Patent ID: 6733204
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: E01F

Abstract:
A view shield device for preventing viewing across a roadway by motorists, said device including:at least one block having a bottom surface, an upper surface, a pair of side walls and a pair of end walls, said upper surface having a plurality of wells extending therein, said wells being spaced from each other, said wells being generally aligned between said end walls; a plurality of shields, each of said shields being removably extendable into one of said wells such that said shields extend upwardly from said block, each of said shields including; a housing having a top wall, a bottom wall and a peripheral wall extending between said top and bottom walls, said peripheral wall having an elongated slot extending therethrough; a screen being retractably positioned in said housing, said screen having a free edge extending through said slot; an attaching means for selectively attaching said screen between a pair of spaced housings, said attaching means includes a pair of hooks attached to a free edge of said screen, said hooks being spaced from each other, a pair of loops being attached to an outer surface of said peripheral wall; a handle being attached to said free edge and being positioned between said hooks, said handle including a tab for selectively gripping said handle, and wherein the screen of a first of said shields may be extended between and attached to a second of said shields such that a passing motorist may not see between the housings of the first and second shields.