Patent ID: 9643476
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: B32B,B60J

Claim:
1. A folding automobile sunshade comprising: a bottom sheet of flexible material, the bottom sheet having a top edge and a bottom edge opposite the top edge, the top and bottom edges of the flexible sheet defining top and bottom edges of the folding automobile sunshade; a plurality of stiffening strips arranged on the bottom sheet and extending in a direction from the bottom edge to the top edge, the stiffening strips being sufficiently flexible that they are capable of being rolled up onto a roll of stiffening strip material; at least one stiffener panel, the stiffener panel being sufficiently stiff that it is incapable of being rolled up into a roll of stiffener panel material, the stiffener panel extending generally in parallel with the stiffening strips; and a top sheet of flexible material over the bottom sheet, the stiffening strips, and the stiffener panel, and affixed to the stiffening strips; wherein: the folding automobile sunshade folds into a stack of sunshade panels of differing stiffnesses, the stack of sunshade panels of different stiffnesses including: