Personal screen device

• US 5,638,849 A
• Filed: 07/12/1995
• Issued: 06/17/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Eugene Scott
• Original Assignee: Eugene Scott
• Inventors: Scott, Eugene
• Primary Examiner(s): Wood, Wynn E.
• Application Number:
  US08/501,546
• Time in Patent Office: 706 Days
• Field of Search: 135/117, 135/118, 135/88.01, 135/88.03, 135/96, 135/90, 297/184.1, 297/184.11, 297/184.15, 297/188.04, 297/188.05, 297/188.06, 403/362, 248/295.11
• US Class Current: 135/96
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/66 Means to protect against weather
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/7041 including set screw

Abstract

The present invention provides for a personal screen device that is adapted to be secured to the back surface of a conventional seat. This personal screen comprises of a shaft includes an upper portion and a lower portion. A shade is secured to the upper portion while the lower portion is adapted to be received within a first holding mechanism and a retaining mechanism. The holding mechanism and the retaining mechanism are secured on the back surface of the conventional seat. The screen of the present invention is designed to be adjustable so that the shade can be raised, lowered, rotated and/or tilted in order to provide an optimum means for blocking sun rays, rain, or the like.

Claims

1. A personal screen device comprising:

a holder, having a body portion with a vertical aperture extending therethrough and a threaded horizontal aperture extending thereinto, attached to a back surface of a chair;

a retainer, having a first end and a second end attached to the back surface of the chair and a bowed central portion forming a closed loop with the back of the chair, the closed loop being aligned with and below the vertical aperture;

a shaft, having a top end and a bottom end, slidably disposed and positioned within the vertical aperture and the closed loop and secured within the vertical aperture by a threaded locker threadably disposed within the horizontal aperture and pressure contacting the shaft;

a frame, having a T-connector, removably attached to the top of the shaft; and

a shade secured to the frame.

2. The device as in claim 1 wherein the T-connector is threadably secured to the top of the shaft.

3. The device as in claim 1 further comprising:

a first pin aperture horizontally extending through the top of the shaft;

a second pin aperture horizontally extending through the T-connector and aligned with the first pin aperture; and

a pin removably inserted through the first pin aperture and the second pin aperture.

4. The device as in claim 1 further comprising a securement string, having a first end attached to the frame and a second end attached to a chair string.

5. The device as in claim 1 further comprising;

a first eyelet attached to the frame;

a second eyelet attached to the chair; and

a string connecting the first eyelet to the second eyelet.

7. The device as in claim 1 herein the T-connector is threadably secured to the top of the shaft.

8. The device as in claim 1 further comprising:

a first pin aperture horizontally extending through the top of the shaft;

a second pin aperture horizontally extending through the T-connector and aligned with the first pin aperture; and

a pin removably inserted through the first pin aperture and the second pin aperture.

6. A personal screen device comprising:

a first female receptacle, attached to a back surface of a chair;

a first body portion, having a first male end slidably received within the first female receptacle and a first looped portion having a horizontal aperture;

a second female receptacle, attached to the back surface of the chair below the first female receptacle;

a second body portion, having a second male end slidably received within the second female receptacle and a second looped portion;

a shaft, having a top end and a bottom end, slidably disposed and positioned within the first looped portion and the second looped portion and secured within the first looped portion by a screw secured within the horizontal aperture and pressure contacting the shaft;

a frame, having a T-connector, removably attached to the top of the shaft; and

a shade secured to the frame.

9. The device as in claim 6 further comprising a securement string, having a first end attached to the frame and a second end attached to a chair string.

10. The device as in claim 6 further comprising;

a first eyelet attached to the frame;

a second eyelet attached to the chair; and

a string connecting the first eyelet to the second eyelet.