US 11,813,929 B2
Adjustable light shield
Niles Schlegel, Peabody, MA (US)
Filed by Niles Schlegel, Peabody, MA (US)
Filed on Feb. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/107,789.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/308,478, filed on Feb. 9, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0249525 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
Int. Cl. B60J 3/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60J 3/0208 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adjustable light shield, comprising:
a hollow cover including a first side wall, a second side wall opposite to the first side wall, and a top wall extending between and interconnecting the first side wall and the second side wall, the hollow cover being transparent so as to enable a user to see through the cover, the first side wall and the second side wall each including an elongated slot formed therethrough, the top wall having a first longitudinal length; and
an elongated slide including a first window formed therethrough and a second window formed therethrough spaced apart longitudinally from the first window so as to define a light blocking portion of the elongated slide therebetween, the elongated slide having a second longitudinal length that is larger than the first longitudinal length of the top wall of the hollow cover, the elongated slide arranged within and supported by the elongated slots of the first side wall and the second side wall so as to enable the elongated slide to slidably move through the elongated slots and slidably move relative to the hollow cover,
wherein the elongated slide is configured to be slid relative to the hollow cover into a first position such that a light source present in an environment surrounding the adjustable light shield is at least partially blocked by the light blocking portion of the elongated slide.