Anti-wind buffeting device for an automobile
A sun, privacy, and anti-wind buffeting shade assembly is provided for a window opening in an automotive vehicle. The shade assembly includes a flexible screen having a multiplicity of perforations. The screen is extended across the window opening to provide shade and privacy and to dampen wind buffeting inside the vehicle.
1 . A sun, privacy, and anti-wind buffeting shade assembly for a window opening in an automotive vehicle, comprising:
a flexible screen having a multiplicity of perforations, and
a holder on the vehicle for storing the screen,
said screen being capable of being withdrawn from the holder to an extended position across the window opening to substantially cover the window opening,
said screen providing shade and privacy and dampening wind buffeting inside the vehicle resulting from air entering the vehicle through the window opening when the vehicle is traveling.
2 . The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the holder comprises a roller on which the screen is wound, a roller frame adjacent one edge of the window opening providing a housing in which the roller is supported, said screen being capable of being unwound from the roller and withdrawn from the housing to the extended position.
3 . The assembly of claim 2 , further including a retainer for retaining the screen in the extended position.
4 . The assembly of claim 3 , wherein the screen has one end attached to the roller, and the retainer comprises a first fastener on a body portion of the vehicle engageable with a complimentary second fastener on an opposite end of the screen.
5 . The assembly of claim 3 , wherein the screen has one end attached to the roller, an elongated rod along an opposite end of the screen, and said retainer comprises a hook on a body portion of the vehicle engageable with the rod.
6 . The assembly of claim 3 , wherein each of said perforations has a maximum cross-dimension in a range of 0.5 to 1.0 millimeters.
7 . The assembly of claim 2 , wherein the window opening is in a rear door of the vehicle, and further including a window for the window opening, an actuator for moving the window with respect to the opening from a closed position to an open position, and
a screen puller on the window operable to unwind the screen from the roller and draw the screen to the extended position when the window is moved to the open position.
8 . The assembly of claim 7 , wherein the screen has one end attached to the roller, an elongated rod along an opposite end of the screen, and the screen puller comprises a hook on the window engageable with said rod.
9 . The assembly of claim 8 , wherein said screen puller includes a second hook on the window, said hooks being spaced from one another and engaging said rod at spaced points.
10 . The assembly of claim 9 , wherein said hooks are disengageable from said rod so that said screen can be drawn to the extended position independently of said window, and a retainer for retaining the said screen in the extended position.
11 . The assembly of claim 10 , wherein each of said perforations has a maximum cross-dimension in a range of 0.5 to 1.0 millimeters.
12 . The assembly of claim 10 , wherein said perforations are square and each has a maximum cross-dimension of 0.75 millimeters.
13 . The assembly of claim 7 , wherein said screen puller comprises a first fastener on said window releasably engageable with a complimentary second fastener on the screen.
14 . The assembly of claim 13 , further including a third fastener on the door releasably engageable with the second fastener on the screen to hold the screen in its extended position independently of the window.
15 . The assembly of claim 14 , wherein each of said perforations has a maximum cross-dimension in a range of 0.5 to 1.0 millimeters.
16 . The assembly of claim 14 , wherein said perforations are square and each has a maximum cross-dimension of 0.75 millimeters.