Combined infant car seat cover and window shade

Abstract

A screen adapted for an engagement upon a handled car seat for an infant or child which is also engageable to a window of a vehicle to shade occupants from light transmitted through the window. The screen is formed of a planar sheet of shading material and is configured to engage with and provide a gripable access to a portion of the seat handle. The screen is engageable with a window of the vehicle using opposing hooks thereon which are positioned to impart a fold across the middle of the sheet of material.

What is claimed: 
     
         1 . A screen configured for an engagement upon an infant car seat having a handle defined by a gripable cross member engaged between two vertical members extending above opposing sides of the car seat, said screen comprising:
 a planar sheet of material having a first surface and a second surface and having a perimeter edge defining a shape;   said sheet of material formed of material providing a shading of an occupant of said car seat from light transmitted toward said occupant from all directions; and   means for maintaining a central portion of said planar sheet, positioned upon said cross member of said handle of said car seat, with said perimeter edge concurrently positioned adjacent to said side edges of said car seat, whereby said sheet is maintained in an engaged position with said car seat and providing said shading to an occupant thereof.   
     
     
         2 . The screen of  claim 1 , wherein said means for maintaining said central portion of said planar sheet, positioned upon said cross member, comprises:
 an aperture formed in said central portion of said planar sheet of material; and   said aperture providing a space for a communication of a portion of said cross member into said space; and   said communication of said portion of said cross member into said space forming said means for maintaining a central portion of said planar sheet of material, positioned upon said cross member.   
     
     
         3 . The screen of  claim 2  additionally comprising:
 said portion of said cross member communicating within said space providing means for a gripping of said handle by a hand of a user in a direct contact with only said handle; and 
 whereby said car seat may be transitioned between a mounted position within a vehicle, and a carried position during a said gripping of said handle, with said sheet of planar material continually in said engaged position. 
 
     
     
         4 . The screen of  claim 1  additionally comprising:
 a pair of fasteners engaged upon opposing sides of said planar sheet of material; 
 said fasteners adapted for an engagement with a closed window on a vehicle; 
 a tensioning of said planar sheet of material by imparting a force in opposite directions upon said fasteners causing a fold in said planar sheet of material to a folded position, substantially at a mid line between two halves; 
 said planar sheet of material in said folded position, engageable to said window of said vehicle to thereby provide a shade from said light which is transmitted toward said occupant from a direction of said window. 
 
     
     
         5 . The screen of  claim 2  additionally comprising:
 a pair of fasteners engaged upon opposing sides of said planar sheet of material; 
 said fasteners adapted for an engagement with a closed window on a vehicle; 
 a tensioning of said planar sheet of material by imparting a force in opposite directions upon said fasteners causing a fold in said planar sheet of material to a folded position, substantially at a mid line between two halves; 
 said planar sheet of material in said folded position, engageable to said window of said vehicle to thereby provide a shade from said light which is transmitted toward said occupant from a direction of said window. 
 
     
     
         6 . The screen of  claim 3  additionally comprising:
 a pair of fasteners engaged upon opposing sides of said planar sheet of material; 
 said fasteners adapted for an engagement with a closed window on a vehicle; 
 a tensioning of said planar sheet of material by imparting a force in opposite directions upon said fasteners causing a fold in said planar sheet of material to a folded position, substantially at a mid line between two halves; 
 said planar sheet of material in said folded position, engageable to said window of said vehicle to thereby provide a shade from said light which is transmitted toward said occupant from a direction of said window. 
 
     
     
         7 . The screen of  claim 2  additionally comprising:
 said shape of said planar sheet of material being an oval or elliptical shape having a major axis communicating between two side edges distanced further from each other than a second pair of side edges having a minor axis communicating therebetween; and 
 said aperture positioned along or adjacent to said minor axis. 
 
     
     
         8 . The screen of  claim 3  additionally comprising:
 said shape of said planar sheet of material being an oval or elliptical shape having a major axis communicating between two side edges distanced further from each other than a second pair of side edges having a minor axis communicating therebetween; and 
 said aperture positioned along or adjacent to said minor axis. 
 
     
     
         9 . The screen of  claim 4  additionally comprising:
 said shape of said planar sheet of material being an oval or elliptical shape having a major axis communicating between two side edges distanced further from each other than a second pair of side edges having a minor axis communicating therebetween; and 
 said aperture positioned along or adjacent to said minor axis. 
 
     
     
         10 . The screen of  claim 5  additionally comprising:
 said shape of said planar sheet of material being an oval or elliptical shape having a major axis communicating between two side edges distanced further from each other than a second pair of side edges having a minor axis communicating therebetween; and 
 said aperture positioned along or adjacent to said minor axis. 
 
     
     
         11 . The screen of  claim 6  additionally comprising:
 said shape of said planar sheet of material being an oval or elliptical shape having a major axis communicating between two side edges distanced further from each other than a second pair of side edges having a minor axis communicating therebetween; and 
 said aperture positioned along or adjacent to said minor axis. 
 
     
     
         12 . The screen of  claim 1 , additionally comprising:
 a viewing area communicating through said sheet of planar material; and   said viewing area providing a user a view of said occupant unimpeded by said shading of said sheet of planar material.   
     
     
         13 . The screen of  claim 2 , additionally comprising:
 a viewing area communicating through said sheet of planar material; and   said viewing area providing a user a view of said occupant unimpeded by said shading of said sheet of planar material.   
     
     
         14 . The screen of  claim 3 , additionally comprising:
 a viewing area communicating through said sheet of planar material; and   said viewing area providing a user a view of said occupant unimpeded by said shading of said sheet of planar material.   
     
     
         15 . The screen of  claim 4 , additionally comprising:
 a viewing area communicating through said sheet of planar material; and   said viewing area providing a user a view of said occupant unimpeded by said shading of said sheet of planar material.   
     
     
         16 . The screen of  claim 7 , additionally comprising:
 a viewing area communicating through said sheet of planar material; and   said viewing area providing a user a view of said occupant unimpeded by said shading of said sheet of planar material.   
     
     
         17 . The screen of  claim 10 , additionally comprising:
 a viewing area communicating through said sheet of planar material; and   said viewing area providing a user a view of said occupant unimpeded by said shading of said sheet of planar material.   
     
     
         18 . The screen of  claim 11 , additionally comprising:
 a viewing area communicating through said sheet of planar material; and   said viewing area providing a user a view of said occupant unimpeded by said shading of said sheet of planar material.