Patent ID: 6702355
Filing Date: 2004-03-09
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A security shade apparatus for a vehicle having a cargo area, the security shade apparatus comprising:a seat assembly adjacent to the cargo area, the seat assembly having a seat cushion member and a seatback member, the seatback member having a surface that generally faces the cargo area when the seatback member is in a generally upright, occupiable position; and said seat assembly including a panel, movably mounted with respect to the surface of the seatback member for movement between a first configuration in which the panel lays along the surface of the seatback member when the seatback member is in the occupiable position, and a second configuration in which the panel extends above the cargo area and at least partially conceals the cargo area from view from the exterior of the vehicle when the seatback member is in the occupiable position.