Rain guard

Abstract

A rain guard assembly for providing shelter to an occupant entering or exiting a vehicle is described. Generally, the retractable rain guard assembly may comprise a housing integrally mounted within a roof of an automobile, a covering retractably held within the housing and having one or more engagement portions positioned along a free end of the covering, and one or more securement members positioned along a door of the automobile and aligned in a manner corresponding to positions of the one or more engagement portions. The one or more securement members are actuatable to engage to corresponding engagement portions such that opening of the door relative to the roof extends the covering therebetween. The covering may be engaged remotely, such as by a key fob, or automatically by a water detection sensor on the automobile.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of using a retractable rain guard assembly, comprising:
 integrally mounting a housing within a roof of an automobile, the housing having a covering retractably held within;   positioning one or more securement members along a door of the automobile in apposition to the covering such that the one or more securement members are actuatable between a first position where a free end of the covering is disengaged and a second position where the free end of the covering is engaged such that the covering extends from the housing when the door is opened relative to the roof; and,   aligning one or more engagement portions positioned along a free end of the covering in apposition to the one or more securement members, wherein the one or more engagement portions are aligned to receive the one or more securement members in a corresponding manner.