Patent ID: 8393343

Claim:
A shade assembly adapted to attach to a railing system including a plurality of horizontal rail members coupled to a plurality of baluster members vertically projecting relative to a floor comprising: a) a shade cover having a flexible member and means for expanding and contracting the flexible member to vary the tension of the flexible member between collapsed and deployed conditions; b) a pole adapted to support said shade cover and including means for varying the relative angular displacement of the shade cover to the pole; and c) first and second fasteners each having a horizontal channel space adapted to respectively contain a first and a second rail member of a railing system within the horizontal channel space and further including respective first and second collars adapted to contain said pole to said first and second fasteners and fix the separation of the first and second fasteners to the first and second rail members, wherein at least one of said first and second fasteners includes first and second channel pieces mounted to reciprocally telescope relative to each other to extend and abut adjoining balusters of a railing system, wherein a fastener fixes the relative extension of said first and second channel pieces, whereby upon mounting the first and second fasteners to the first and second rail members and the pole to the first and second fasteners, the pole and cover are contained to a railing system.