US20030098054A1

US20030098054A1 - Waterproof vehicle parking shade device

Info

Publication number: US20030098054A1
Application number: US09/993,553
Authority: US
Inventors: Hong Yang
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2001-11-27
Filing date: 2001-11-27
Publication date: 2003-05-29
Also published as: DE10162295A1

Abstract

A waterproof vehicle parking shade device includes a shade having a space for receiving and parking a vehicle, a bottom board mounted on a bottom of the shade, multiple inflatable strips mounted on a peripheral face of the shade and capable of supporting the entire shade after inflation, and a door plate secured on one end of the shade for closing and sealing the shade, to prevent water from entering the shade, thereby preventing the vehicle in the shade from being soaked in the water.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a waterproof vehicle parking shade device, and more particularly to a waterproof vehicle parking shade device that may prevent the vehicle in the shade from being soaked in the water.

2. Description of the Related Art

A conventional vehicle parking shade device in accordance with the prior art comprises a metallic support frame, and a canvas enclosed around the support frame. Thus, the vehicle parking shade device may receive a vehicle, thereby providing a shading effect. However, when the vehicle enters the vehicle parking shade device, the vehicle is easily scratched, depressed or worn due to unintentional collision or hit with the metallic support frame, thereby affecting the outer appearance of the vehicle. In addition, when the level of water at the parking site is very high, the water will enter the vehicle parking shade device, so that the vehicle will be soaked in the water.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention has arisen to mitigate and/or obviate the disadvantage of the conventional vehicle parking shade device.

The primary objective of the present invention is to provide a waterproof vehicle parking shade device having a shade for receiving a vehicle, and a door plate secured on one end of the shade for closing and sealing the shade to prevent water from entering the shade, thereby preventing the vehicle in the shade from being soaked in the water.

Another objective of the present invention is to provide a waterproof vehicle parking shade device, wherein the shade and the inflatable strips are made of resilient material, so that when the vehicle enters the shade, the vehicle will not be scratched, depressed or worn due to unintentional collision or hit, thereby efficiently protecting the outer appearance of the vehicle.

A further objective of the present invention is to provide a waterproof vehicle parking shade device, wherein each of the inflatable strips may be fully deflated, so as to decrease the whole buoyancy of the shade and the vehicle in the shade, thereby preventing the vehicle and the shade from being inverted due to the accumulated water.

In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a waterproof vehicle parking shade device, comprising:

a shade, made of waterproof soft material, and having a space for receiving and parking a vehicle;

a bottom board, mounted on a bottom of the shade;

multiple inflatable strips, mounted on a peripheral face of the shade, and capable of supporting the entire shade after inflation; and

a door plate secured on one end of the shade, for closing and sealing the shade.

Preferably, the door plate is combined with the shade by zippers.

Preferably, the inflatable strips are arranged independently and are not communicated with each other.

Preferably, the bottom board may be folded and expanded.

Preferably, the bottom board has a distal end provided with an oblique plate,

Preferably, the inflatable strips may be inflated by a inflation device, and may be deflated by a deflation device.

Preferably, the waterproof vehicle parking shade device further comprises an one-way valve mounted on a periphery of the shade.

Preferably, the shade is an enclosure having a first end formed with an opening, and a second end formed with a closed face, and the space is located between the opening and the closed face.

Preferably, the bottom board has an upper board portion and a lower board portion, and the bottom of the shade is positioned and clamped between the upper board portion and the lower board portion of the bottom board.

Preferably, each of the inflatable strips is integrally formed with the shade.

Preferably, the shade has two side faces each provided with multiple upright inflatable strips, and has a top face provided with multiple horizontal inflatable strips, so that the shade may be fully expanded to have a rectangular shape after inflation.

Further benefits and advantages of the present invention will become apparent after a careful reading of the detailed description with appropriate reference to the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a waterproof vehicle parking shade device in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention; [0025]
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the waterproof vehicle parking shade device taken along line [0026] 2-2 as shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a schematic usage view of the waterproof vehicle parking shade device as shown in FIG. 1 in use; [0027]
FIG. 4 is a front plan view of the waterproof vehicle parking shade device as shown in FIG. 3; and [0028]
FIG. 5 is another schematic usage view of the waterproof vehicle parking shade device in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.[0029]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Referring to the drawings and initially to FIG. 1, a waterproof vehicle parking shade device in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises a [0030] shade 11, a bottom board 21, and multiple inflatable strips 31.
The [0031] shade 11 is an enclosure made of soft material such as canvas, plastic cloth or the like. The shade 11 has a first end formed with an opening 12, and a second end formed with a closed face 13. The shade 11 is formed with a space 14 between the opening 12 and the closed face 13 for receiving and parking a vehicle.
The opening [0032] 12 of the shade 11 has a periphery provided with a zipper 15. A door plate 16 is matingly mounted on the opening 12 of the shade 11, and has a periphery provided with a mating zipper 17 detachably engaged with the zipper 15 of the opening 12 of the shade 11, so that the door plate 16 may close and seal the opening 12 of the shade 11.
The [0033] door plate 16 may be combined with the opening 12 of the shade 11 by the zipper 15 and the mating zipper 17, or by other equivalent sealing and combining member, so that the door plate 16 may close and seal the opening 12 of the shade 11.
The [0034] bottom board 21 is mounted on the bottom of the shade 11, and may be expanded by a plurality of plates. The bottom board 21 has a distal end provided with an oblique plate 22. Provision of the oblique plate 22 may guide the vehicle to facilitate the vehicle entering the shade 11, and may cover the zipper 15, thereby preventing the zipper 15 from being broken by the vehicle.
As shown in FIG. 4, the [0035] bottom board 21 has an upper board portion 23 and a lower board portion 24. The bottom of the shade 11 is positioned and clamped between the upper board portion 23 and the lower board portion 24 of the bottom board 21. Thus, the bottom board 21 may be combined with the shade 11, and may also prevent the bottom of the shade 11 from being broken by the vehicle.
Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, each of the [0036] inflatable strips 31 is secured on the peripheral face of the shade 11. Alternatively, each of the inflatable strips 31 is integrally formed with the shade 11. It is appreciated that, the inflatable strips 31 are arranged independently and are not communicated with each other. The inflatable strips 31 may expand and support the shade 11 after inflation.
The [0037] inflatable strips 31 may be inflated by a inflation device 32, and may be deflated by a deflation device 33.
As shown in FIG. 3, each of the [0038] inflatable strips 31 is secured and rested on the peripheral face of the shade 11, so that the shade 11 may be fully expanded to have a semi-circular shape after inflation.
As shown in FIG. 5, the [0039] shade 11 has two side faces each provided with multiple upright inflatable strips 31, and has a top face provided with multiple horizontal inflatable strips 31, so that the shade 11 may be filly expanded to have a rectangular shape after inflation.
Thus, the [0040] shade 11 may be fully expanded to have different shapes after inflation by changing the manner of arrangement of the inflatable strips 31.
When in use, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the vehicle may be received in the [0041] space 14 of the shade 11, thereby providing a shading effect by the shade 11. It is appreciated that, the shade 11 and the inflatable strips 31 are made of resilient material, so that the vehicle will not be scratched, depressed or worn due to unintentional collision or hit, thereby efficiently protecting the outer appearance of the vehicle.
In addition, when the parking site is filled with water, the [0042] door plate 16 may close and seal the opening 12 of the shade 11, so that the accumulated water will not enter the shade 11, thereby preventing the vehicle from being soaked in the accumulated water.
Further, each of the [0043] inflatable strips 31 may be filly deflated, so as to decrease the whole buoyancy of the shade 11 and the vehicle in the shade 11, thereby preventing the vehicle and the shade 11 from being inverted due to the accumulated water.
When the [0044] inflatable strips 31 are fully deflated, the shade 11 will be collapsed. Thus, an one-way valve 41 may be mounted on the periphery of the shade 11, so that the air contained in the shade 11 may be drained outward when the shade 11 is collapsed.
Although the invention has been explained in relation to its preferred embodiment as mentioned above, it is to be understood that many other possible modifications and variations can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. It is, therefore, contemplated that the appended claim or claims will cover such modifications and variations that fall within the true scope of the invention. [0045]

Claims

What is claimed is:

1. A waterproof vehicle parking shade device, comprising:

a bottom board, mounted on a bottom of the shade;

2. The waterproof vehicle parking shade device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the door plate is combined with the shade by zippers.

3. The waterproof vehicle parking shade device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the inflatable strips are arranged independently and are not communicated with each other.

4. The waterproof vehicle parking shade device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the bottom board may be folded and expanded.

5. The waterproof vehicle parking shade device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the bottom board has a distal end provided with an oblique plate.

6. The waterproof vehicle parking shade device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the inflatable strips may be inflated by a inflation device, and may be deflated by a deflation device.

7. The waterproof vehicle parking shade device in accordance with claim 1, further comprising an one-way valve mounted on a periphery of the shade.

8. The waterproof vehicle parking shade device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the shade is an enclosure having a first end formed with an opening, and a second end formed with a closed face, and the space is located between the opening and the closed face.

9. The waterproof vehicle parking shade device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the bottom board has an upper board portion and a lower board portion, and the bottom of the shade is positioned and clamped between the upper board portion and the lower board portion of the bottom board.

10. The waterproof vehicle parking shade device in accordance with claim 1, wherein each of the inflatable strips is integrally formed with the shade.

11. The waterproof vehicle parking shade device in accordance with claim 1, wherein the shade has two side faces each provided with multiple upright inflatable strips, and has a top face provided with multiple horizontal inflatable strips, so that the shade may be fully expanded to have a rectangular shape after inflation.