Patent ID: 7780220

Claim:
A sunshade apparatus for use with a vehicle having a roof and windows including front and side windows, said apparatus comprising: a sunshade housing adapted for mounting in or on said roof and having a top, a bottom and a horizontally extending perimeter when the apparatus is installed in or on said roof; four panels mounted to and supported by said housing with each panel being movable between a respective retracted position, where the panels are disposed on top of one another in stacked relation, and a respective extended position where each panel extends outwardly from a side of the housing and where the four panels together form a substantially continuous shade surface extending about said perimeter of said housing and are capable of providing shade for said windows of the vehicle including said front and side windows; and a panel guide mechanism for each of said panels connected to its respective panel and the housing, said guide mechanism constraining its respective panel for movement along a substantially linear path between the panel's extended and retracted positions; wherein said shade surface includes corner shade areas located at and extending outwardly both longitudinally and transversely from corners of said roof during use of said sunshade apparatus and wherein, relative to a front and a rear of said vehicle, and when said panels are in their extended positions and are in use, a first of said panels extends towards the front and a right side of the vehicle, a second of said panels extends towards the right and a left side of the vehicle, a third of said panels extends towards the rear and the right side of the vehicle, and a fourth of said panels extends towards the rear and the left side of the vehicle.