ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,252, issued on July 21.
"Sunshade" was invented by Yuen Mao (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure concerns a sunshade have a collapsible body with a first elongated compartment and a second elongated compartment slidably coupled to the first elongated compartment. A first retractable substrate is coupled to the first elongated compartment where the first retractable substrate is configured to retract within the first elongated compartment. Likewise, a second retractable substrate is coupled to the second elongated compartment where the second retractable substrate is configured to retract within the second elongate...