IP Library Granted Patent US 11,364,775
Granted Patent B2
US 11,364,775 · App. 16/399,832 · Granted Jun 21, 2022

Stretchable vehicle window shade

Inventors: Agnes Yena Lee (Los Angeles, CA); Nicholas Arthur Trumbo (Valencia, CA); Sung Yun Chan (Pasadena, CA); Aidan Rosario (Santa Barbara, CA)
Assignee: Munchkin Inc.
B60J1/2011B60J1/2091B60J3/007B60J3/02B60J11/08
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Patent No.
US 11,364,775
App. No.
16/399,832
Granted
Jun 21, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A stretchable vehicle window shade that may have a panel and a positioning tab attached to the panel. The positioning tab may have a magnet disposed inside. The magnet may be adapted so that a magnetic force allows attachment to a metallic portion of a door frame of a vehicle.

Claims (29)

1. A window shade comprising:

a panel;

a perimeter reducing mechanism attached to the panel, the perimeter reducing mechanism having at least one hook and at least one loop that is adapted to reduce a perimeter of the panel; and

at least one positioning tab attached to the panel, the at least one positioning tab having a magnet disposed therein,

wherein the magnet is adapted to attach to a metallic portion of a door frame.

2. The window shade recited in claim 1 , wherein the at least one positioning tab is composed of at least two materials.

3. The window shade recited in claim 1 , wherein the the at least one hook is adapted to receive the at least one loop to reduce a surface area of the panel.

4. The window shade recited in claim 1 , wherein the panel is adapted to stretch to a larger surface area.

5. The window shade recited in claim 1 , wherein the at least one positioning tab is adapted to provide shock absorption and a waterproof environment to the magnet.

6. The window shade recited in claim 1 , wherein the panel is adapted to fit an entirety of a vehicle window.

7. A window shade comprising:

a stretchable panel;

at least one hook and at least one loop disposed around the panel, the at least one hook is adapted to receive the at least one loon to reduce a surface area of the panel; and

at least one positioning tab attached to the panel, the at least one positioning tab having a magnet disposed therein,

wherein the magnet is adapted to attach to a metallic portion of a door frame.

8. The window shade recited in claim 7 , wherein the at least one positioning tab is composed of at least two materials.

9. The window shade recited in claim 7 , further comprising a frame disposed around the stretchable panel.

10. The window shade recited in claim 7 , wherein the at least one positioning tab is adapted to provide shock absorption and a waterproof environment to the magnet.

11. The window shade recited in claim 7 , wherein a perimeter of the frame is adapted to fit substantially a perimeter of a vehicle window.

12. A window shade comprising:

a panel having a frame, the frame having a perimeter;

a perimeter reducing mechanism having at least one hook and at least one loop, the perimeter reducing mechanism adapted to reduce the perimeter of the frame; and

at least one positioning tab attached to the panel or the frame, the at least one positioning tab having a magnet disposed therein,

wherein the magnet is adapted to attach to a metallic portion of a door frame.

13. The window shade recited in claim 12 , wherein the at least one positioning tab is composed of at least two materials.

14. The window shade recited in claim 12 , wherein the at least one loop is a buttonhole disposed around the panel.

15. The window shade recited in claim 14 , wherein the at least one hook is adapted to mate with the at least one buttonhole to reduce a surface area of the panel.

16. The window shade recited in claim 12 , wherein the at least one positioning tab is adapted to provide shock absorption and a waterproof environment to the magnet.

17. The window shade recited in claim 12 , wherein the perimeter of the frame is adapted to stretch to fit substantially a perimeter of a vehicle window.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 4, 2025
From: MUNCHKIN, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 070740/0669 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 9, 2019
From: TRUMBO, NICHOLAS ARTHUR; LEE, AGNES YENA; CHAN, SUNG YUN; ROSARIO, ADIAN
To: MUNCHKIN, INC.
Reel/Frame 049132/0226 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62812805 · Mar 1, 2019
Provisional Application 62665428 · May 1, 2018
Related Publication 20190337372A1 · Nov 7, 2019