Flexible or portable closure – partition – or panel – Plural and/or with rigid closure – Roll type
Reexamination Certificate
2002-09-16
2003-12-16
Lev, Bruce A. (Department: 3634)
Flexible or portable closure, partition, or panel
Plural and/or with rigid closure
Roll type
C160S370210, C160S370220, C296S097700, C296S136070
Reexamination Certificate
active
06662849
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a shading device for an automobile, more particularly to a shading device capable of efficiently shading an automobile from sunlight and rain while the automobile is in motion.
2. Description of the Related Art
Referring to
FIGS. 1 and 2
, a conventional shading device is shown to include a base
3
′ mounted on a roof
41
′ of an automobile
4
′, a shell member
1
′ mounted on the base
3
′ and having two receiving spaces
12
′, two winding shafts
13
′ pivotally mounted in the receiving spaces
12
′ of the shell member
1
′ respectively, and two shading members
2
′ wound around the winding shafts
13
′ respectively and received within the shell member
1
′. Each of the shading members
2
′ is provided with at least one hook
22
′ at an end portion distal from the winding shafts
13
′. The hooks
22
′ of the shading members
2
′ can be anchored to front or rear bumpers of the automobile
4
′ after the shading members
2
′ are stretched out of the shell member
1
′ so as to shade the automobile
4
′ from sunlight and rain. However, the conventional shading device can only be used to shade the automobile
4
′ when the latter is at a parked state.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The object of the present invention is to provide a shading device capable of efficiently shading an automobile from sunlight and rain while the automobile is in motion.
Accordingly, the shading device of this invention includes a shell member adapted to be mounted on a roof of an automobile in a direction transverse to a front-to-rear direction of the automobile and having a receiving space, a winding shaft pivotally mounted in the receiving space of the shell member, a shading member wound around the winding shaft and received within the shell member, a pair of spaced apart base members adapted to be mounted on the automobile and spaced from the shell member in the front-to-rear direction, at least one pair of supporting legs mountable on the base members respectively, and an operating bar connected to one end portion of the shading member and being operable to unwind the shading member. The operating bar is mountable detachably on the supporting legs to stretch out the shading member.
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.
Lev Bruce A.
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