Patent ID: 6039107
Filing Date: 2000-03-21
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
A vehicle window shade assembly for protecting the interior of a vehicle from sun damage and excessive heat, comprising:(a) a flexible protective screen adapted for substantially covering a window of the vehicle;(b) an elongated roller carrying said screen and comprising an internal winding mechanism for automatically moving said screen from an extended in-use position to a retracted storage position around said roller;(c) mounting means for mounting said roller proximate a first edge of the vehicle window;(d) a pull cord attached to an end of said screen and adapted for extending from the first edge of the vehicle window to an opposing second edge of the vehicle window with the screen in the retracted storage position; and(e) a rearview mirror attachment clip adapted for being secured to a support arm of a rearview mirror mounted to the vehicle proximate the second edge of the vehicle window and including an enlarged opening having a dimension larger than a diameter of said pull cord for allowing sliding movement of said pull cord therethrough, and a narrowed opening having a dimension less than the diameter of said pull cord for frictionally holding said pull cord in a fixed condition, whereby upon pulling a free end of said pull cord in a direction towards the first edge of the vehicle window, said pull cord slides through the enlarged opening of said attachment clip and said screen moves from the retracted storage position to the extended in-use position substantially covering the vehicle window, and upon moving said pull cord from the enlarged opening of said attachment clip to the narrowed opening of said attachment clip, said pull cords becomes secured in the fixed condition to hold said screen in the extended in-use position; and(f) said rearview mirror attachment clip further comprising an arm-receiving opening adapted for receiving the support arm of the rearview mirror.