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A small umbrella which may be removably attached to a beverage container in order to shade the beverage container from the direct rays of the sun.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7401616 | Umbrella with a foldable stem An umbrella includes an elongated stem having telescopically connected inner and outer tubular segments, a top hub secured to the inner tubular segment to define an upper annular space therebetween, a tubular runner surrounding the stem, slidable between upper and l... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7328715 | Umbrella safety locking and release device A device that releases an operating collar from an open position on the mast of an opened beach or patio umbrella in the presence of a strong wind, allowing the umbrella canopy to close thereby diminishing the wind force acting on the umbrella. The device includes a... | 02/12/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6626198 | Resilient stave support assembly for umbrella An umbrella a fixed ring secured on top of a rod, a middle ring and a lower ring slidably engaged on the rod, a number of main staves having inner ends rotatably securing to the middle ring, a number of upper staves pivotally coupled between the fixed rin... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6431191 | Umbrella with an improved runner fastener An umbrella includes a runner sleeved slidably on a stem for spreading and collapsing a canopy which is mounted on a ferrule. A tubular member surrounds the stem, is fixed on the ferrule, and is formed with a retaining slot therein. An upper end portion o... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6422251 | Umbrella having a simplified configuration An umbrella includes a tube having a lower handle and having an upper whale bone device. A barrel is slidably engaged on the tube and coupled to the whale bone device. A spring-biased catch is received in the tube and selectively engaged into the barrel t... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6418950 | Umbrella having a rotation prevention mechanism An umbrella includes a tube having a whale bone device, a barrel slidably engaged on the tube and coupled to the whale bone device. Two spring-biased catches are received in the tube and selectively engaged into the barrel to lock the barrel to the tube a... | 07/16/2002 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6257257 | Automatic opening and closing structure of a collapsible umbrella This specification discloses an automatic opening and closing structure of a collapsible umbrella that allows the user to open the umbrella to use by pressing a button on the handle so that the runner departs from the hook block on the button and moves to... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6158452 | Auto-opening umbrella An auto-opening mechanism can make the pivotal coupling between the supporting ribs and the linkage beams highly firm and secure while nonetheless retaining the light-weighted quality of the supporting ribs The folding frame structure is more durable than... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6095169 | Automatic umbrella having rib assembly formed with light grooved rib reinforced resilient rib An automatic umbrella includes: a top rib and a stretcher rib each having a cross section of U shape or the like shape and made of light material including aluminum alloy, an outer rib gradually tapered outwardly and an auxiliary stretcher rib each having... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6070602 | Opening structure of a multiple folded umbrella An opening structure of a multiple folded umbrella is provided that includes a shaft formed by several tubes, a runner provided around the shaft, an upper connector provided on an upper tube of the shaft, and a frame having many ribs pivotally connected w... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6006771 | Safety umbrella runner A safety umbrella runner includes: a runner tube slidably held on a central shaft of the umbrella; a ferrule integrally circumferentially formed on the runner tube for pivotally securing a plurality of stretcher ribs of a rib assembly, which is provided f... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5961387 | Elongated button lock for expandable batons A detent mechanism for expandable batons of the type having a handle and at least one telescoping section. The detent mechanism including an elongated, substantially rectangular-shaped, locking button designed to provide a wide, flat surface to wide, flat... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5678586 | Umbrella for alleviating wind gust An improved umbrella (16) for alleviating wind gust (14) comprising an elongated shaft (18) having a handle (20) to be grasped by a hand (22) of a person (10). A collapsible main canopy (24) is carried on the elongated shaft (18). A facility (26) in the c... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5595386 | Elongated button lock for expandable batons A detent mechanism for expandable batons of the type having a handle and at least one telescoping section. The detent mechanism including an elongated, substantially rectangular-shaped, locking button designed to provide a wide, flat surface to wide, flat... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5533541 | Automatic umbrella with multiple operation modes An automatic umbrella including an inside cap at the top of the umbrella shaft thereof, a top runner mounted around the umbrella shaft, an open control spring mounted between the inside cap and the top runner and compressed to preserve energy for opening ... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5515878 | Simplified umbrella without externally-extended spring positioning means An umbrella includes: a central shaft having an upper engaging sleeve member generally cylindrically shaped formed on an upper portion of the shaft and a lower engaging sleeve member generally cylindrically shaped formed on a lower portion of the shaft, a... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5427130 | Parasol structure A parasol structure in which the handle is formed with multiple equally spaced through holes and a locating plate is pivotally disposed inside the handle. The locating plate has multiple equally spaced locking projections corresponding to and extending th... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5357994 | Hidden safety contoured leaf spring locking device The invention herein relates to a kind of hidden safety contoured leaf spring positioner device for umbrella structures that is comprised of a center pole, a sliding strut spreader, a handle connector, contoured leaf spring and other components, wherein t... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5287869 | Center post of a collapsible umbrella An improved center post of a collapsible umbrella comprises a retainer body on which two guiding holes are formed to respectively receive therein a first retaining pin biased by a spring and a second retaining pin biased by a spring. The retainer body is ... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5247955 | Ergonomically operating automatic umbrella An automatic umbrella includes a resetting device slidably held on a grip of the umbrella which can be grasped by a user's hand for resetting or compressing a tensioning spring provided in a central shaft of the umbrella for automatically closing the umbr... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5184639 | Opening lock for a sunshade An improved opening lock for use in a sunshade or a parasol which is housed in a cavity defined on the shaft of the sunshade. The present opening lock has a stop block having a smoothly curved guide bottom at the front end and a bias spring disposed behin... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5149092 | Locking means for extendable baton An extendable baton includes a hollow tubular barrel with nesting telescoping members which may be extended to a fully expanded position. The telescoping members are held in the closed position and the opened expanded position by a detent lock, with the e... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5144969 | Fully automatic collapsible umbrella A fully automatic collapsible umbrella comprises a hollow shank including an upper, a middle and a lower tubes, telescopic to each other, an expansion spring disposed between the upper and lower tubes, and an umbrella closing spring disposed between the u... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5036872 | Self-opening and self-closing umbrella An improved self-opening and self-closing umbrella including a canopy, a conventional self-opening and self-closing frame formed of ribs and a telescoping shaft, a handle and an auxiliary mechanism overcomes problems with a conventional self-opening and s... | 08/06/1991 |
| 4033366 | Umbrella tent An umbrella tent of the type which has no hindering central post in the open position and which is characterized by having a removable central post extension which is used to produce opening of the tent and which also allows a simple construction of the f... | 07/05/1977 |
