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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7588042 | Folding shaft for umbrellas A folding shaft for umbrellas includes a first section having a circular cross section and the first section is retractably received in a second section which includes an enclosed cross section which includes a plurality of straight sides and a plurality of first cu... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7363930 | Umbrella tilt mechanism The tilt mechanism has a pair of tubular members and a catch which is fixedly mounted in the upper member and pivotally mounted in the lower member to permit tilting of the two members relative to each other. A pin is mounted in the lower member and is biased into o... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7322371 | Lock mechanism of large umbrella for effecting a multi-sectional length adjustment of telescopic shank A lock mechanism mounted in a large umbrella includes a sliding sleeve including an aperture on surface of a lower extension, a telescopic shank including a lower tube fixed in a handle and a sliding upper tube, a lock device disposed in the upper tube such that dis... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318443 | Pagoda-shaped umbrella A pagoda-shaped umbrella includes a center post, a crown fixed to an upper end of the center post, a runner movable along the center post, a plurality of ribs each coupled to the runner by a stretcher, and a canopy supported by the ribs. A canopy retainer is mounted... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7311110 | Automatic close umbrella with automatic resetting feature An automatic close umbrella is disclosed. As folding an umbrella, the user presses a control device on a handle by one finger so that a tenon is released from a buckle and thus the buckle unit of the lower rib collector is separated from the lower central pole. Furt... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7246629 | Beach umbrella One embodiment of a beach umbrella comprises a telescopic shank and a folding radial frame including ribs each including a first segment, a second segment, and a hinge pivotably interconnecting the segments, and spreaders each having one end pivotably connected to t... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7210491 | Umbrella structure An umbrella structure includes a cover, a shaft, a notch, a runner, main ribs and stretchers. The notch is extended downward to form a fixing portion. The fixing portion has one end disposed with a protruding loop section, and an appropriate position disposed with a... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7210490 | Super mini umbrella The invention relates to a super mini umbrella, which has a shorter length for facilitating carrying by people. The umbrella includes a shaft having its lowest tube with many impressions covered with glue to insert into a connector in a handle of the umbrella. A run... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7204261 | Lower nest structure of collapsible umbrella A lower nest structure for a collapsible umbrella is provided, which contains a tubular member and a body member. The tubular member is sleeved over the central shaft and contains a tubular section and an operation knob. A pair of guiding holes and a pair of wedges ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7185665 | Golf bag umbrella An umbrella for use in a golf bag for protecting items stored in the golf bag, the umbrella comprising: a telescopic shaft including an upper sliding tube, and a lower support tube for slidingly receiving a portion of the upper sliding tube, the lower support tube h... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7168438 | Control device for opening and closing automatic umbrella A control device for opening and closing an automatic umbrella includes a handle, a lower tube, a control member, a press plate, a bullet head, an upper tube, and a push button. Thus, the push button is pressed in a two-stage manner to push and pivot the press plate... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7168437 | Apparatus for anchoring an umbrella An apparatus for anchoring a device or for carrying articles on a device includes a ring structure and at least one container attached to the ring structure. The ring structure includes a container holder and a shaft holder. The at least one container is attached to... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7121289 | Expandable multiuser umbrella An expandable multiuser umbrella includes a pair of elongated telescoping shafts each having a plurality of expandable support struts radially extending therefrom. The support struts support a canopy member having two opposing side sections with an expandable interm... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7063096 | Side cover for a collapsible tent A side cover structure for a collapsible tent includes a fabric side cover that is vertically suspended between two post. Each post has inner and outer pole sections that are telescopically engaged. Each pole section has exterior longitudinal grooves. The fabric sid... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7063428 | Removable lightbank extension A photography lightbank is extendable axially and radially to a larger size by an extension ring, which is removably attachable to the distal (front) end of the lightbank shroud. Extension rod connectors are configured for attachment of extension rods, which support... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6959715 | Umbrella for departing auto passenger A procedure for an umbrella-assisted departure on a rainy day through a door opening used to exit from a vehicle, in which an open umbrella is clamped to the top edge of the door so that the site of attachment correlates to the bottom hand-held location on the umbre... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6941960 | Runner lock device for umbrella A runner lock device for umbrella includes a retainer attached onto an outer peripheral portion of a central post, a barrel slidably engaged onto the central post and having an opening to receive the retainer and to latch the barrel to the retainer and to the centra... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6918399 | Automatic umbrella The present invention relates to an automatic umbrella, which mainly uses an elastic frame to receive the second rib of the umbrella. The elastic frame can be connected with the runner easily. In opening procedure, the elastic branch rib of the elastic frame can be ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6904923 | Sunshade A sunshade has a shade and at least two supports, with each support having a second end that is coupled to the shade at spaced-apart locations thereof. The sunshade also has a connector coupled to the first end of each support, the connector having a central portion... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6866053 | Beach umbrella having telescopic shank A telescopic shank of beach umbrella invention for facilitating height adjustment and storage is provided. In one embodiment, the shank comprises an upper support tube and a lower sliding tube comprising a top fastening mechanism the fastening mechanism including an... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6854474 | Openable and obliquely rotatable umbrella An openable and obliquely rotatable umbrella comprises a rod body having an upper shaft and a lower shaft; an upper cell set firmly secured to the upper shaft; a lower cell set installed to the upper shaft and the lower shaft; two pulleys installed on the upper shaf... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6810894 | Automatic folding umbrella An automatic folding umbrella is disclosed. Operation of opening and retracting the umbrella is performed by the controlling device installed in the handle, The umbrella comprises of a set of telescopic shafts which includes an upper shaft, a middle shaft and a lowe... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6729340 | Umbrella with switch for folding and opening umbrella automatically A switch for folding and opening an umbrella automatically, comprises an engaging tube having a first spring and a second spring, and a buckle; one end of the engaging tube has a tube; a lateral side of the tube having a protrusion; two outer lateral sides of the en... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6684893 | Simplified controlling apparatus of an automatic umbrella The present invention relates to a simplified controlling apparatus of an automatic umbrella, which includes a control loop and an elastic control bar. A handle with a single button is provided to receive the controlling apparatus. The simplified structur... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6446649 | Apparatus for anchoring an umbrella An apparatus and method for anchoring an umbrella that has a shaft are disclosed. The apparatus includes a plurality of containers that can contain a material or object that provides weight to the containers, preferably equal to the combined weight of the... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6422250 | Wire connection device for folding umbrellas A foldable umbrella includes a finishing cap with a plurality of first ribs pivotally connected thereto and a first recess is defined in an outer periphery of the finishing cap so that a first pulley and a first pin are received in the first recess. A sha... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6418949 | Multiple-fold umbrella shaft having telescopic tubes outwardly decreased in concave quadrants A multiple-fold umbrella shaft, consisting of a plurality of tubes telescopically engageable with one another, includes an inner tube having concave quadrants designated as Vi, and an outer tube slidably engageable with the inner tube and having concave q... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6415805 | Closing mechanism used in a quadruple folding collapsible umbrella A closing mechanism used in an automatic quadruple folding collapsible umbrella is provided that comprises a pair of rollers and a round pin that cooperate with a rope to perform a closing operation. The pair of rollers is provided on one side of the umbr... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6401736 | Umbrella device with engaging mechanism An umbrella device incorporating an engaging mechanism for securing the umbrella to fixed location. The device includes an elongated shaft having a top end and a bottom end and which is capable of being extended across an overall axial length. A fabric co... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6390107 | Double-story umbrella A double-story umbrella includes an upper umbrella, and a lower umbrella detachably coupled with the upper umbrella and operatively opened to be a beach umbrella or a big umbrella having large shielding area; whereby upon uncoupling of the upper and lower... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6382222 | Safety locking mechanism used on umbrella rods An improved safety locking mechanism according to the invention is particularly suitable for use in a five or more folding collapsible umbrella. The mechanism comprises a specially designed runner in conjunction with an actuator element. A plunger and a s... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6371686 | Central shaft for collapsible umbrella An improved central shaft for collapsible umbrella includes a plurality of telescopic tubes. Each pair of adjacent tubes are overlapped and engaged by a circular perimeter section and a flat indent plane, or a flat indent plane and an inside concave secti... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6360759 | Multiple-fold automatic umbrella with penta-fold rope A multiple-fold automatic umbrella includes a penta-fold rope having its inner rope end secured with a locking head locked in a grip of a central shaft and defining a first rope section of the penta-fold rope from the locking head through an interior of t... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6341613 | Folding device for umbrella A foldable umbrella includes a control device on the handle of the umbrella and the control device includes a ring which has a projection that is engaged three aligned holes in three tubes of a shaft when the when the umbrella is folded. An end member is ... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6338353 | Self-opening and foldable umbrella A four-segment foldable umbrella comprises a shank, a rib assembly, an opening spring, a closing spring, a control mechanism, and a plurality of gores. The shank further comprises a top fulcrum, an outer pipe, a second middle pipe, a first middle pipe, an... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6302124 | Umbrella with telescoping tubes, tube latching means with spring urgency, and fabric cover that hides the latch when cover is closed An open spaced apart patio sun umbrella which, when the top thereof is raised, undergoes a reshaping into an inverted v-shape closed condition and makes, to the extent it is raised, the location of an unlatching mechanism within convenient reach of a user... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6296001 | Rib assembly for multiple-fold umbrella having plastic intermediate rib interconnected among light ribs A rib assembly for multiple-fold umbrella includes: an aluminum top rib pivotally secured to an upper notch formed on a top portion of a central shaft, an aluminum stretcher rib pivotally connected between the top rib and a lower runner slidably held on t... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6199571 | Lightening multiple-fold automatic umbrella with control module A lightening multiple-fold automatic umbrella comprises: a central shaft consisting of a plurality of tubes telescopically engageable with one another; a rib assembly having at least a top rib and a stretcher rib pivotally secured to an upper notch on the... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6192906 | Automatic opening umbrella mechanisms An automatic opening umbrella mechanism which provides a new design, by which users can open an umbrella in a quick and accurate manner with enhanced efficiency. The structure primarily contains a spring disposed between the midpoint of a first main umbre... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6186157 | Windproof umbrella having compact folded structure A windproof umbrella includes: a central shaft, a rib assembly having at least a top rib and a stretcher rib pivotally secured to the central shaft for securing an umbrella cloth thereon, a pulling rod secured on the stretcher rib and a pulling rope conne... | 02/13/2001 |
