Patent ID: 6015180
Filing Date: 2000-01-18
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
An accessory for a motor home, the motor home having a windshield, a door, including a door frame, a window, including a window frame, the accessory comprising:a flexible sun screen having opposite vertical edges, each said vertical edge bearing a plurality of snaps; andsecurement means for securing each said vertical edge to the motor home, said securement means includinga pair of stiff, straight anchor bars, each of said stiff straight anchor bars including a series of spaced apart apertures, and each said anchor bar extending substantially along the length of one of s aid vertical edgesfastening pins for insertion through a plurality of said spaced apart apertures, leaving at least one of said spaced apart apertures unengaged, each of said fastening pins also extending through said flexible sun screen such that both of said stiff, straight anchor bars and a respective one of said vertical edges of said flexible sun screen are held in engagement with one another;a pair of anchor straps having a first end including an eyelet and a second free end;a pair of nuts and bolts, each said pair of nut and bolt being passing through said eyelet on said first end of each of said anchor straps, each said pair of nut and bolt also passing through said flexible sun screen and one of said unengaged spaced apart apertures in each of said stiff, straight anchor bars such that each of said first ends of said anchor straps is held in engagement with one of said stiff, straight anchor bars and its related vertical edge; anda pair of hook plates, each said hook plate having an angled hook end and a pair of slots, each of said pair of slots being arranged to engage said second free end of each of one of said anchor straps and said each angled hook end is engageable with a side window frame of the motor home; wherebysaid flexible sun screen is held over the windshield of the motor home and may be engaged therewith by a person standing on the ground.