Collapsible sunshade
OwnerWu-Hsiung Chen, Chien-Jung Cheninventors
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Abstract
A collapsible sunshade includes a frame and a top cover which is mounted on the frame. The frame includes a shaft which has an outer tube and an inner tube that is telescopically inserted into the outer tube. A runner assembly is sleeved on the outer tube. A main rib assembly is pivoted to a top end of the inner tube for mounting the top cover. A collapsible stretcher assembly is pivoted to the main rib assembly and is connected to the runner assembly. The runner assembly can cooperate with a bottom end of the inner tube so as to move the inner tube upward and outward from the outer tube simultaneously with the stretching of the main rib assembly. Preferably, the main rib assembly is collapsible, and has pivot connectors that impede the collapsing of the main rib assembly.
Claims10
A collapsible sunshade including a frame and a top cover which is mounted on said frame, said frame comprising:
- a shaft including an outer tube and an inner tube which is telescopically inserted into said outer tube;
- runner means sleeved on said outer tube;
- a main rib assembly pivoted to a top end of said inner tube for mounting said top cover;
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- a stretcher assembly pivoted to said main rib assembly and connected to said runner means;
- said runner means having means for cooperating with a bottom end of said inner tube so as to move said inner tube upward and outward from said outer tube when said runner means is moved upward to stretch said main rib assembly.
A collapsible sunshade including a frame and a top cover which is mounted on said frame, said frame comprising:
- a shaft including an outer tube and an inner tube which is telescopically inserted into said outer tube;
- runner means sleeved on said outer tube;
- a main rib assembly provided on a top end of said inner tube for mounting said top cover;
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- a stretcher assembly pivoted to said main rib assembly and connected to said runner;
- at least one of said stretcher assembly and said main rib assembly further including a pivot connector which includes a channel member, a pivot pin extending across said channel member, a shaft member extending into said channel member and having a proximal end mounted on said pivot pin so as to permit turning of said shaft member between a collapsed position and a stretched position relative to said channel member, a sleeve movably provided on said shaft member and received in said channel member, and a spring provided around said shaft member to urge said sleeve to project from said proximal end of said shaft member in an axial direction of said shaft member, thereby impeding said shaft member from turning relative to said channel member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.