Automatically retractable sun shade assembly

An improved automatically retractable sun shade assembly, said assembly comprising, in combination:

• a) an elongated bracket having a longitudinally extending spine with two opposite ends and connector holders secured to said opposite ends and extending forwardly thereof, the exterior of the bracket including means for releasably connecting said bracket to a surface, and wherein said bracket exterior defines a rear groove within which is releasably received the base of a suction cup extending rearwardly of said bracket for connection to a surface;
• b) a rubber band twisted around its longitudinal axis to provide a rotary force;
• c) connectors releasably disposed in said connector holders and spaced from said spine, each said connector having a tubular extension spaced forwardly from but parallel to said spine, said extensions being spaced from but facing each other along a single longitudinal axis and releasably securing opposite ends of said rubber band;
• d) a generally cylindrical tube having a central space extending the length thereof, said tube having open opposite ends slideably secured around said extensions said central space containing said rubber band, said tube being spaced from but parallel to said spine;
• e) a pin secured to said rubber band and to said tube to transmit said rotary force from said rubber band to sid tube;
• and,
• f) an elongated flexible sun shade having one end thereof secured to the exterior of said tube and an opposite free end, the remainder of said shade being wrapped around said tube, whereby pulling said free end to unwrap said shade operates agaist the rotary force of said rubber band so that when said free end is released said sun shade automatically rewraps around said tube.

An improved automatically retractable sun shade assembly, said assembly comprising, in combination:

• a) an elongated bracket having a longitudinally extending spine with two opposite ends and connector holders secured to said opposite ends and extending forwardly thereof;
• b) a rubber band twisted around its longitudinal axis to provide a rotary force;
• c) connectors releasably disposed in said connector holders and spaced from said spine, each said connector having a tubular extension spaced forwardly from but parallel to said spine, said extensions being spaced from but facing each other along a single longitudinal axis and releasably securing opposite ends of said rubber band;
• d) a spaced pair of generally cylindrical tubes, each said tube having a central space extending the length thereof, said tube having open opposite ends slideably secured around said extensions said central space containing said rubber band, said tube being spaced from but parallel to said spine, said spaced pair of tubes being secured to said connector extensions on said opposite sides and parallel to but spaced from each other, and wherein a spaced pair of said sun shades are connected to said tubes for deploying in opposite directions from each other.

An improved automatically retractable sun shade array, said array comprising, in combination, a pair of sun shade assemblies, each said assembly comprising, in combination:

• a) an elongated bracket having a longitudinally extending spine with two opposite ends and connector holders secured to said opposite ends and extending forwardly thereof;
• b) a rubber band twisted around its longitudinal axis to provide a rotary force;
• c) connectors releasably disposed in said connector holders and spaced from said spine, each said connector having a tubular extension spaced forwardly from but parallel to said spine, said extensions being spaced from but facing each other along a single longitudinal axis and releasably securing opposite ends of said rubber band;
• d) a generally cylindrical tube having a central space extending the length thereof, said tube having open opposite ends slideably secured around said extensions said central space containing said rubber band, said tube being spaced from but parallel to said spine;
• e) a pin secured to said rubber band and to said tube to transmit said rotary force from said rubber band to said tube;
• and,
• f) an elongated flexible sun shade having one end thereof secured to the exterior of said tube and an opposite free end, the remainder of said shade being wrapped around said tube, whereby pulling said free end to unwrap said shade operates against the rotary force of said rubber band so that when said free end is released said sun shade automatically rewraps around said tube,
• said free ends of said sun shades being releasably connected together and with said brackets disposed remotely from each other.