Patent ID: 7836902

Claim:
A sunshade comprising, in combination: a base including a top face; a coupling seat mounted to the top face of the base; a gear rotatably received in the coupling seat and including an outer periphery having a plurality of positioning grooves spaced in a circumferential direction; a supporting rod fixed to the gear, with the supporting rod and the gear rotatable relative to the base about a vertical axis perpendicular to the circumferential direction, with the supporting rod adapted for supporting a canopy; and an operative member including a first end pivotably coupled to the coupling seat and a second end, with a pawl extending from the first end of the operative member, with the second end of the operative member being operable to pivot the operative member to move the pawl between a coupling position releasably engaged in one of the plurality of the positioning grooves of the gear to fix the gear relative to the coupling seat and a release position disengaged from the plurality of positioning grooves with the supporting rod and the gear rotatable relative to the base about the vertical axis, allowing adjustment of an angular position of the canopy relative to the base, with the outer periphery of the gear including a plurality of teeth, with each of the plurality of positioning grooves formed between two of the plurality of teeth adjacent to each other, with the coupling seat including first and second lugs extending outward from an outer periphery thereof, with the first and second lugs having a spacing therebetween, with the first end of the operative member pivotably received in the spacing between the first and second lugs, with the sunshade further comprising, in combination: a pin extending through the first and second lugs and the first end of the operative member; and a spring mounted around the pin and having two tangs abutting the operative member and the coupling seat to bias the pawl to the coupling position.