Abstract: A sun protection device is proposed having a fanlike sunshade which includes rods which are mounted at one end in a manner which allows them to pivot about a first common axis for individual adjustment, so that the rods can be collapsed and spread apart by pivoting about this first axis, and which has a sunshade covering which is mounted between the rods, and the device also having a sunshade pole on which the rods are arranged via a pivot joint which has a pivot axis extending transversely to the longitudinal axis of the sunshade pole. According to the invention, the pivot joint is designed in such a manner that in every position of the joint, the first pivot axis (11) lies in a plane with the longitudinal axis of the sunshade pole.