Convertible sun shade

Abstract

A sun shade is disclosed which is readily convertible from a ground supported shade to a chair-back supported shade for use while sunbathing. The sun shade includes a U-shaped support member having the bottom portion of the U as a rearward support for the shade and the legs of the U being forwardly positioned. A pair of upright support members are each pivotally mounted on each of the legs of the U-shaped member, proximate to the bottom portion of the U. A canopy is pivotally mounted between the upright support members on the upper end thereof, for shielding sunlight from the region between the legs of the U-shaped member. When the shade is employed in its ground supported embodiment, a pair of anchor spikes are pivotally mounted, one on each of the legs of the U-shaped member, as a forward ground support for the shade, the spikes being driven into the ground for anchorage. The bottom portion of the U for the U-shaped member serves as the rearward ground support for the shade. When the shade is employed in its chair-back support embodiment, a pair of clamps are used to clamp each of the legs of the U-shaped member to the frame of the back of a chair so that the canopy shades the back of the chair. A special clamping mechanism is employed to lock the pivotal mounting of the canopy to the upright support members, thereby making the canopy manually adjustable to follow the position of the sun.

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