1990
• Issued: 07/23/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 01/11/1990
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Volcani, Yanon
• Original Assignee: Volcani, Yanon
• Inventors: Volcani, Yanon
• Primary Examiner(s): Purol, David M.
• Application Number:
  US07/463,417
• Time in Patent Office: 558 Days
• Field of Search: 160/351, 160/370.2, 160/DIG. 2, 160/DIG. 3, 248/126, 248/231.5, 248/288.5, 248/276, 248/160, 403/56, 403/90, 403/122, 296/97.1, 296/97.5, 296/97.7, 296/97.8, 296/97.9
• US Class Current: 160/351
• CPC Class Codes: A45B 17/00 Tiltable umbrellas
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/66 Means to protect against weather
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/40 by means of coilable or bendable legs or spiral shaped legs
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/022 repositionable
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 11/08 using recording by electric charge or by variation of electric resistance or capacitance G11B11/002, G11B11/10 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/32032 Plural ball and socket
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/32631 Universal ball and socket

Abstract

A portable sunshade comprising a disc having a surface area sufficient for shading a particular portion of a user'"'"'s body, which disc is supported at its edge by a flexible extension that is connected to a rigid extension that in turn is connected to a lamp or suitable supporting device. The flexible section of the extension comprises innerconnecting, individual units; similar to pop beads, that provide a rotating, bendable gooseneck connection that may be lengthened and/or shortened, or that may be connected directly to the clamp. The clamp, clamps the sunshade to a lounge chair or the like, allowing the disc to be positioned to shade the user'"'"'s face.

Claims

1. A personal portable sunshade for shading a portion of a user'"'"'s body, such as the face, from the sun comprising;

a shading disc having a surface area sized for shading a portion of the user'"'"'s body, such as the facial area;

a support with an extension connected to the disc for supporting the disc;

said extension having a flexible section that is bendable and rotatable to position the disc relative to the support, to shade the face;

said extension has a rigid section that is connected to the end of the flexible section;

and said flexible section comprising a plurality of interconnected, individual, separable units that are selectively separable to shorten or lengthen the extension.

2. A personal portable sunshade as claimed in claim 1 in which;

said rigid section being connected at one end to said support and the other end to the end of said flexible section opposite the shading disc.

3. A personal portable sunshade as claimed in claim 2 including;

connection means for releasably connecting said rigid section to said support and to said flexible section, wherein said rigid section may be selectively removed from said extension and said flexible connection connected directly to said support.

4. A personal portable sunshade as claimed in claim 3 in which;

said support comprising a clamp that through said connection means is connected to said rigid section; and

a portion of one of said separable units being connected to said clamp for connecting said clamp to said flexible section.

5. A personal portable sunshade as claimed in claim 3 in which;

said support comprising a flat stand for receiving and supporting said rigid section of said extension.

6. A personal portable sunshade as claimed in claim 3 in which;

said interconnecting units comprising plastic pop beads.

7. A personal portable sunshade as claimed in claim 6 in which;

said disc being connected at one side edge to the free end of said flexible connection with the disc surface being substantially parallel with the connection.

8. A personal portable sunshade as claimed in claim 7 in which;

one element of said pop beads being directly connected to the side edge of said disc, forming the connection of the disc with the flexible section.