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US 2022/0018124 A1Published application
Sun tracking sun shade
OwnerWilliam C. Ayarsinventor
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Abstract
A sun shade includes a cover that is extendable and retractable, a guide rail assembly that is engageable with the cover and defines a first path of movement via a first movable engagement point between the cover and the guide rail assembly, and a support bracket that is engageable with the guide rail assembly and arranged at a lower position relative to the cover. The support bracket defines a second path of movement for the guide rail assembly with the cover via a second movable engagement point between the guide rail assembly and the support bracket.
Claims20
A sun shade comprising:
- a cover that is extendable and retractable;
- a guide rail assembly that is configured to movably support the cover and define a first path of movement for the cover, wherein a first movable engagement point is formed between the cover and the guide rail assembly;
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- a support bracket that is configured to movably support the guide rail assembly and define a second path of movement for the guide rail assembly with the cover, wherein a second movable engagement point is formed between the guide rail assembly and the support bracket.
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A method of forming a sun shade, the method comprising:
- forming a cover having a planar arrangement of panels that are extendable and retractable relative to each other in a plane of the cover;
- movably mounting the cover to a track portion of a guide rail assembly at a first movable engagement point having angular movement along a first path of movement defined by the track portion of the guide rail assembly;
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- movably mounting an arm of the guide rail assembly to a fixed support bracket at a second movable engagement point having angular movement along a second path of movement defined by the fixed support bracket.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.