Shielding device for shading and rain protection purposes

A shielding device for shading and rain-protection purposes, the shielding device comprising:

• a textile sheet material which is tensioned or can be rolled out into a planar configuration and is adapted to form a shield against solar radiation or rain, the textile sheet material having a woven fabric and a foam layer, the foam layer having foam pores that are separated from one another by solid foam walls, the foam layer being applied on at least one major surface of the woven fabric, the foam layer being open-pored;
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• wherein the woven fabric is a two-layered woven structure made from warp threads forming a warp thread layer, and weft threads forming a weft thread layer, one surface of the weft thread layer being engaged with the warp thread layer, the warp threads being tensioned in a substantially linear manner and the weft threads being tensioned in a substantially linear manner, the warp threads and weft threads being connected to one another to form a lattice-shaped structure wherein the warp threads and weft threads define elongate rectangular openings in the woven fabric, the openings in the woven fabric being delimited on the long side thereof by the weft threads, and wherein the textile sheet material is adapted to be positioned with the foam layer forming the upper surface of the textile sheet material.