Shading structure

A shading structure (10) having an open state and a closed state and comprising:

• a canopy (12) comprising at least two attachment places (18), wherein the canopy (12) is affixed to further components of the shading structure (10) at the at least two attachment places (18), wherein the two attachment places (18) are inside places of the canopy (12) and define an axis of rotation (21);
• a pole (20) extending in the direction of the axis of rotation (21), to which the canopy (12) is affixed at the attachment places (18) and around which the canopy (12) is rolled up in the closed state of the shading structure (10);
• at least two stiffening sections (14) arranged along a periphery of the canopy (12), wherein adjacent stiffening sections (14) are coupled to each other by a respective articulating member (16), and wherein the canopy (12) is stretched in the open state of the shading structure (10) by means of the stiffening sections (14) coupled to each other by the articulating member(s) (16);
• and
• an auxiliary pole (23), the endpoints of which are connected to a base point of the pole (20) and to one of the at least two stiffening sections (14), respectively, and a connection point of which is a point of the stiffening section (14) that is located at the same distance from the base point of the pole (20) in both the open and closed states of the shading structure (10), wherein
• the at least two attachment places (18) are inside of the canopy (12),
• in the open state of the shading structure (10) the stiffening sections (14) are skew with respect to the axis of rotation (21), and
• in the closed state of the shading structure (10) the stiffening sections (14) extend in the direction of the axis of rotation (21), and the canopy (12) is rolled up around the axis of rotation (21).