Car windshield shades that look like giant sunglasses were invented by Abraham levy of israel . over a million were sold in israel from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s the idea came to levy when he had to park his car in the sun. he knew his car would be hot inside when he came back he decided to invent something to solve the problem but the first models didnt work for instance he tried products made of plywood, but they were not practical. levy worked with lots of models and materials before he came up wiht folding cardboard