US1582326A - Antiglare attachment for headlights - Google Patents

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Patented Ani'. 27, 1926. l i' y .A

UNiTEnsTA'rEe PATENT oFFice.

.JAMES F. W'OOD, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSGURI, ASSGNOR TO CHARLES K. VIOOD, OF

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

ANTIGLARE ATTACHMENT FOR HEADLGHTS.

Application filed February 7,1%?24. Serial No` 69L2`5'.v

'111002Z whom, may coizcem: vehicles and 2 indicates the lens thereof and Be it lrnown` that l, JAMES F. lVooD, a 3 the lens-retaining ring which is attached citizen of the United States, residing at to the casing' l. u `iansas City, in the county of Jackson and The attachment forming` the present infetate of Missouri, have inventedeertain new vention comprises a ring' et and a band 5, and useful lniproveinents in Antiglare Atthe latter being attached to ears 6 project tac-linients for Headlights; and I do hereby ing` outwardlyfroin the' ring- 4,. lThe ring declare the' following to 'ne a full, clear, and adapted to be held against the lens 2 exact deseription of the invention, such as hy ineans of the retaining.;r` ring 3. A plum will enable othersslilled in the art to which rality of slats?v are fittedy within the band it appertains to nialie and use the saine. 5 and incline forwardly and downwardly T he objectof the present invention isto towards their lowery edges, the slats being prevent the glare of headlights provided for arranged so that the bottoni edge of one 'is automobiles and motor vehicles generally, about in line with the top edge of the Slat G0 and provides an attachment which may he next below, thereby preventing rays of light readily applied to the usual headlight, and frein heilig thrown upwardly so as to blind which is simple in construction and'eli'lective the driver of an approaching vehicle, or pein operation for the purpose intended. destrian. The yends of the slats 6 are lient Uther objects and advantages will he apdowu\\'ardly, as indicated at 8, and are riv- 65 parent and suggest themselves as the nature eted or otherwise attached to pposite sides of the inventio-n'is understood. of the band 5. A hood 9 is attachedy to the While the drawings illustrate an einhoditop of the hand 5 and extends forwardly and nient of the invention itis to be understood downwardly and operates to prevent rays of that in adapting the saine to ineet ditlerlight froni being` thrown upwardly and also 70 ent conditions and iequiien'ients, various acts as a shield to deflect water and eleet.

Changeslin the forni, proportion and niinor That is elaiined is: n details of construction inay be resorted to ln combination, a headlight having a lens without departing' from the spirit of the and a retaining ring,l therefor, a yvertically invention. 'disposed ring positioned against `thefront T5 Referring to the aecoinpanying drawings side of tlielens with its outer edge within forming' a part of the application: the retaining ring and provided at its inner Fieure l is side view of a headlinht odee with forwaidlvv extendine' ears a hand` 1:, e e provided with au anti-glare attachment eni- .smaller in diameter 1than said ring,` and enibody/ing` the invention, bracingsaid ears yand contacting with the S0 Figure 2 is an enlarged Sectional view, saine and with the front eide'of said ring'.

Figure 3 is an enlarged front view of the fastening` elements engaging the hand and headlight and attachment, and ears, a plurality of downwardly inclined Figure i is a sectional view on the line slats located within the baud and terniilfwlf of li1 igure 2, looking upwardly as desnalljvY provided with flanges secured to said S5 4.0 lgnated hy the arrows. hand, and ay downwardly inclined hood at- Corresponding and like parte are referred tached to the top of the rand and extending' to in the following' description and desigbeyond the'front thereof. nated inV the severalfviews of the drawings y In testimony' whereof aflix, iny signa hy lile referencecharacters. ture.y i The numeral l designates the easing of l i a headlight as generally provided for inotor JAMES F. lWOOD.

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