Thermal shade for vehicle with panoramic roof
View Patent ↗A thermal shade for an automobile having a panoramic roof includes an elongated jacket sized to overlay a vehicle's panoramic roof and a thermally insulating layer sandwiched within the jacket. Magnetic tape strips or individual magnets are located along the perimeter of the jacket and provide means for securing the thermal shade to the automobile. The thermal shade has a streamlined appearance and does not obscure the automobile's doors or door windows and does not interfere with the vehicle's security camera.
1 . A thermal shade for an automobile having left side and right side doors with windows, left and right roof edge members, and a front windshield coupled to a rear window via a panoramic roof, comprising:
an elongated jacket, having a top face, bottom face, front section, middle section, rear section, front end, rear end, left side, and right side, wherein the front section is configured to cover the front windshield, the middle section is configured to cover the panoramic roof, and the rear section is configured to cover the rear window, and wherein the front section is flared and wider than the middle section, and the middle section is wider than the rear section;
a thermally insulating layer sandwiched between the top and bottom faces of the jacket and extending longitudinally from substantially the front end of the jacket to substantially the rear end of the jacket, and transversely from substantially the left side of the jacket to substantially the right side of the jacket; and
one or more magnetic tape strips or a plurality of individual magnets for releasably securing the thermal shade to the automobile, seated in or coupled to the jacket along or near each of two or more regions of the perimeter of the jacket.
2 . The thermal shade recited in claim 1 , wherein the jacket is configured to cover the front windshield, rear window, and panoramic roof of the automobile without extending on to the automobile door windows.
3 . The thermal shade recited in claim 1 , further comprising a small opening extending through the jacket and the insulating layer configured to allow a security camera in the automobile to operate even when the shade is placed atop the automobile.
4 . The thermal shade recited in claim 1 , wherein the magnetic tape strip(s) or individual magnets are located along at least the left and right sides of the jacket.
5 . The thermal shade recited in claim 4 , further comprising one or more magnetic tape strip(s) or a plurality of individual magnets located along or near the rear end of the jacket.
6 . The thermal shade recited in claim 1 , further comprising access means for removing and reinserting the thermally insulating layer into the jacket.
7 . The thermal shade recited in claim 1 , wherein the thermally insulating layer comprises metalized cloth fabric or metalized bubble wrap.
8 . A thermal shade for an automobile having left side and right side doors with windows, left and right roof edge members, and a front windshield coupled to a rear window via a panoramic roof, comprising:
an elongated jacket, having a top face, bottom face, front end, rear end, left side, and right side, wherein the front section is configured to cover the front windshield, the middle section is configured to cover the panoramic roof, and the rear section is configured to cover the rear window, and wherein the jacket has a width that progressively increases from the rear end of the jacket to the front end of the jacket;
a thermally insulating layer sandwiched between the top and bottom faces of the jacket and extending longitudinally from substantially the front end of the jacket to substantially the rear end of the jacket, and transversely from substantially the left side of the jacket to substantially the right side of the jacket;
a small opening extending through the jacket and the insulating layer configured to allow a security camera in the automobile to operate even when the shade is placed atop the automobile; and
one or more magnetic tape strips or a plurality of individual magnets for releasably securing the thermal shade to the automobile, seated in or coupled to the jacket along or near each of two or more regions of the perimeter of the jacket.
9 . A thermal shade for an automobile having left side and right side doors with windows, left and right roof edge members, and a front windshield coupled to a rear window via a panoramic roof, comprising:
an elongated jacket, having a top face, bottom face, front section, middle section, rear section, front end, rear end, left side, and right side, wherein the front section is configured to cover the front windshield, the middle section is configured to cover the panoramic roof, and the rear section is configured to cover the rear window of the automobile;
a thermally insulating layer sandwiched between the top and bottom faces of the jacket and extending longitudinally from substantially the front end of the jacket to substantially the rear end of the jacket, and transversely from substantially the left side of the jacket to substantially the right side of the jacket;
access means for removing and reinserting the thermally insulating layer into the jacket; and
one or more magnetic tape strips or a plurality of individual magnets for releasably securing the thermal shade to the automobile, seated in or coupled to the jacket along or near each of two or more regions of the perimeter of the jacket.