Sunshade apparatus

Abstract

A sunshade apparatus for shading a chair has a flexible canopy element, a support structure for supporting the flexible canopy element above the chair, and a pair of attachment elements. Each of the attachment elements is attached to the support structure for mounting the flexible canopy element above the chair. Each of the pair of attachment elements includes a clamp having a first locking portion hingably attached to a second locking portion, and a locking screw for clamping the first and second locking portions around a tubular element of the chair.

1 . A sunshade apparatus for shading a chair, the sunshade apparatus comprising:
 a flexible canopy element;   a support structure for supporting the flexible canopy element above the chair; and   a pair of attachment elements, each of the attachment elements being attached to the support structure for mounting the flexible canopy element above the chair,   wherein each of the pair of attachment elements includes a clamp having a first locking portion hingably attached to a second locking portion, and a locking screw for clamping the first and second locking portions around a tubular element of the chair.   
   
   
       2 . The sunshade apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein the locking screw is hingably attached to the first locking portion and pivots between a closed position wherein the locking screw lockingly engages the second locking portion, and an open position wherein the locking screw is disengaged from the second locking portion. 
   
   
       3 . The sunshade apparatus of  claim 3 , wherein the first locking portion and the second locking portion each include concave inner surfaces adapted to clamp against the tubular element of the chair. 
   
   
       4 . The sunshade apparatus of  claim 4 , wherein the locking screw includes a knob that enables a user to manually tighten each of the pair of attachment elements so that the first locking portion and the second locking portion are tightly clamped around the tubular element.