Patent ID: 6519086
Filing Date: 2003-02-11
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
A configurable shield for preventing ambient light from falling onto, and thereby causing degradation of images displayed on a screen, said screen including opposing boundaries, said shield comprising:a shielding element including pliable shielding material that is generally opaque to the ambient light; a sizable configuring element for providing support and structure to said shielding element and permitting said shielding element to be variously positioned and configured adjacent to the screen boundaries, said sizable configuring element includes a sizable horizontal positioning element and sizable vertical positioning elements; said sizable horizontal positioning element includes a first lintel element and a second lintel element joinable to form a lintel length sized and shaped to horizontally support and structure said shielding element; said vertical positioning elements include separate shafts joinable to said sizable horizontal positioning element by receipt of a shaped end of each of said separate shafts within a joining element connected to lintel ends of said horizontal positioning element.