Sunshade device
AssigneeChen-Hsiung Lin
InventorRobert Sachs
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Abstract
A sunshade device has a sunshade awning, a clamp device, an angle adjusting device, and an extensible support. The sunshade awning has a flexible steel ring and a fabric. The extensible support has an outer pipe, and an inner pipe inserted in the outer pipe. The clamp device has a lower tube, a first clamping plate, and a second clamping plate. The first clamping plate and the second clamping plate clamp the flexible steel ring. The angle adjusting device has an upper sleeve inserted in the lower tube and a lower sleeve engaging with the upper sleeve. The lower sleeve has a lower pipe inserted in the inner pipe.
Claims4
A sunshade device comprises:
- a sunshade awning, a clamp device, an angle adjusting device, and an extensible support,
- the sunshade awning having a flexible steel ring and a fabric enclosed by the flexible steel ring,
- the extensible support having an outer pipe and an inner pipe inserted in the outer pipe,
- the clamp device having a lower tube, a first clamping plate, a second clamping plate disposed on the lower tube, and the second clamping plate engaging with the first clamping plate,
- a first groove of the first clamping plate and a second groove of the second clamping plate receiving the flexible steel ring,
- the angle adjusting device having an upper sleeve inserted in the lower tube and a lower sleeve engaging with the upper sleeve,
- the upper sleeve having an insertion journal, a pivot hole formed in the insertion journal, a click flange disposed on a bottom of the insertion journal, and a plurality of recesses formed on the click flange,
- the lower sleeve having a lower pipe inserted in the inner pipe, an upper notch receiving the insertion journal, a chamber formed beneath the upper notch, a generally oblong hole communicating with the chamber, and a through hole matching the pivot hole of the insertion journal,
- the chamber receiving a push block,
- the push block having a positioning post and a confining protrusion,
- the confining protrusion of the push block inserted in one of the recesses of the click flange,
- the generally oblong hole of the lower sleeve receiving a coiled spring,
- the positioning post of the push block inserted in an end of the coiled spring, and
- a pivot pin fastening the lower sleeve and the upper sleeve pivotally via the through hole of the lower sleeve and the pivot hole of the upper sleeve,
- when the push block is pushed inward, the confining protrusion of the push block is disengaged from one of the recesses of the click flange and the angle of the upper sleeve will be adjusted,
- when the push block is released, the confining protrusion of the push block will be inserted in one of the recesses of the click flange.
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