US1574899A

US1574899A - Glareshield

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Publication number: US1574899A
Application number: US718595A
Authority: US
Inventors: Albert T Kellogg
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1924-06-07
Filing date: 1924-06-07
Publication date: 1926-03-02
Anticipated expiration: 1943-03-02

Description

March 2 1926. l,574,899

A. T. KELLOGG GLARESHI ELD 'Filed June v, 1924 A TTOR NE YS Patented Mar. 2, 1926.

g UNITED STATES I I 1574399 PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT T. vKELLOGG, OF HOU'STON, TEXAS.

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Application med June 7, 1924. serm No. 718,595.

State of Tex'as, have invented certain new and' useful Improvements in Glareshields,

of which the following is a specifieation.

My invention^relates to improvement-s in glare Shields, and it consists of the constructions, combinations and arrangements herein described and claimed.

An object of the invention is to provide a shield particularly adapted to be mounted on the outside of a motor vehicle in front of the windshield in such position as to protect the eyes of the driver from the vrays of the sun or the headlight glare of an approaching automobile.

A further object of the invention is to provide an outside glare shield which lis capable of various adjustments, i. e., both up and down .and sideways, so that theshield may be properly interposed between the source of light glare and the eyes of the driver.

Other objects and advantages appear in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a of a motor vehic e to illustrate the application of the invention, 1

Figure 2 is a detail perspective view of the glare Shield on a larger scale than in Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a section of the ball-joint taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Figure 2,,

Figure 4V is another4 section of the ball joint taken substantially on the line 4-4 of Figure 2,

Figure 5 is va detail sectional view of the clamp on the shield rod.

Incarrying out the invention, use is made of a glass, celluloid or other screen 1 which is either opaque, translucent, or transparent to act as a shield when located in such a position upon a motor vehicle as to protect dthe motor Vehicle M.

erspectlve view of enough 1 may be regarded as of heavy, dark translucent glass. Clips 2 are fastened by means of screws 3 at opposite sides of the screen. These in turn curry ascreen rod 4 upon which the clamp block 5 is slidable when loosened by the thumbscrew 6.

' Perhaps it would be better to say that the rod 4 is slidable in respect to the clamp block 5, inasmuch as the clamp block occupies a relatively 'stationary position upon` This is accomplished 1 by a Supporting rod 7 which extends for?` Ward from a universal generally designated 8.

The .Supporting rod 7 terminates in a head 9lwhich is hollowed to receive the circular boss 23 of the clamp block. The boss has a threaded stud 24 which extends through the head 9 to receive the thumb screw. Upon screwing down on the thumbscrew the block 5 is tightened against the rod 4 to fix the adjustment. It must be understood that the clamp between the

rods

4 and 7 is subject to modification and willl work equally well when replaced by a clarrp of an equivalent type. j

In reference to the joint 8; the Supporting rod 7 passes through a ball .and collar 10 and 11 which are integral and perfectly loose upon the rod. The 'ball has' a plurality of slots 12 which render the slotte'd end of the -ball more or less yieldable -and subject to compression under the force of the single screw 13 against the socket 14 of the clamp 15. The rod 7 has a handle 25 at the end nearest the operator.

The ball 10 occupi'es a position within the circular yoke 16 which branches from and is partof the clamp 15. The outermost side of the yoke has a boss 17 which is threaded to receive the screw 13. The screw -has a handle 18 by which it is conveniently turned.

The end 19 of the screw is cupped to more readily fit the curvature of the ball.

A thumb-screw 20 at one side of the clamp 15 engages the frame 21 of the windshield 22 when the glare shield is used outside of an open automobile. When used upon a closed` automobile provision will have to be made of a suitable bracket in lieu of the clamp 15 vso that the device may be afiixed by screws. Such arrangement being obvious, specific illustration is regarded unnecessary.

In Operation the clamp 15 is first applied as in Figures 1, 2 and 4. Itmust be understood that the glare shield is preferably joint on the vehicle;`

mounted. outside' of the motor vehicle, thereby. avoiding any obstruction of the freedom of the driver. 'i

It is necessary to adjust the position of the screen 1 so that it occnpies a place between the eyes of the'driver and a source of glaring light in front of the vehicle. The Screen is sufiiciently broad that the driver may have some freedom of movement of his head without ex eriencing diliculty in kee ing the Screen etween his eyes and t ie glare. The screen is capable of both lateral and .radial movement, adjustments in the i latter manner inclining the screen at varions angles.

The universal joint 8 readily holds the rod 7 in practically any positioniin which one lmay desire to have it Supported. The rod is capable of considerable Vertical and some lateral adjustment, the limltations arriving When the rod 7, or collar 11 Strike against the 'circular yoke 16;

Adjustments of the screen 1 are made by loosening the'thnmb Screw 6 and sliding the i screen rod 4 in the clamp block 5 aS may be necessary. The advantage of a plurality of Slots in the ball 10 is that no matter to what position the ball may turn upon the rgL'Z, there is always a yieldable place therebeneath which can act as a clamp when the Screw 13 iS turned down.

While the construction and arrangement of the improved glare Shield as herein described and claimed is that of a generally preferred form, obviously modifications and changes may be made without departing fromlthe spirit of the invention and scope of the claims.

I claimz- 1. A glare Shield comprising a screen, a rod parallel to one edge of the Screen held thereon by clips at the ends, clamp means for attaching to an antomobile windshield including a yoke having a Socket portion, Supporting means including a rod, yieldable means receiving the Supporting rod and occupying said Socket, means including a pressure Screw carried by said clamp means' rods together, said-clamp permitting lateral sliding of the Screenrod in res ect to the Supporting rod thereby to ma e adjustnients.

2. A glare shield comprising a screen. a rod by which it is Supported, clamp means including a single Screw by which various adjustments of the screen in reference to the rod are held, clamp means including a Socket,- a member constitutin'g a Universal joint Slidably and rotatably mounted upon the Supporting rod said member having a slotted and consequently yieldable portion occnpying the Socket, and a single Screw to bear against said member and clamp it against both the rod and Socket.

3. A glare shield comprising a screen, means by which it is supported including a rod, means in which the rod is adjustably supported including. a Split ball through which the rodpasses, a clamp body having a voke surrounding the ball and having a Socket occupied by the ball, and'a clamp screw adjustable in the yoke having a cnpped end bearing against the ball in opposition to said Socket to clamp both the ball and rod in position.

4. A glare shield comprising a Supporting rod extending outward from the frame pol'- tion of a motor vehicle, a combined universal joint and clamp by which one end of the rod is slidably secnred to said frame portion permitting adjustment in various longitudinal and radial positions, a Screen carrying a rod in longitudinal spaced. relationship thereto at one edge, and clamp means connecting the Supporting and screen rods in which the Supporting rod is slidable to produce longitndinal and lateral adjustments of the screen and in Which the Screen rod is revolnble to produce radial adjustments of the screen in reference to the Supporting rod. y

ALBERT T. KELLOGG.