The invention provides equipment for protection from the sun and other weather elements. The equipment comprises container structures that collapse into a closed, compact, highly portable configuration, and unfold into an open position to provide a variety of convenient structures that provide protection from weather elements, and in particular, provide a shaded environment. The invention provides individual shade containers as well as modular multi-container extended shade systems. The compositions of the invention have a variety of uses, including uses as portable shelters for outdoor market vendors and outdoor entertainment. The individual shade containers and the multi-container shade systems are highly customizable to any particular intended use.
E04F 10/06 - SunshadesAwnings of flexible canopy materials, e.g. canvas comprising a roller-blind with means for holding the end away from a building
E04F 10/10 - SunshadesAwnings of a plurality of similar rigid parts, e.g. slabs, lamellae collapsible
E04B 1/344 - Structures characterised by movable, separable, or collapsible parts, e.g. for transport with hinged parts
E04H 1/12 - Small buildings or other erections for limited occupation, erected in the open air or arranged in buildings, e.g. kiosks, waiting shelters for bus stops or for filling stations, roofs for railway platforms, watchmen's huts or dressing cubicles
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