Patent ID: 8485207

Claim:
A shade system 100 comprising: (a) a main shaft 110 having a first end 111 and a second end 112 , the second end 112 is adapted to engage a hitch receiver 201 on a vehicle, the main shaft 110 is divided into a first half 210 and a second half 220 , the first half 210 comprising the first end 111 and the second half 220 comprising the second end 112 , the first half 210 and the second half 220 are connected via a pivot component 230 , wherein the pivot component 230 allows the first half 210 to pivot to a first side and to a second side with respect to the second half 220 of the main shaft 110 ; (b) a telescopic arm 120 telescopically received in the first end 111 of the main shaft 110 , the telescopic arm 120 can be secured in a particular desired position via a first locking mechanism 118 b; (c) a vertical shaft 130 extending upwardly from the telescopic arm 120 , an umbrella holder 140 being disposed on a top end 131 of the vertical shaft 130 , an umbrella 101 having an umbrella shaft 150 being received in the umbrella holder and can slide upwardly and downwardly through the umbrella holder 140 and can be secured in a position via an umbrella locking mechanism 160 ; (d) a barrier bar 250 extending outwardly from the main shaft 110 at the pivot component 230 , the barrier bar 250 is generally perpendicularly to the second half 220 of the main shaft 110 , the barrier bar 250 is adapted to prevent the first half 210 of the main shaft 110 from pivoting too far to the first side or the second side with respect to the second half 220 of the main shaft 110 ; and (e) a flange 260 extending downwardly from the pivot component of the main shaft 110 , and a hitch ball 270 being disposed on the flange 260 ; and wherein the umbrella 101 comprises a crank 106 .