Patent ID: 7431388

Claim:
A chair with a built-in sun-protective device comprising: a chair frame composed of a seat frame, a back frame, and armrests; and a sun-protective device having a sun-shading blind and frame members moveably built into the back frame and the armrests with the possibility of retracting the frame members of the sun-protective device from the back frame and the armrests to a working position with the sun-shading blind above the back frame and the seat frame and with possibility of withdrawing said frame members of the sun-protective device into hidden positions in which they are hidden in said back frame and said armrests, wherein the back frame of said chair frame comprises a pair of hollow tubular members that have upper ends and a first cross bar that interconnects said upper ends of the hollow tubular members of the back frame, the frame members of the sun-protective device comprising retractable rods telescopically inserted into the hollow tubular members of the back frame, said retractable rods having inner ends and outer ends, said outer ends of the retractable rods being interconnected by a second cross bar that rests onto said first cross bar when the sun-protective device is withdrawn into said hidden positions, the aforementioned armrests being hollow and having guides inside said armrests and retractable strips that have outer ends located in said armrests on the guides, said retractable strips that can be retracted forward from the armrests along said guides or withdrawn into a position inside the armrests where said retractable strips are hidden, the upper ends of the hollow tubular members of the back frame and the front ends of the retractable strips being connected by flexible members that are used for supporting and guiding said sun-shading blind.