Patent ID: 8777302

Claim:
A sunshade apparatus to be mounted over an opening of a roof of a vehicle, comprising: a pair of guide rails to be disposed on both sides of the opening; a screen to move along a longitudinal direction of each of the pair of guide rails to open or close the opening; and a roll-up device to send off or roll up the screen, wherein the roll-up device comprises a roll-up shaft having bending flexibility; a pair of end members disposed at both ends of the roll-up shaft; a pair of support members to be fixed to the vehicle to support each of the pair of end members; and an abutment member including a push-up portion to bend the roll-up shaft so as to protrude upward and a positioning portion to be disposed on the side of the opening relatively to the roll-up shaft to position the roll-up shaft, the pair of end members being formed so as to be movable relatively to the pair of support members in an open-close direction in which the screen is rolled up or sent off when the opening is opened or closed by use of the screen.