Claims
- 1. A collapsible sun shield comprising:
- a flexible spring-like frame forming at least one collapsible closed loop;
- a flexible sheet disposed upon the frame, the frame defining a central region of the flexible sheet;
- at least one flexible flap coupled to the central region such that when the central region is disposed in a first plane adjacent to a first window, the flexible flap extends to shade substantially all of a second window, and the flexible flap when extended and shading the second window resides in a second plane, which intersects the first plane along a non-vertical line wherein the at least one flexible fabric flap is detachably coupled to a region encompassed by the flexible frame at a subset of a plurality of attachment points and wherein selection of the subset dictates the angle between the region and the flap while selection of a different subset would result in a different angle between the region and the flap.
- 2. The collapsible sun shield of claim 1
- wherein a tab is disposed on the at least one flexible fabric flap.
- 3. The collapsible sun shield of claim 2
- wherein the tab is coupled to a suction cup.
- 4. The collapsible sun shield of claim 1
- wherein the flap is coupled to the central region using snaps.
- 5. The collapsible sun shield of claim 1
- wherein the at least one flexible flap is long enough to shade both a front side window and a back side window of an automobile while the central region shades at least a portion of a windshield of the automobile.
- 6. A collapsible sun shield comprising:
- a flexible spring-like frame defining at least one closed loop;
- a flexible sheet disposed upon the frame such that a region defined by the frame is covered by the sheet; and
- at least one flexible flap coupled to the flexible sheet within the region defined by the frame such that a plurality of windows defining at least one predetermined angle can be shaded, the flexible flap including means for detachably coupling the at least one flexible flap to the flexible sheet within the region defined by the frame, wherein the means for detachably coupling comprises a subset of a plurality of attachment points, a selected subset of the plurality dictating an angle between the region and the flap.
- 7. The collapsible sun shield of claim 6
- wherein the sun shield is collapsed by twisting the flexible frame to form a plurality of concentric loops.
- 8. The collapsible sun shield of claim 6
- wherein the attachment points are snaps.
- 9. The collapsible sun shield of claim 6
- wherein the at least one flexible flap is long enough to shade both a front side window and a back side window of an automobile.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/511,461, filed Aug. 4, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,632,318.
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