Sunshade--foldable and hand-transportable

Shielding means particularly suitable for use by an individual as a sunshade for his face, comprising:

• first generally flat shield means;
• second generally flat shield means;
• rigid, elongate means formed into a first loop configuration at one end and a second loop configuration at the other end;
• first cylindrical means adapted to fit snugly within said first loop configuration;
• second cylindrical means adapted to fit snugly within said second loop configuration;
• said first generally flat shield means and said first cylindrical means being adapted for interconnection in use whereby the first cylindrical means seated in said first loop configuration serves as a pivot for fan-like adjustment of the first shield means around said one end of said rigid elongate means;
• said second generally flat shield means and said second cylindrical means being adapted for interconnection in use whereby the second cylindrical means seated in said second loop configuration serves as a pivot for fan-like adjustment of the second shield means around said other end of said rigid elongate means;
• said rigid, elongate means including manual loop size adjusting means to permit independent adjustment of the loop size at each of its end loop configurations;
• each of said shield means being rotatable in use around its pivot through at least 300.degree. of rotation;
• the parts of said shielding means cooperating so that when it is in use one of the generally flat shield means can be held flush against a horizontal surface by weight means, said rigid elongate means can extend upwardly therefrom at any of various angular adjustments and the other shield means can be adjusted to a position of outward extension from said rigid elongate means at any of a variety of angular positions with respect to the latter;
• the loop configuration at the pivot of said other shield means being of such character that the weight of that shield means acting through frictional contact of its cooperating cylindrical means with said loop configuration has a tendency to cause tightening of the latter around said cylindrical means which serves to resist downward movement of said other shield means about its pivot under the force of gravity during normal usage of the shielding means by a sunbather.