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Sun shade for an infant's car seat
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1984-04-18
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Granted: 1986-04-22
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Expires: 2004-04-18
Abstract
Abstract A sun shade for an infant's car seat has a flexible, sheet-like canopy which is generally horizontal in use. The canopy has a pocket formed at a first end for fitting over the top of the back of an infant's car seat. There is a flexible tension link at a second end of the canopy for stretchably anchoring the canopy to a part of the car's interior which is spaced-apart from the infant's car seat. There may be a pair of side flaps extending along opposite sides of the canopy between the ends thereof.
Inventors
- 👤 Patricia A. Myers
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 19:08
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60N; B60N2/00; B60N2/58; B60N2/60; B60N2/6009; B60N2/24; B60N2/26; B60N2/28
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
140 words
A sun shade for an infant's car seat having a back with a top and being mounted in a car's interior, the shade comprising: a flexible, sheet-like canopy which is generally horizontal in use, having a pocket formed at a first end for fitting over the top of the back of the infant's car seat and means at a second end, which is opposite the first end, for stretchably anchoring the canopy to a part of the car's interior spaced-apart from the infant's car seat, a pair of side flaps extending along opposite sides of the canopy between the ends thereof, the side flaps having a raised position flat on top of the canopy and extending towards each other away from the sides of the canopy, and a lowered position extending generally vertically downwards from the sides of the canopy.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
140 words
A sun shade for an infant's car seat having a back with a top and being mounted in a car's interior, the shade comprising: a flexible, sheet-like canopy which is generally horizontal in use, having a pocket formed at a first end for fitting over the top of the back of the infant's car seat and means at a second end, which is opposite the first end, for stretchably anchoring the canopy to a part of the car's interior spaced-apart from the infant's car seat, a pair of side flaps extending along opposite sides of the canopy between the ends thereof, the side flaps having a raised position flat on top of the canopy and extending towards each other away from the sides of the canopy, and a lowered position extending generally vertically downwards from the sides of the canopy.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
53 words
A sun shade as claimed in claim 1, wherein the side flaps are flexible, sheet-like and have distal ends, the distal ends of the two side flaps extending towards each other in the rasied position, and proximate ends proximate the sides of the canopy which are sewn flat on top of the canopy.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
A sun shade as claimed in claim 1, wherein the means for stretchably anchoring comprises the flexible tension link connected to a second end of the canopy.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
18 words
A sun shade as claimed in claim 3, wherein the flexible tension link is an elastic cloth tape.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
116 words
A sun shade for an infant's car seat having a back with a top and being mounted in a car's interior, the shade comprising: a flexible, sheet-like, rectangular canopy which is generally horizontal in use, having a pocket formed at a first end for fitting over the top of the back of the infant's car seat and means at a second end, which is opposite the first end, for stretchably anchoring the canopy to a part of the car's interior spaced-apart from the infant's car seat, the means for stretchably anchoring including an elastic cloth tape and a pair of spaced-apart loops at the second end of the canopy for connecting the tape to the canopy.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
116 words
A sun shade for an infant's car seat having a back with a top and being mounted in a car's interior, the shade comprising: a flexible, sheet-like, rectangular canopy which is generally horizontal in use, having a pocket formed at a first end for fitting over the top of the back of the infant's car seat and means at a second end, which is opposite the first end, for stretchably anchoring the canopy to a part of the car's interior spaced-apart from the infant's car seat, the means for stretchably anchoring including an elastic cloth tape and a pair of spaced-apart loops at the second end of the canopy for connecting the tape to the canopy.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
A sun shade as claimed in claim 5, further comprising hooks on the tape securable to the loops on the canopy.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
33 words
A sun shade as claimed in claim 5, wherein the means for stretchably anchoring further comprises a self-adhesive hook for adhering to the part of the car's interior and for engaging the tape.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
41 words
A sun shade as claimed in claim 7, wherein the car's interior has a front passenger seat and a dashboard, the infant's car seat being mounted on the front passenger's seat and the part of the car's interior being the dashboard.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
43 words
A sun shade as claimed in claim 5, wherein the car's interior has a rear seat and a front seat with a head rest, the infant's car seat being mounted on the rear seat and the cloth tape being receivable about the headrest.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
44 words
A sun shade as claimed in claim 1, wherein the infant's car seat has a back and the sun shade further comprises ties connected to the second end of the canopy for tying the sun shade to the back of the infant's car seat.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
21 words
A sun shade as claimed in claim 5, further comprising stiffening means extending along at least one end of the canopy.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
27 words
A sun shade as claimed in claim 11, wherein the canopy has hems extending along the at least one end, the stiffening means being in the hem.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
34 words
A sun shade as claimed in claim 5, further comprising means at the first end of the canopy for stretchably anchoring the first end of the canopy to another part of the car's interior.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
29 words
A sun shade as claimed in claim 13, wherein the means at the first end comprises a pair of spaced-apart loops and an elastic tape connectable to the loops.
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