Windshield sun shade

[1] Years later in 1970, The Israeli businessman Avraham Levy invented an accordion-like cardboard sun blocker and claimed he sold 1 million of the devices in Israel since the mid-1970s.

[4] Some windshield sun shades have a reflective surface to bounce the light without hitting the objects in the car, reducing the interior temperature.

Sunlight passing through the car's windshield produces the greenhouse effect, heating the interior to a temperature much higher than the outside air.

Prolonged exposure to direct sunlight can also make the dashboard fade and eventually crack, or cause damage to items left in the car, such as mobile phones, laptops and other electronic devices.

There are small rectangular shaped shades for babies made from dark nylon mesh which are attached to the window with a suction cup.