Abstract: A device for protecting the interior of a vehicle from damage and heat due to radiation while the car is parked in the sunlight, comprising a horizontally drawn shade of a heat reflecting material, such as flexible metal or plastic, having a pull member with an arcuate end portion and means for pivotally supporting a housing for said shade at or near one of the A-posts of an automobile and a cooperating member to receive a locking device secured to the free end of the shade pivotally attached to the other A-post of the vehicle. The shade is biased to be reeled into the shade housing so that when the pull member is aligned and attached to the tab member, the shade extends in close adjacency to the inner surface of a windshield of an automobile and can be readily applied across the windshield when the car is parked and readily removed from operative position when it is necessary to leave a parked position.