Patent ID: 6871659

Claim:
A sunshade comprising: a post including an upper tube and a lower tube one of which is telescopically received in the other, one of the upper tube and the lower tube having a cord hole through which a lower end of a cord extends to an outside of the post; and a reel including a handle, a shaft being formed on an end of the handle, the shaft being rotatably supported by the post yet allowing relative telescopic movement between the upper tube and the lower tube, the shaft having a portion outside the post, with the lower end of the cord being attached to the portion of the shaft, the lower end of the cord being wound around the portion of the shaft when the cord is moved in a retracting direction, with the upper tube and the lower tube being selectively retained in an extended state and allowing the relative telescopic movement between the upper tube and the lower tube; the lower tube being telescopically received in the upper tube; the lower tube including a longitudinal groove in an outer periphery thereof, a portion of the cord being received in the longitudinal groove during the relative telescopic movement between the upper tube and the lower tube; and wherein the upper tube includes a lower cap attached to a lower end thereof, the lower cap including an end wall and a through hole extending through the end wall, a guide member projecting from an inner periphery of the lower cap and being guided in the longitudinal groove of the lower tube.