Patent ID: 7029061
Filing Date: 2006-04-18
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. A sun screen device comprising: a pair of elongate slide rails, each of which extends in a first direction, said slide rails being spaced apart from each other in a second direction transverse to the first direction; and a screen unit including: wherein each of said slide rails includes top and bottom walls opposite to each other in a third direction transverse to the first and second directions, and a lateral wall that interconnects said top and bottom walls, said top, bottom, and lateral walls cooperatively defining a rail groove, each of said sliding elements being disposed slidably in said rail groove in the respective one of said slide rails, each of said biasing members being mounted on the respective one of said sliding elements, and having a spring arm portion that abuts slidably and resiliently against one of said top and bottom walls of the respective one of said slide rails so as to bias the respective one of said sliding elements toward the other of said top and bottom walls of the respective one of said slide rails, wherein each of said biasing members further has a connecting end portion that extends from said spring arm portion, and that is connected securely to the respective one of said sliding elements, wherein each of said sliding elements includes first and second clamp pieces that are opposite to each other in the third direction, said connecting end portion of each of said biasing members being sandwiched between said first and second clamp pieces of the respective one of said sliding elements, wherein said spring arm portion of each of said biasing members abuts slidably and resiliently against said top wall of the respective one of said slide rails so as to bias said second clamp piece of the respective one of said sliding elements to abut slidably against said bottom wall of the respective one of said slide rails, and wherein said screen unit includes a pair of pad members, each of which is wrapped around said second clamp piece of a respective one of said sliding elements.