Sunshade for outdoor public space and outdoor public space having such a sunshade

A sunshade for an outdoor public space having a bottom surface, said sunshade including:

• a pane adapted to provide at least partial shade from sunlight;
• a mount adapted to be fixed to the bottom surface of the outdoor public space and supporting said pane so that said pane is orientable by rotation about an axis of rotation which is substantially vertical when said mount is fixed to the bottom surface,
• wherein said sunshade further includes a rotation control apparatus adapted to control said rotation of said pane,
• wherein said rotation control apparatus is adapted to brake said rotation of said pane by friction,
• wherein said pane is of substantially elongate shape, with a height extending longitudinally, substantially parallel to the axis of rotation, between a lower end and an upper end,
• wherein said rotation control apparatus includes:
• a user-controlled immobilization device movable between an immobilization position in which the user-controlled immobilization device is adapted to brake said pane by friction and a rotation position in which the immobilization device enables rotation of said pane around said axis of rotation;
• and an actuator adapted to move the user-controlled immobilization device between said immobilization position and said rotation position, said actuator being adapted to be controlled by a user, and wherein said user-controlled immobilization device is elastically biased toward the immobilization position.

A sunshade for an outdoor public space having a bottom surface, said sunshade including:

• a pane adapted to provide at least partial shade from sunlight;
• a mount adapted to be fixed to the bottom surface of the outdoor public space and supporting said pane so that said pane is orientable by rotation about an axis of rotation which is substantially vertical when said mount is fixed to the bottom surface,
• wherein said sunshade further includes a rotation control apparatus adapted to control said rotation of said pane,
• wherein said rotation control apparatus includes a seat-activated immobilization device which is movable between an immobilization position in which the seat-activated immobilization device is adapted to immobilize said pane and a rotation position in which the seat-activated immobilization device enables rotation of said pane around said axis of rotation,
• said sunshade having a seat for a user,
• said sunshade including a movable actuation part which is spring biased upwardly toward a rest position, said movable actuation part being adapted to move downward to an actuation position under a weight of the user when said user is seated on said seat, and said movable actuation part is connected to the seat-activated immobilization device so that the movable actuation part puts the seat-activated immobilization device:
• in the rotation position when said movable actuation part is in the rest position,
• and in the immobilization position when said movable actuation part is in the actuation position.

A sunshade for an outdoor public space having a bottom surface, said sunshade including:

• a pane adapted to provide at least partial shade from sunlight;
• a mount adapted to be fixed to the bottom surface of the outdoor public space and supporting said pane so that said pane is orientable by rotation about an axis of rotation which is substantially vertical when said mount is fixed to the bottom surface,
• wherein said sunshade further includes a rotation control apparatus adapted to control said rotation of said pane,
• wherein said pane has a rest angular position and said rotation control apparatus includes a return spring biasing the pane in rotation around said axis of rotation toward said rest angular position.

A sunshade for an outdoor public space having a bottom surface, said sunshade including:

• a pane adapted to provide at least partial shade from sunlight;
• a mount adapted to be fixed to the bottom surface of the outdoor public space and supporting said pane so that said pane is orientable by rotation about an axis of rotation which is substantially vertical when said mount is fixed to the bottom surface,
• wherein said sunshade further includes a rotation control apparatus adapted to control said rotation of said pane,
• wherein said rotation control apparatus is adapted to limit by abutment a rotation amplitude of the pane around the rotation axis.

A sunshade for an outdoor public space having a bottom surface, said sunshade including:

• a pane adapted to provide at least partial shade from sunlight;
• a mount adapted to be fixed to the bottom surface of the outdoor public space and supporting said pane so that said pane is orientable by rotation about an axis of rotation which is substantially vertical when said mount is fixed to the bottom surface,
• wherein said sunshade further includes a rotation control apparatus adapted to control said rotation of said pane,
• wherein said rotation control apparatus is adapted to brake said rotation of said pane by friction,
• wherein said pane is of substantially elongate shape, with a height extending longitudinally, substantially parallel to the axis of rotation, between a lower end and an upper end,
• wherein said rotation control apparatus includes a braking device having a braking pad in contact with a circular braking track centered on said axis of rotation,
• and wherein said braking pad is adjustable in position relative to said circular braking track.

A sunshade for an outdoor public space having a bottom surface, said sunshade including:

• a pane adapted to provide at least partial shade from sunlight;
• a mount adapted to be fixed to the bottom surface of the outdoor public space and supporting said pane so that said pane is orientable by rotation about an axis of rotation which is substantially vertical when said mount is fixed to the bottom surface,
• wherein said sunshade further includes a rotation control apparatus adapted to control said rotation of said pane,
• wherein said rotation control apparatus is adapted to brake said rotation of said pane by friction,
• wherein said pane is of substantially elongate shape, with a height extending longitudinally, substantially parallel to the axis of rotation, between a lower end and an upper end,
• wherein said rotation control apparatus includes a braking device having a braking pad in contact with a circular braking track centered on said axis of rotation,
• and wherein said circular braking track faces radially outwardly relative to the axis of rotation and said braking pad bears radially inwardly against said circular braking track.