US Patent Issued on March 17 for "Reinforcement element for sun shades, buckle resistant sun shades, sun shades for vehicles, and method of making same" (Maryland Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,697, issued on March 17.

"Reinforcement element for sun shades, buckle resistant sun shades, sun shades for vehicles, and method of making same" was invented by Xiao Shi (Laurel, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sunshade for vehicles that is durable for use with extra-large windows. The sunshade is foldable and unfoldable between a first, extended, in use configuration and a second, compact, storage configuration. The sunshade is buckling resistance so as to reduce the instances in which buckling occurs during use while positioned proximate an inner surface of the vehicle window."

The patent was filed on Feb. 21, 2025, under Ap...