Abstract: A sheet of sunshield material is configured to approximate the shape of a window in which the sunshield will be placed. At least one hinge is attached to one or both sides of the sunshield and suction cups are provided in the hinges to removably attach the sunshield to a window.

Abstract: A sunscreen having a plurality of hinged panels deployed with respect to one another in order to provide an elongated integral panel in an operative position installable across an auto or dwelling window. The external surface of the sunscreen carries a reflective and heat absorption foil surface which carries translucent and opaque portions formed by the presence of graphic subject matter. The graphic subject matter of pictorial indicia determines the areas of density for determining the translucent and opaque portions. The foil composition carrying the pictorial subject matter is of heat absorption materal so that temperature reduction within the interior of a dwelling or automobile is lessened through the reflective and heat absorption characteristics of the composition itself. The screen has a stabilizing central base with a plurality of foldable panels on either side of the central portion that are extendable.

Abstract: A collapsible sun shade, including: a shade; at least two supports, each support having a first end and a second end, with the second end of each support coupled to the shade at spaced-apart locations thereof; and a connector coupled to the first end of each support; wherein the shade is adapted to assume an unstable equilibrium position in which the supports and the shade are substantially coplanar with the connector, a collapsed position when the shade and supports are on one side of the unstable equilibrium position in which the shade is folded, and a deployed position when the shade and supports are on the other side of the unstable equilibrium position in which the supports and the shade are expanded.

Abstract: A blind for a motor-vehicle rear window has a support, a roller rotatable in the support about a roller axis, and a motor mounted on the support and connected to the roller for rotating same about its axis. A flexible shade has one edge attached to the bar and an opposite edge attached to the roller. a pair of one-piece arms have outer ends slidable along the guide bar and inner ends spaced apart along the roller axis and pivoted on the support about respective arm axes transverse to the roller axis. Respective springs braced between the inner arm ends and the support urge the arms about the respective axes in a direction moving the outer arm ends away from the support.

Abstract: A safety restraining net for a car window. The restraining net comprises a net frame, mesh webbing, and one or more attachment devices for attaching the restraining net to the vehicle door. At least one of the attachment devices may be configured for fastening below a hinge of the car door, a latch of the car door, and/or the bottom of the car door. Once installed, a net according the invention allows doors and/or windows to open and close normally.

Abstract: A spring loop assembly is provided which has an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration. The spring loop assembly can be twisted and folded from the expanded configuration to reduce the overall size of the spring loop assembly in the collapsed configuration. The spring loop assembly includes a loop member forming a continuous loop, with the loop member having an elongated cross-section throughout. The loop member forms a plurality of concentric loops when in the collapsed configuration. The spring loop assembly further includes a covering surrounding the outer surface of the loop member in a tight-fit manner, the covering having an elongated cross-section throughout.

Abstract: A louver arrangement for vehicle sun roofs such as transparent sun roofs. The louver arrangement has two or more louvers that are guided between two parallel guide profiles. Each louver has a guide element positioned at each end of the louver to guide the movement of the louver in the guide profiles.

Abstract: A spring loop folding sunshield and method of manufacture in which a spring loop is enclosed within tape across the intermediate portion of the sunshield and around the edges of the sunshield. The tape is attached across the intermediate portion of the sunshield by creating two ridges across the intermediate portion of the sunshield and sewing or otherwise attaching a tape over the ridges. In one method of creating the ridges, the material is cut into two approximate halves, leaving an intermediate portion which is then sewn to the two approximate halves to create the ridges across the intermediate portion of the sunshield.

Abstract: The light intercepting net in accordance with the present invention has fine meshes and is formed by weaving or knitting yarns, a tackiness may be applied to the net at one side thereof. The one side of the net to which the tackiness agent is applied is preferably flat or smoothed.Preferably, the net is formed by weaving or knitting glass fiber yarns and then coated with resin, and yarns constituting the net have a suitable stretchability and elasticity.Colors or patterns may be painted or drawn on the net at one side or both sides thereof.The tackiness agent is preferably hydrophilic.

Abstract: A safety restraining net for a car window. The restraining net comprises a net frame, mesh webbing, and one or more attachment devices for attaching the restraining net to the vehicle door. At least one of the attachment devices may be configured for fastening below a hinge of the car door, a latch of the car door, and/or the bottom of the car door. Once installed, a net according the invention allows doors and/or windows to open and close normally.

Abstract: A car sunshade having a flexible resilient border portion formed to become a loop and a sunshade cloth attached to the border portion. The border portion is shaped to have a curved portion and four corners. The border portion can be collapsed into three sections that substantially overlaps one another wherein the corners are each detained under a corresponding portion of the border portion and so the collapsed border portion won't stretch back to its original position even if the sunshade is dropped to the ground.

Abstract: A motor vehicle comprised of an access opening with a quadrilateral shape defined by a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side. The vehicle contains a plate in contact with at least a portion of the perimeter of the access opening of the motor vehicle, a screen attached to the plate, and a first fabric cover attached to the plate.

Abstract: A folding sunshield having two spring loops and sunshield material which fit the edges and corners of a vehicle sunshield, with the loops being rounded at the corners and the loops being attached to edges of the sunshield material and across the intermediate portion thereof by tape.

Abstract: A spring loop folding sunshield and method of manufacture in which a spring loop is enclosed within tape across the intermediate portion of the sunshield and around the edges of the sunshield. The tape is attached across the intermediate portion of the sunshield by creating two ridges across the intermediate portion of the sunshield and sewing or otherwise attaching a tape over the ridges. In one method of creating the ridges, the material is cut into two approximate halves, leaving an intermediate portion which is then sewn to the two approximate halves to create the ridges across the intermediate portion of the sunshield.

Abstract: The application relates to a convertible automobile with a windscreen which is arranged behind a row of seats and which extends vertically upwards and beyond the top of the seats and which extends for the entire interior width of the vehicle. In order to develop a windscreen of this type in such a way that annoying draft phenomena are prevented while the typical "convertible feel" is maintained, the windscreen is formed by a stretched elastically deformable net which causes a deceleration of the air flow impinging from the rear of the vehicle towards the front.

Abstract: Anti-vandalism sheets for the interior of public transportation vehicle windows are provided and comprise flexible yet sturdy protective sheets of acrylic and selected brackets for securing the sheet to the interior of a motor vehicle window. A plurality of fixed brackets are positioned about three of the four edges of the window, having one portion connected to a window frame housing the motor vehicle window and a second portion sufficiently distanced from the surface of the window to accommodate the thickness of the sheet for securing the sheet adjacent the windows. A selectively removable retaining bracket is positioned on the edge of the window unoccupied by the fixed brackets.

Abstract: The application relates to a convertible automobile with a windscreen which is arranged behind a row of seats and which extends vertically upwards and beyond the top of the seats and which extends for the entire interior width of the vehicle. In order to develop a windscreen of this type in such a way that annoying draft phenomena are prevented while the typical "convertible feel" is maintained, the windscreen is formed by a stretched elastically deformable net which causes a deceleration of the air flow impinging from the rear of the vehicle towards the front.

Abstract: A suction device (20) including an elastic diaphragm (30) with a lever (45) attached to the surface of diaphragm (30) by appendages (40, 41) and an attachment means (26, 98), a sun or glare screen (50), and handle (60). Handle (60) is inserted through screen (50) into opening (102) of diaphragm (30 ). Lever 45 provides a quick method of releasing suction device (20) from surface (10), using a natural one-handed operation.

Abstract: A ventilator is installed in a partially open window of a vehicle. An expanse of permeable material such as rigid wire cloth occupies the open portion of the window and is equipped with brackets for engagement with the window upper edge. A lower portion of the permeable material overlies the automobile window to provide secure engagement with the window to prevent unauthorized removal or displacement. A margin of the permeable material is provided with non-metallic material which seats within a window channel of the vehicle. Handles in place on the ventilator interior facilitate installation and removal from the vehicle. A fan assembly in place on the interior of the ventilator may be powered by vehicle electrical system or by a solar pad in place within the vehicle.

Abstract: A thermal insulating shade for interior use comprises at least one envelope with substantially parallel side panels which hold insulating air therebetween, at least one of the side panels having a highly reflective surface for reflecting away the sun's heat in summer, and, by reversing the shade, retaining interior heat in winter. The shade may be mounted in spaced relationship to any inadequately insulated interior surface such as a window, roof or door of a building or automobile. The shade envelope may have its air space filled with static air with or without porous insulating foam, or controlled air movement through the shade may be provided. Alternatively, the insulating shade may be formed of two envelopes, one inside the other, or of twin envelopes having a common center wall therebetween; in these embodiments, air may be pumped alternately into and removed from each envelope in turn to provide enhanced insulating effectiveness.

Abstract: A cover article that comprises a plurality of compartmentalized members connected together to form a geometric shape, a netting connected to the plurality of compartmentalized members and extending across the interior of the geometric shape, and a plurality of weighted elements contained within the interior area of each of the compartmentalized members. The compartmentalized members are made up of a tube of flexible material having closed ends. The closed ends are hinged to adjacent compartmentalized members. Each of the compartmentalized members are generally water-resistant. The netting has a cross-hatched configuration suitable for preventing insects from passing therethrough. The weighted elements are made up of high-density plastic debris or lead pellets having a buoyancy suitable for floating on water. The plastic debris fills less than two-thirds of the entire interior volume of each of the compartmentalized members.

Abstract: A collapsible elongated sun sheild including, a plurality of adjacent collapsible flexible loop members. A fabric covering material for substantially covering the flexible loop members. The loop members substantially supporting the fabric in particular areas to provide for loop portions and an interconnecting portion forming a hinge between each loop portion. The loop portions of the fabric are folded on top of each other about the hinge portion to have the loop members and associated fabric overlaying each other. The overlaying loop members are collapsed by twisting and folding to form a plurality of concentric loop rings and layers of fabric to substantially reduce the size of the sunshield.

Abstract: A sun screen for blocking light rays and inhibiting heat transfer through the windshield of a vehicle includes a sheet of light-reflective material sized and shaped to conform to the contours of the windshield, and a pair of compression rods for securing the sheet in place. Each compression rod, which is secured to one of the opposing side edges of the sun screen, includes a bottom support element for supporting the screen in a forward corner of the vehicle dashboard, a top gripping element for releasably securing a top corner of the sun screen to a mounting fixture such as the pivot arm of the windshield visor, and a biasing element, such as a spring, for biasing the gripping element away from the support element.

Abstract: A thermal insulating shade is made up of a plurality of panels, spaced apart and defining a serpentine air flow path between them. A blower connected to the air flow path ventilates the shade to augment its insulating effect. As least one of the panels has a highly reflective surface to reflect heat. The shade is reversible and removable and useful for insulating building windows and vehicle windows and windshields.

Abstract: Combined with vehicle glass window is:(a) a sheet of vinyl plastic material applied to the surface of the window to electrostatically adhere to the window surface and act as a sun shield,(b) the sheet having a thickness less than about 0.02 inch,(c) the maximum cross dimension of the sheet being less than 10 inches, whereby the sheet is easily shifted.

Abstract: A vehicle sunshield fabricated of a rollable single face corrugated fiberboard material with printed material applied to one side thereof. The one-piece design includes left and right sections or zones which are structured to be held in place by the conventional pivotable visors used in automotive vehicles. The one-piece design further includes a central section or zone (22) which has formed at the top thereof a mirror cutout portion and a reduced width mirror post cutout portion to aid in the ease of installation and use of the device.

Abstract: A rigid, open air wire screen structure with attachment rails designed for temporary and reusable placement in the window channels of motor vehicles. The screen structure, similar to that of a wire grocery shopping cart is constructed of two screen parts, each shaped to complement the other in one of several positional relationships, whereby all of the five basic automobile windows may be accommodated. Its purpose is to prevent the suffocation of pet animals or small children and to prevent injury or death resulting from pet animals or children jumping or climbing out of a moving or stationary vehicle. The two parts are assembled by frictional engagement with a top and bottom rail. The top rail has a rib to interfit with the top window glass guide, and the bottom rail has a groove to accept the window pane. The assembly is then anchored by forcing the window glass upwardly into the bottom rail.

Abstract: A removable curtain assembly for covering the inside of a vehicle windshield, said curtain assembly comprising: an opaque vertically pleated panel having outer dimensions sufficient to cover the interior of said windshield while retaining sufficient strength in the pleats to hold said panel in unfolded position adjacent to said windshield; at one end of said panel, a rigid rod having a sufficient amount of suction cups attached thereto, to attach and hold the curtain assembly to the inside of said windshield; and at the other side of said panel, a tension rod of sufficient length such that when the tension rod is vertically placed adjacent to the windshield and between the windshield housing material, the tension rod has sufficient tension to hold the curtain assembly in place.

Abstract: A protective system for the vent window of a motor vehicle that comprises a metal mesh member positioned across the vent window inside the vehicle. A blocking pin connected to the mesh member extends laterally at a location that blocks rotational movement of the vent window latch from a locked mode onto the adjacent door frame wherein the vent window is prevented from being rotated from its closed position to an open position. The mesh member has a frame that includes a forward angled frame portion and a horizontal bottom frame portion that are adapted to secure the mesh member to the front door. A plate is secured to the front door via window regulator plate screws. A hinge secured to the plate and the bottom frame portion is adapted to rotate the mesh member about a horizontal axis to a position away from the vent window. A mounting bar having a slidable member is secured to the front door via vent window frame screws.

Abstract: A cover for use with a conventional pickup truck having a tiltable tailgate upon which is mounted a conventional rigid camper enclosure of the type having a tiltable rear window panel and being accessible from the rear. The cover includes a flexible waterproof canvas sheet having a forward edge attached by a series of spaced snaps around the top and sides of the camper assembly at the rear end thereof, the sheet extending over and around the window panel and tailgate when in their rearwardly extending open positions. The sheet contains a vertically extending slit for rear access to the camper enclosure and one or more window openings. Flexible insect screens are positioned in registry with the window openings and contain cloth borders which are attached to the rear exterior surface of the sheet around the openings.

Abstract: A flexible device which can be detachably mounted on a window, such as a vehicle window, in order to prevent icing or fogging. The device is a semi-flexible sheet of layered materials having a length and width substantially coterminus with the window and having arranged at intervals along its two dimensions, holders which are used to detachably mount the device on the window. The sheet materials include a rather stiff supporting layer which acts as a backing surface of the sheet and a heat reflecting layer on the sheet side which faces the window when mounted. Optional layers include an insulating layer, a decorative layer, a silicone rubber electrically conductive layer and braided copper electrode strips for connecting the conductive layer to an electric source and causing the generation of heat from the conductive layer. The holders are of a length which will position the sheet a distance of about 5 to 15 mm away from the window.

Abstract: A sun visor for a passenger carrying vehicle or other compartments, which visor is capable of being color-coordinated and completely withdrawn from view. One embodiment comprises a sheet or plate of substantially rigid or relatively flexible material, either opaque or translucent, having a fastening element at the periphery thereof which can be fastened to a second fastening element attached to selected positions in the interior of said vehicle, either cooperable with or independent of a conventional panel visor, for the driver and any passengers of the vehicle. Another embodiment is integrated with a modified conventional panel visor to extend sun shading or screwing or to provide glare reduction from the bottom or sides of the panel visor for the driver and passengers that have access to a conventional panel visor.

Abstract: A frame of cloth for supporting a screen at the central opening is slid downwardly over the top of a vehicle door to cover the window opening thereat containing a glass which is movable to raised and lowered position. The cloth of the frame has an inner strip of cloth secured thereto which forms a pocket which receives the top and side edges of the door in sealed relation therewith. The bottom of the frame engages the metal of the door and is secured thereto by magnetic means which may be a strip of magnetic material stitched, riveted or otherwise secured thereto or a hem may be stitched in the bottom in which a plurality of magnets are secured. When employed on the door at the driver side, a notch may be placed in the bottom edge of the cloth frame to extend over the supporting element of the rear view mirror. An elastic strip has one end attached to a side of the bottom open edge with the other end secured by a snap fastener or velcro.

Abstract: A quickly removable curtain assembly for covering the inside of a vehicle windshield. The curtain assembly includes an opaque cloth panel for covering the windshield and front side windows of a vehicle such as a recreation vehicle or van.

Abstract: A ventilating screen for window openings of motor vehicle passenger compartments which provides for the circulation of fresh air into the passenger compartment while the motor vehicle is stopped and moving. The ventilating screen allows the window to be closed completely or partially while still in place in the window opening in the event of inclement weather, and to adjust the amount of air flow. Further, the ventilation screen is easily removable from the window opening with the window either open or closed. The method for fitting the screen to particular window openings provides for its universal application in vertually any motor vehicle, and the method of installing it in the vehicle window opening obviates any modification to the motor vehicle structure.