These illustrated devices relate to sun shading devices and more specifically to a personal sun shading device configured to be used with a personal electronic device that has a screen.
Personal shading devices are useful at beaches, parks and other recreational areas to keep sun off of a user's face and upper body. Optimally, such a device would allow for reduced glare viewing of electronic devices. The present embodiments are directed to provide a solution to this need.
The present embodiments provide a device that allows a user to enjoy viewing the screens of electronic devices even in bright sunlight, such as by a swimming pool, at the beach, at a park, or other outdoor locations. This device reduces screen glare while the user is kept cool under the shade of a positionable canopy.
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This allows a user to protect her face from the sun during a sunset when it is shining horizontally to the ground.
Other embodiments, in which cross bars are not used, are also contemplated. In such embodiments, the rear leg set would have two elongate legs. One end would contact the surface on which the device rests. The other end would serve as the mount of the canopy, using a ball mount, pins extending through the legs, a curved end to the legs or other canopy mounting means.
The rear leg set 8 is joined to a front leg set 7. As shown, the front leg set is a tube bent into essentially the shape of a square with rounded corners. The square tube forming front leg set has a front first side leg section 7a and a front second side leg section 7b. In one embodiment, the term “square tubing” does not refer to the cross section, which in the illustrated embodiment is round. Instead, the square tube refers to the legs and horizontal crossbars, which form an essentially square shape. Front leg set 7 is shown having a front lower horizontal cross bar 7c extending between front first side leg section 7a and front second side leg section 7b. At the end of first side leg section 7a and a second side leg section 7b are front leg feet 7e and 7f. If no horizontal cross bar is included, the feet alone would contact the ground when the device is in use, rather than a horizontal bar. The front first side leg section 7a is joined to rear first side leg section 8a at pivot 22a, and front second leg section 7b is joined to rear second leg section 8b at pivot 22b. Front leg set 7 also includes an upper horizontal cross bar 7d.
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While the device is shown with device holder 5, it is understood that other device holders may be mounted to inner ring 1 of canopy 20 without departing from the spirit of embodiments of the invention.
In this application, a “portable screen device” is any device designed for a user to carry and that can be configured to have a view screen that extends for a substantial length of the device. In some embodiments, the view screen extends for 75% or more of the length of one side of the device. The view screen may also be a touch screen that receives user's input by detecting a user's contact with the screen. This group would include smart phones, tablet computers, electronic book readers, convertible notebook computers (devices which have an integrated keyboard that can be hidden by a swivel joint or slide joint), hybrid tablets that have a detachable keyboard, allowing so that the touch screen can be used as a stand alone device. In some embodiments, “portable screen devices” either have (in the case of smart phones, tablet computers or electronic book readers) or have in some configurations (as in the case of convertible notebook computers, convertible smart phone devices, or hybrid tablets) an ability to have a substantially uniform thickness allowing the device to be held in a device holder in with the edges of the portable screen device are secured, allowing viewing of the screen. In some embodiments, a device holder is used to which a variety of shapes of portable screen devices may be secured. For convertible screen devices and hybrid tablets, the screen extending 75% of the length of the device is determined in the configuration in which the retractable portion has retracted or the detachable portion has detached.
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Other accessories or mounts for mounting accessories may be mounted to any portion of the device, including to inner ring 1, canopy shell 2, or canopy shade fabric 3. For example, a solar panel, a battery pack, or a solar-panel-chargeable battery pack with USB device charging connectivity may be mounted to the device for charging the portable screen device while it is secured to the device holder. In some embodiments, a power socket and power cord may be mounted to provide a mains or plug-in power supply for use.
The shading device allows a user to place a portable view screen device in the canopy alcove and view the screen without glare. A user could read an electronic book using an e-reader, view a movie or other video content, or read e-mail, visit Internet sites or play games using a wireless controller. At the same time, the device could stream music to the speakers, allowing audio from the device held in the canopy, or from another device held in the pockets of the back fabric panel.
The device may be used on lawns, on sand, by a pool, on a lounge chair, or other locations where shade is desired. The device can be used by adults, children, pets or by parents with infants. For an example an infant could be placed on the ground fabric. The back fabric and canopy would shade the infant from the sun while listening to the wireless blue tooth speaker, providing ample sun shade and wind block protection when resting underneath. Another example of the embodiments of the device in use would be for pets. Two small dogs or one large dog can be shaded from the sun when placed under the device as illustrated in the embodiments.
Shadyface is provides a solution for using electronic media under a covered canopy shade allowing reduced glare viewing from the sun whether one uses tablets, smart phones, mobile flatscreen televisions, e-book readers, or other media players/view screen devices.
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The shading device provides a greatly reduced glare when viewing screen 174, whether looking up at a viewable device held in the device holder, or lying front down and using a conventional clam shell laptop.
Additional features could be added to the device. For example, in one embodiment, handles may be stitched onto the back side of the canvas for easy carrying.
This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/698,472, filed Sep. 7, 2012, the entirety of which is hereby incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein.
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