Portable glare shield for side window of automobile

Claim 2

A portable glare shield for removable attachment to the inside of a raiseable and lowerable side window of a vehicle, said glare shield being a sheet of semiflexible transparent material which transmits 20% to 40% of incident light, said sheet having an upper edge which includes a reverse bend adapted to clip over the upper edge of said window, said reverse bend including a top leg slightly longer than the thickness of said side window, a short leg bent at an angle of 60°-80° to one end of said top leg, said top leg being bent at an angle of 60°-80° with said sheet.

Claim 3

The glare shield of claim 1 wherein said sheet is a plastic sheet about 0.020 to 0.060 inch thick.

Claim 4

The glare shield of claim 1 wherein said sheet material is selected from the group consisting of polycarbonate, acrylic, polyester, polyvinyl, cellulose acetate, and polyolefin.

Claim 5

The glare shield of claim 3 the material is polycarbonate.

Claim 6

The glare shield of claim 1 wherein said sheet comprises a layer of untinted transparent flexible plastic material covered on at least one side thereof with a film of tinted material.

Claim 7

The glare shield of claim 1 wherein said sheet is a homogenous plastic material with a tinting substance intimately and uniformly dispersed therein.

Claim 8

The glare shield of claim 1 wherein said sheet is polarized to reduce glare.

Claim 9

The glare shield of claim 1 wherein said sheet has dispersed therein an ultraviolet light absorbent material.

Claim 10

A glare shield for an automobile side window comprising an integral sheet of semiflexible transparent material tinted to reduce light transmission therethrough, said sheet being generally rectangular in shape with a top portion adapted to be attached to the top edge of and on the inside surface of an automobile side window that is raiseable and lowerable, said top portion including a reverse bend section at the edge of the sheet to clip over the top of the window and spaced downwardly from said reverse bend section and parallel thereto a fold line extending laterally across the entire sheet to form an upper planar section above the fold line and a lower planar section below the fold line with the angle between said planar sections being about 150°-175° on the side of said sheet facing said window; said reverse bend section including a top leg section positioned at an angle of 60°-80° with said upper planar section and a short leg section positioned at the end of said top leg section opposite to said upper planar section and at an angle of 60°-80° between said short leg section and said top leg section.

Claim 11

A glare shield for an automobile side window comprising an integral sheet of semiflexible transparent material tinted to reduce light transmission therethrough, said sheet being generally rectangular in shape with a top portion adapted to be attached to the top edge of and on the inside surface of an automobile side window that is raiseable and lowerable, said top portion including a reverse bend section at the edge of the sheet to clip over the top of the window and spaced downwardly from said reverse bend section and parallel thereto a fold line extending laterally across the entire sheet to form an upper planar section above the fold line and a lower planar section below the fold line with the angle between said planar sections being about 150°-175° on the side of said sheet facing said window; said reverse bend section including a top leg section positioned at an angle of 60°-80° with said upper planar section and a short leg section positioned at the end of said top leg section opposite to said upper planar section and at an angle of 60°-80° between said short leg section and said top leg section.

Claim 12

The glare shield of claim 9 wherein said sheet is a plastic sheet about 0.020 to 0.060 inch thick.

Claim 13

The glare shield of claim 9 wherein said sheet material is selected from the group consisting of polycarbonate, acrylic, polyester, polyvinyl, cellulose acetate, and polyolefin.

Claim 14

The glare shield of claim 11 the material is polycarbonate.

Claim 15

The glare shield of claim 9 wherein the reduction in light transmission due to the tinting is 60% to 80%.

Claim 16

The glare shield of claim 9 wherein said sheet is a homogeneous plastic material with a tinting substance intimately and uniformly dispersed therein.

Claim 17

The glare shield of claim 9 wherein said sheet is polarized to reduce glare.

Claim 18

The glare shield of claim 9 wherein said sheet has dispersed therein an ultraviolet light absorbent material.