Sun screen article

Abstract

A sun screen article protecting at least an arm and a shoulder, and optionally a portion of the neck and/or a portion of the hand of a person wearing it from excessive exposure to solar radiation, and method of using the sun screen article inside a vehicle. The article includes a tubular portion adapted to protect an arm and a flap adjoining the tubular portion and adapted to protect a shoulder. An optional collar portion affixed to the open and of the flap is structured to screen at least a portion of the neck. An epaulette, in affixable cooperation with the flap of the sun screen article, prevents a shoulder harness from freely moving with respect to the sun screen article and a body of the sun screen article from sliding down the arm of the wearer.

1 . A sun screen article comprising:
 a tubular body having a tubular surface and input and output ends, the input end defining an input end perimeter;   a flap portion having a flap surface and a flap perimeter, the flap perimeter including first and second sides opposite to one another, the first side adjoining said tubular body along a portion of the input end perimeter to define a dihedral angle between said flap and tubular surfaces;   a collar portion integrated with the flap portion to be separated from the tubular body by the flap portion; and   a strap having first and second strap ends, the first end attached to the flap portion.   
     
     
         2 . An article according to  claim 1 , configured to be worn by a wearer in a vehicle to continuously cover a part of a wearer's body including a forearm, and elbow, an arm, a shoulder, and a portion of a neck and to leave exposed a chest and a back of the wearer. 
     
     
         3 . An article according to  claim 1 , wherein the first strap end is attached either permanently or removably to the flap portion proximate the second side thereof. 
     
     
         4 . An article according to  claim 1 , wherein the second strap end is configured to be securely attachable to the flap portion proximate said portion of the input end perimeter. 
     
     
         5 . An article according to  claim 1 , wherein the strap is adapted to define an epaulette on the flap portion, the epaulette adapted to securely accommodate a vehicular shoulder harness between said epaulette and the flap portion when the article is worn within a vehicle. 
     
     
         6 . An article according to  claim 1 , wherein the collar portion extends transversely from the flap portion, the collar portion adapted to conceal the first strap from being observable. 
     
     
         7 . An article according to  claim 1 , further comprising a placket at the output end configured to accommodate a wearer's thumb protruding therethrough when the article is worn. 
     
     
         8 . An article according to  claim 1 , wherein the tubular body includes an open slit extending along the sleeve component from the input end towards the output end. 
     
     
         9 . A sun screen article comprising:
 a sleeve component having input and output ends, an internal cavity, and a shoulder portion the input end, the sleeve component configured to receive an arm, an elbow, and a forearm of a person inside a vehicle through said input end to fit over said arm while enclosing said arm, elbow, and forearm within the internal cavity and continuously covering a shoulder and a portion of a neck of the person with the shoulder portion, the sleeve component including an open slit extending from the input end towards the output end; and   a shoulder harness affixed to the shoulder portion, defining an epaulette thereon, and configured to be in releasable cooperation with a seat belt of the vehicle.   
     
     
         10 . An article according to  claim 9 , further including a placket at the output end, the placket having interfacing end releasable affixable to one another. 
     
     
         11 . An article according to  claim 10 , wherein the placket defines an opening configured, when the article is worn, to accommodate a thumb of the wearer to have the thumb protrude outwards from inside the sleeve component that is dimensioned to cover a palm of a hand of the wearer. 
     
     
         12 . An article according to  claim 9 , wherein the shoulder harness is configured to include a strap having a first end attached to the shoulder portion and a second end attachable to the shoulder portion, and wherein the shoulder portion is adapted to conceal one of the first and second ends from being observable when the article is worn inside the vehicle.