Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
135031000 | Ribs and stretchers | 11 |
20090151760 | REVERSIBLE UMBRELLA - A reversible umbrella is provided. This device includes a supportive pole having an upper portion and a lower portion and a canopy assembly slidably mounted thereon. The canopy assembly further includes first, second, and third sliding collars mounted on the supportive pole; a canopy attached to a plurality of canopy support rods, wherein each of the plurality of canopy support rods is hingeably attached at one end to the third sliding collar; a first plurality of connector rods, wherein one end of each connector rod is hingeably attached to one of the canopy support rods and wherein the other end of the connector rod is hingeably attached to the second sliding collar; and a second plurality of connector rods, wherein one end of each connector rod is hingeably attached to one of the first plurality of connector rods and wherein the other end is hingeably attached to the first sliding collar. | 06-18-2009 |
20110083709 | FOLDABLE UMBRELLA WITH SEAMLESS SINGLE-PIECE CANOPY MEMBER - A foldable umbrella with seamless single-piece canopy member includes a frame, a seamless single-piece canopy member, and a plurality of connecting pieces. The frame has a shaft, a runner, a plurality of stretchers, and a plurality of ribs. The runner is slidably disposed on the shaft. One end of each of the ribs is radially connected to the distal end of the shaft. A first rod of the rib has at least one fixing hole. One end of each of the stretchers is together connected to the runner, and the other end of each of the stretchers is connected to the first rods respectively. The seamless single-piece canopy member is integrally formed without seams, disposed on the ribs, and connected thereto via the connecting pieces through the inside of the seamless single-piece canopy member and the fixing hole of the first rod; therefore it can protect against the penetration of rain reliably. | 04-14-2011 |
20110155194 | Stopper for runner of umbrella - An umbrella includes a shaft with a top member connected to a top end thereof and a runner is movably mounted to the shaft. Multiple stretchers are pivotably connected between the top member and the runner. The shaft includes an inner tube and an outer tube in which the inner tube is retractably received. The runner is movably mounted to the outer tube and a stopper extends outward from an outside of the outer tube. The runner is movable over the stopper and supported by the stopper when the umbrella is opened. The shaft does not need to make a slot so as to have better strength and the inner diameter of the runner and the outer diameter of the stopper is matched so that the runner does shake. | 06-30-2011 |
20110240075 | COMPACT FOLDING UMBRELLA WITH HYBRID RIBS TO RESIST DAMAGE DUE TO INVERSION - A folding umbrella and particularly one having multiple folds, is comprised of a support frame incorporating a hybrid rib typically located intermediate a main rib and a rear or outermost rib. The hybrid rib is formed of multiple sections composed of first and second materials which respectively provide the desired structural strength to reduce inversions of the umbrella to an acceptable minimum and provide the hybrid rib with the desired resiliency and flexibility to return the hybrid rib to its original, unstressed shape and thereby prevent permanent damage to the hybrid rib as well as adjoining frame elements of the umbrella. The thicknesses of the multiple sections and the relative sizes of the sections also significantly contribute to the capability of the hybrid rib to achieve the desired objectives of a compact, small, folding umbrella of reduced weight, and the ability to prevent permanent damage to the frame due to inversion. | 10-06-2011 |
20120073618 | Foldable vehicle shading umbrella - A foldable vehicle shading umbrella provides shading for top portion of vehicle. It includes a central hub holding a group of tubular elements extended form the central hub to hold the folding arms respectively, and the group of the folding arms radially extended from the central hub, and an awning shelter supported by the folding arms for sheltering top portion of the vehicle includes windows. Each of the folding arms includes two cylindrical rods and one pair of hinges. The two cylindrical rods are coupled with each other by using the one pair of hinges. | 03-29-2012 |
20120174953 | RUNNER FASTENING DEVICE FOR AN UMBRELLA - A runner fastening device is provided for holding a runner of an umbrella at an upper position relative to a central shaft unit, and includes a spring catch having a retaining region and an actuated region, a retained member moved with the runner and having a retained slot which extends to terminate at an abutment wall to abut against the retaining region at the upper position, and a sleeve member movably surrounding the retained member. By mating engagement between cammed and camming surfaces of the retained member and the sleeve member, when the sleeve member is moved downwardly, the actuated region is pressed against a biasing action to retreat inwardly to sweep the retaining region away from the abutment wall to thereby permit downward movement of the runner. | 07-12-2012 |
20120186616 | Umbrella - An umbrella includes a shank, a plurality of main ribs connected pivotally to the shank, a plurality of auxiliary ribs connected pivotally to the shank, a plurality of elastic members connected to the main ribs and the auxiliary ribs, a slide unit connected slidably to the shank, a plurality of spreaders connected pivotally to the main ribs and the slide unit, a first canopy connected to the main ribs and having a top edge cooperating with the main ribs to define a plurality of openings, and a second canopy connected to the auxiliary ribs and covering removably the openings. | 07-26-2012 |
20140345659 | Windproof Umbrella Frame - A windproof umbrella frame is presented comprising a main rib ( | 11-27-2014 |
20160029750 | INTEGRALLY FORMED UMBRELLA FRAMEWORK - An integrally formed umbrella framework comprises an upper nest, a lower nest, a plurality of long bones and the same number of supporting bones. A plurality of connecting sections surround and are integrally connected with a periphery of the upper nest at equal intervals, and each connecting section is integrally connected with the upper end of a long bone. A plurality of connecting sections surround and are integrally connected with a periphery of the lower nest at equal intervals, and each connecting section is integrally connected with the lower end of a supporting bone. Each long bone has a connecting section disposed at the middle part thereof and integrally connected with the upper end of the supporting bone. The upper nest, the lower nest, the plurality of long bones, the same number of supporting bones, and each of the connecting sections are integrally formed of a same material. | 02-04-2016 |
20160029751 | MEMBER STRUCTURE FOR UMBRELLA FRAMEWORK - An upper nest and a lower nest of an umbrella framework each comprise a nest body and a plurality of pins around the nest body. Each pin is integrally connected with the nest body via a connecting section. Each middle disk comprises a pin, which is disposed on an outer wall of a sleeve and integrally connected with the sleeve. Each long bone has an upper end thereof coupled with a pin of the upper nest, and the sleeve of each middle disk is fitted over a middle part of the long bone. Each short bone has an upper end thereof coupled with the pin of the middle disk, and a lower end thereof coupled with a pin of the lower nest. Thereby, an improved member structure for an umbrella framework is formed. | 02-04-2016 |
20160135556 | UMBRELLA WIRE FRAME - An umbrella frame comprising a post having a top end and a bottom end, a plurality of arms coupled to the post proximally at its top end, a movable lift ring mounted circumferentially around the post and a plurality of modular connectors each having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is connected at an intermediate location of an arm and the second end is connected to the lift ring and wherein the post comprises of a plurality of first wires bound to each other with a plurality of first spacers and each arm comprises of a plurality of second wires bound to each other with a plurality of second spacers and a locking element engages the post and the lift ring to open the plurality of arms. | 05-19-2016 |