Patent ID: 7753063

Claim:
A support frame apparatus for a sun shade, said support frame comprising: (a) a first frame-half sub-assembly, comprising: a first elongated support member extending between a first end and a second end along a first longitudinal axis; a first elongated press fit chair connector member extending between a third end and a fourth end along a second longitudinal axis; a first variable angle member that is in mechanical communication with said second end of the first elongated support member and that is in mechanical communication with said third end of the first elongated press fit chair connector member; (b) a second frame-half sub-assembly, comprising: a second elongated support member extending between a fifth end and a sixth end along a third longitudinal axis; a second elongated press fit chair connector member extending between a seventh end and an eighth end along a fourth longitudinal axis; a second variable angle member that is in mechanical communication with said sixth end of the second elongated support member and that is in mechanical communication with said seventh end of the second elongated press fit chair connector member; and (c) at least one cross-frame member that is in mechanical communication with said first elongated support member and with said second elongated support member and, in one configuration, which tends to hold said first and second elongated support members in a spaced-apart relationship; wherein: said first and second press fit chair connector members each are capable of being press fit to, and then maintain their positions on, an external object without the use of locking/unlocking hardware; and said first and second press fit chair connector members are spaced-apart from one another, and at their fourth and eighth ends are capable of being moved to a plurality of different positions, each having a varying distance from one another, without the use of locking/unlocking hardware.