Patent ID: 6691965
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
A support device for mounting a sunshade on a platform, the sunshade including an elongate housing which extends in a longitudinal direction, and a screen which is retractably received in the housing and which is pullable out of the housing, said support device comprising:a mount member including a bottom portion which is adapted to be secured on the platform, and a pivot portion extending upwardly from said bottom portion; an angle adjusting member including a pivot segment which is connected pivotally to said pivot portion such that said pivot segment is rotatable relative to said pivot portion about a pivot axis in the longitudinal direction, a connecting segment which extends from said pivot segment in a radial direction relative to the pivot axis, and an adjusting segment which extends from said connecting segment, which terminates at a distal end, and which has proximate and distal adjusting regions that are respectively proximate to and distal from said connecting segment, said proximate and distal adjusting regions being configured to be angularly displaced from each other about a center axis that is parallel to the pivot axis; a retaining member disposed to restrain rotation of said pivot segment relative to said pivot portion; an anchoring member mounted movably on said adjusting segment, and adapted to anchor the housing of the sunshade, said anchoring member including a lower portion with two sides opposite to each other in a transverse direction relative to the longitudinal direction, and front and rear walls which extend respectively and upwardly from said sides of said lower portion and which respectively terminate at front and rear edges that are spaced apart from each other in the transverse direction so as to confine therebetween a clearance adapted for the screen to pass therethrough; and a positioning member disposed on said rear wall, and retainingly displaceable between said proximate and distal adjusting regions so as to enable adjustment of angular position of said anchoring member relative to said angle adjusting member.