Sun shade apparatus

Claim 1

A sun shade assembly for attachment to a chair having a pair of generally parallel side frame members spaced apart on opposite sides of the chair, comprising, in combination: first and second clamping means for mounting at a plurality of desired positions along respective ones of said side frame portions, each of said clamping means comprising an upper and a lower plate member and means for bolting said upper and lower members together with a respective one of said side frame portions of said chair clamped therebetween, said upper plate member having an upstanding tab portion having a bolt hole; and an elongated semi-flexible plastic sheet extending between and having its ends pivotally attached to and frictionally engaged by respective ones of said clamping means, the length of said plastic sheet member exceeding the distance between said side frame portions of said chair whereby said plastic sheet member is held bowed in a generally arcuate shape, each end of said plastic sheet member being bolted to the upper plate member of a respective one of said clamping means by means of a bolt passing through said bolt hole and the end of said plastic sheet member, and compressible washer means carried on each said bolt between each upstanding tab portion and the end of said plastic sheet member, said plastic sheet member having a central portion of greater width than said ends of said plastic sheet member.