Patent ID: 6276742
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: B60J,Y10S

Abstract:
A device for use with an automobile having a windshield and a body defining an automobile contour, the device comprising:a device housing formed as an integral portion of the automobile body and defining a portion of the automobile contour; anda windshield cover associated with the device housing and sized to substantially cover the windshield of the automobile, the windshield cover being slidable between a retracted position substantially coextensive with the device housing and an extended position substantially aligned with the windshield;the device housing and windshield cover defining respective shapes and sizes such that at least one of the housing and windshield cover forms an automobile roof that defines another portion of the automobile contour and renders the device housing substantially undistinguishable from the remainder of the automobile contour when the cover is in the retracted position.