Solar shield device for a vehicle

• US 5,503,212 A
• Filed: 02/21/1995
• Issued: 04/02/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Zen C. Lin
• Original Assignee: Zen C. Lin
• Inventors: Lin, Zen C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Johnson, Blair M.
• Application Number:
  US08/391,114
• Time in Patent Office: 406 Days
• Field of Search: 292/148, 292/289, 292/288, 292/295, 160/370.22, 160/23.1, 160/24, 160/903, 296/98, 296/136, 224/315, 248/552
• US Class Current: 160/370.22
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 11/02 Covers wound on rollers
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 11/025 specially adapted for covering vehicle parts, e.g. for doors, windows or windscreens
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 292/34 Portable

Abstract

A solar shield device includes a cylinder secured to a housing. A sheet material is wound on a reef of the housing and unwound for covering the vehicle. Two bars are slidably engaged in the housing and include a number of holes for engaging with fastening member which may secure the bars together. Two hooks are secured to the bars and oppositely extended outward of the housing. The bars may move toward or away from each other for adjusting relative position between the hooks such that the hooks may hook to the trunk of the vehicle.

Claims

1. A solar shield device adapted to be mounted in the trunk of a vehicle, said solar shield device comprising:

a housing including a hollow interior and including two side portions each having a slot formed therein,

a cylinder secured to said housing and including a reel rotatably supported therein,

a sheet material engaged on and wound on said reel, said sheet material being unwound from said reel for covering said vehicle,

two bars slidably engaged in said hollow interior of said housing and including a plurality of holes formed therein, said bars each including a hook means secured thereto and extended outward of said housing, said two hook means of said bars being oppositely extended outward of said housing and moving in concert with said bars, said bars being moved toward or away from each other for adjusting relative position between said hook means, and

fastening means engaged with said holes so as to secure said bars together.