Patent ID: 7393048

Claim:
A sunshade panel apparatus, comprising: a first sunshade panel, a second sunshade panel and a third sunshade panel provided below a panel attached to a roof portion of a vehicle, the first sunshade panel located at the forefront in a forward and backward direction of the vehicle, the third sunshade panel located at the rearmost in the forward and backward direction and the second sunshade panel adjacently located between the first sunshade panel and the third sunshade panel; first connecting member connecting the second sunshade panel and the third sunshade panel so that the second sunshade panel and the third sunshade panel are moved integrally or relatively in a manner that the second and third sunshade panels are moved between closing positions, in which the second and third sunshade panels are arranged adjacent to each other within the same plane, and opening positions, in which the second and third sunshade panels are arranged to overlap each other in parallel; a guide rail supporting the first, second and third sunshade panels to be slidable within the same plane; and a panel housing portion for storing the first, second and third sunshade panels overlapping one another in parallel and provided with inclined guiding portions at both end portions in the forward and backward direction of the vehicle to move the first, second and third sunshade panels in parallel in an upward direction of the vehicle, wherein the first connecting member includes: a supporting portion provided at one of the second and third sunshade panels and supported to be rotatable about a horizontal axis parallel to a width direction of the vehicle; an engagement groove provided at the other one of the second and third sunshade panels; an engagement portion slidably engaged with the engagement groove; and a biasing member for applying a rotational moment about the supporting portion to the engagement portion.