Patent ID: 7196742
Filing Date: 2007-03-27
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
1. A shade assembly structured to facilitate viewing of a display screen, said shade assembly comprising: a) a base disposed in surrounding relation to the display screen and extending outwardly therefrom, b) said base comprising a hollow interior terminating in oppositely disposed open ends, c) a closure assembly movably connected to said base and disposable between a closed position and an operative position relative to an outermost one of said open ends, d) said closure assembly comprising a plurality of at least a first shade section and a second shade section movably connected to said base and concurrently disposable between said closed and operative positions, said first and second shade sections normally biased into said operative position, e) at least one of said plurality of shade sections being disposed in driving engagement with one other of said plurality shade sections as said shade sections move between said operative position and closed position, and f) a viewing channel disposed in visually aligned relation with the display screen and at least partially defined by said plurality of shade sections collectively extending outwardly from said base about a periphery of said viewing channel.