Patent Application
20240077196
The present invention relates to an umbrella, and more particularly to a lamp structure of an umbrella which has illumination and warning functions.
An umbrella is applied for a shelter from rain or sunlight. It does not have illumination and warning functions. If it is used in an environment with insufficient light, an additional flashlight is required for illumination and warning. Otherwise, when it's raining or the sky is dark, people or cars can easily hit a user with poor vision, and it's inconvenient to hold two objects at the same time when walking outside, it often binds the user's hands, affect user's ability to carry other objects or walking safety.
A conventional handle structure of an umbrella with illumination is disclosed in TW Utility Model No. M256705. The handle structure contains a body in which an accommodation chamber is defined; a lighting seat engaged in the accommodation chamber of the body to be pushed inward or pulled outward freely; a power device received in the lighting seat and being replaceable; and a lighting element and a switch electrically connected with the power device and engaged on the lighting seat. Thereby, the power device is switched to supply power to the lighting device, the lighting seat is pulled out of the accommodation chamber to be powered on, and the lighting element electrically connected with the power device will emit lights. When the illumination device is not used, the lighting seat is pushed back to the accommodation chamber, thus using the umbrella with the handle structure.
Referring to
Another conventional lamp structure of an umbrella is disclosed in TW Utility Model No. M623808, and the umbrella includes a body and an illumination device. The body of the umbrella contains a shaft, a notch disposed on an upper end of the shaft, a runner movably mating with the shaft, and multiple stretchers mounted on a handle of a lower end of the shaft and rotatably connected with the notch and the runner. The illumination device includes a light-emitting element, a main switch configured to power on/off the light-emitting element, and a battery configured to supply power to the light-emitting element. The light-emitting element matches with the shaft, and the illumination device also includes a controller electrically connected with the light-emitting element and the main switch, wherein the battery is configured to supply the power to the controller, such that the controller controls the light-emitting element to power on/off by conducting or not conducting the main switch, wherein the illumination device further includes an auxiliary switch fixed on the handle and electrically connected with the controller, and the controller controls the light-emitting element to power on/off by conducting or not conducting the auxiliary switch.
However, the light-emitting element is fixed on the shaft, and the auxiliary switch is mounted on the handle, so the shaft has to accommodate and electrically connected with a wire, thus having a troublesome connection, high failure rate, and poor modularization.
The present invention has arisen to mitigate and/or obviate the afore-described disadvantages.
The primary aspect of the present invention is to provide a lamp structure of an umbrella by which the illumination device is connected to the lower end of the notch, and the control pusher is connected to the runner, wherein the control switch of the illumination device is driven by the controlling element of the control pusher to be conducted or not, such that the at least one lighting element is power on or off, so electrically connecting a wire in the shaft is eliminated to obtain quick assembly, low failure rate, modularization, and easy connection.
Another aspect of the present invention is to provide a lamp structure of an umbrella by which when the umbrella is opened, the control pusher is switched to the first position to control the at least one lighting element to power on, thus emitting the lights below the umbrella and making warning effect; when the umbrella is opened, the control pusher is switched to the second position to control the at least one lighting element to power off, thus obtaining using convenience, aesthetics appearance, and gripping comfort.
To obtain the above-mentioned aspects, a lamp structure of an umbrella provided by the present invention contains a body, an illumination device, and a control pusher.
The body includes a shaft, a notch fixed on a top of the shaft, a runner slidably fitted on the shaft and located below the notch, and multiple stretchers rotatably connected with the notch and the runner.
The illumination device is connected with a lower end of the notch, and the illumination device includes at least one lighting element, a circuit board configured to control the at least one lighting element to operate or not, and a battery configured to supply power to the at least one lighting element. The circuit board has a control switch, when the runner is moved upward to push the illumination device, the umbrella is opened.
The control pusher is connected to the runner, and the control pusher includes a controlling element. The control pusher is slid vertically with respect to the shaft and is switched in three-section positions, such that the control pusher is slid to a first position, a second position, and a third position relative to the shaft. When the umbrella is opened and the control pusher is switched to the first position, the controlling element and the control switch move close to each other to drive the control switch to be conducted so that the circuit board controls the at least one lighting element to power on. When the umbrella is opened and the control pusher is switched to the second position, the controlling element and the control switch move away from each other to stop conducting the control switch so that the circuit board controls the at least one lighting element to power off. When the control pusher is slid to a third position, the controlling element and the control switch move away from each other and stop conducting the control switch so that the circuit board controls the at least one lighting element to power off.
With reference to
The body 10 includes a shaft 11, a notch 12 fixed on a top of the shaft 11, a runner 13 slidably fitted on the shaft 11 and located below the notch 12, and multiple stretchers 14 rotatably connected with the notch 12 and the runner 13, wherein the shaft 11 includes two connection orifices 111 oppositely defined adjacent to a top of the shaft 11, the notch 12 includes a cap 121 removably screwed thereon, the runner 13 includes two grooves 131 and two longitudinal slots 132 which are defined on a peripheral side of the runner 13, a shoulder 133 extending proximate to a bottom of the peripheral side of the runner 13, a through orifice 1311 formed on a middle portion of a respective one groove 131, and two flexible retainers 134 mounted on the two grooves 131 and being arcuate, wherein a respective one flexible retainer 134 has a locking section 1341 extending inward from a middle thereof, such that the locking section 1341 of the respective one flexible retainer 134 corresponds to the through orifice 1311 of the respective one groove 131, and the locking section 1341 of the respective one flexible retainer 134 is engaged with the a respective one connection orifice 111 of the shaft 11. Also, the multiple stretchers 14 are configured to support a cloth (not shown).
The illumination device 20 is connected with a lower end of the notch 12, as shown in
The control pusher 30 is in a circular tube shape and is connected to the runner 13. The control pusher 30 includes a flange 31 extending from a middle section of an inner wall thereof, two slidable blocks 32 formed above the flange 31, two first positioning protrusions 33 oppositely extending below the flange 31, two second positioning protrusions 34 oppositely extending below the two first positioning protrusions 33, and a controlling element 35 extending upward from a side of the control pusher 30. In this embodiment, the controlling element 35 is a magnet and corresponds to the control switch 221, such that the two slidable blocks 32 are slidably received in the two longitudinal slots 132 of the runner 13 to limit the control pusher 30 to slide vertically with respect to the runner 13, and the flange 31, the two first positioning protrusions 33 and the two second positioning protrusions 34 are engaged by the shoulder 133 of the runner 13 to be switched in three-section positions, for example, the control pusher 30 is slid to a first position 30A, a second position 30B, and a third position 30C relative to the shaft 11.
When closing the umbrella, as shown in
With reference to
Thereby, the lamp structure of the umbrella has advantages as follows:
While the first embodiments of the invention have been set forth for the purpose of disclosure, modifications of the disclosed embodiments of the invention as well as other embodiments thereof may occur to those skilled in the art. The scope of the claims should not be limited by the first embodiments set forth in the examples, but should be given the broadest interpretation consistent with the description as a whole.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 111133773 | Sep 2022 | TW | national |
