Patent ID: 7744151

Claim:
Sunshade assembly comprising: a flexible sunscreen having opposed longitudinal edges; a rotatable winding shaft configured for winding and unwinding the sunscreen; and two opposed guides, wherein each guide is configured to guide one of the longitudinal edges, wherein the guides maintain tension on the sunscreen in a direction transverse to a direction of travel of the sunscreen, wherein each guide extends longitudinally in a curved manner in a plane which substantially is perpendicular to the sunscreen and in parallel to the respective longitudinal edge of the sunscreen and wherein a central portion of each guide is elevated relative to the end portions thereof when considered in a longitudinal direction, and wherein the sunscreen when extended comprises an arcuate configuration wherein a middle portion is raised relative to the opposed longitudinal edges and wherein longitudinal edge sections of the sunscreen are less stretchable than the remainder of the sunscreen and wherein the longitudinal edge sections slidably engage a transversely angled and inclined guide surface on each of the guides to form the arcuate configuration of the sunscreen when extended.