Patent ID: 8434817

Claim:
A sunshade for a vehicle, comprising: a pair of guide rails extended at a side edge of a light passing portion provided on a vehicle roof, the guide rails arranged opposite to each other; a plurality of extending portions formed on each of the guide rails and extending towards the opposite guide rail, the extending portions defining slide recessed grooves; a sliding member supported by the extending portions and slidably provided in each of the slide recessed grooves; an engaging portion formed on said each sliding member; and a plurality of shade panels slidably supported in the slide recessed grooves, respectively, via the sliding member, the shade panels being configured to interoperate each other by an engagement of each of the engaging portions during at least one of an opening operation and a closing operation of the sunshade; wherein the extending portions include an upper extending portion extending towards the opposite guide rail to overlap with at least a portion of the engaging portions and formed at an upper portion in an upward-downward direction of the vehicle, a lower extending portion extending towards the opposite guide rail to overlap with at least a portion of the engaging portions and formed at a lower portion in the upward-downward direction of the vehicle, and an intermediate extending portion positioned between the upper extending portion and the lower extending portion in the upward-downward direction of the vehicle and having a shorter extending length compared to the upper extending portion and the lower extending portion; and wherein the engaging portion is positioned between the upper extending portion and the lower extending portion in the upward-downward direction of the vehicle and in the vicinity of a tip end of the intermediate portion extending towards the opposite guide rail.