Patent Application
20240349853
The following relates to the field of outdoor products, and relates to a sunshade umbrella, in particular to an outdoor sunshade umbrella with a double-layer top rod.
Sunshade umbrella is a commonly used outdoor leisure product, used to block sunlight and also to shelter from wind and rain. It is generally placed in parks, squares, beaches, and other places and is a necessary tool for outdoor activities. As an existing multifunctional detachable handle-type sunshade umbrella, it comprises a connecting rod connected to a support rod through hinge rotation, one end of the connecting rod is fixedly connected to an umbrella spindle, and the umbrella spindle is fixedly connected to an umbrella framework mounted with colored light lamps, an umbrella cloth is fixed to the umbrella framework through silk thread, and a bottom end of the support rod is fixedly connected to the top of a water tank base. This existing outdoor sunshade umbrella has the following defects: (1) The main body of the umbrella cloth is located on the top of the umbrella, which is an area that is difficult for ordinary consumers to observe and does not have the value of printing advertisements, slogans, or patterns; although the edges of the umbrella cloth of some sunshade umbrellas hang down on the side of the umbrella, they are not fixed and are easily affected by wind and other factors, resulting in uncertain shapes and affecting the display effect of advertisements, slogans, or patterns; (2) The umbrella cloth is supported by a single layer of umbrella framework, which has poor strength, especially for larger umbrellas.
An aspect relates to a sunshade umbrella, with an edge of the umbrella cloth thereof hanging downwards and being stretched to provide advertisements, slogans, patterns, or the like, so that a good display effect is achieved.
An aspect of the present disclosure provides a sunshade umbrella, which comprises: an umbrella shaft;
In an embodiment, the skirt portion forms a plurality of vertical planes. In an embodiment, the planes formed by skirt portion and the extension direction of the umbrella shaft are parallel to each other. In an embodiment, in the perspective of overlooking, the skirt portion forms a polygon, for example a quadrangle.
In an embodiment, the top frame comprises a plurality of top rod assemblies, each of the top rod assemblies comprises a first top rod and a second top rod, each of the first top rods and the second top rods has an inner end portion and an outer end portion, the inner end portions of the first top rods are rotatably connected to the umbrella shaft, the second top rods are located above the first top rods, and the inner end portions of the second top rods is rotatably connected to the umbrella shaft; each of the top rod assemblies further comprises at least one connecting rod between the first top rod and the second top rod, and the connecting rods are rotatably connected to the first top rods and the second top rods; after the sunshade umbrella is unfolded, the main body portion covers on the second top rods, the lower edge of the skirt portion is connected to the outer end portions of the first top rods or lower end portions of the connecting rods, and the skirt portion is stretched by the outer end portions of the first top rods and the outer end portions of the second top rods or by the connecting rods.
In an embodiment, the connecting rods comprise first connecting rods, and the first connecting rods are rotatably connected to the outer end portions of the first top rods, and rotatably connected to the outer end portions of the second top rods.
In an embodiment, upper end portions of the first connecting rods are rotatably connected to the outer end portions of the second top rods, and the outer end portions of the first top rods are rotatably connected between the upper end portions and lower end portions of the first connecting rods, so that the lower end portions of the first connecting rods are located below the outer end portions of the first top rods, and the skirt portion is stretched by the first connecting rods.
Further, the lower edge of the skirt portion is connected to the outer end portions of the first top rods or the lower end portions of the first connecting rods.
In an embodiment, the connecting rods comprise second connecting rods, and lower end portions of the second connecting rods are rotatably connected to middle portions of the first top rods, and upper end portions thereof are rotatably connected to middle portions of the second top rods.
In an embodiment, the connecting rods extend in an up-down direction.
In an embodiment, the first top rods extend obliquely, with the inner end portions higher than the outer end portions thereof.
In an embodiment, the second top rods extend obliquely, with the inner end portions higher than the outer end portions thereof.
In an embodiment, the first top rod and the second top rod in the same top rod assembly are parallel to each other.
In an embodiment, the lower edge of the skirt portion is connected to the outer end portions of the first top rods or the lower end portions of the connecting rods.
In an embodiment, the top frame further comprises a plurality of support rods, the sunshade umbrella further comprises a slider slidably arranged on the umbrella shaft, an end portion of each of the support rods is rotatably connected to one of the first top rods and the other end portion is rotatably connected to the slider, and the folding function of the sunshade umbrella can be achieved by the slider.
In some embodiments, the skirt portion is covered by a printing layer. The printing layer is formed with advertisements, slogans, or patterns thereon. The printing layer comprises, but is not limited to, ink coatings, polymer films with patterns or text printed thereon (such as PVC films or PET films), etc.
Due to the use of the above technical solutions, the present disclosure has the following advantages over the conventional art:
The umbrella cloth of the sunshade umbrella of the present disclosure has a skirt portion extending downwards from the outer edge of the main body portion, and the skirt portion is stretched by the top frame, to obtain a tightened and unfolded skirt portion hanging downwards, which remains unchanged in shape and is located on the side of the sunshade umbrella, suitable for providing advertisements, slogans, or patterns thereon, and has a good display effect.
Some of the embodiments will be described in detail, with references to the following Figures, wherein like designations denote like members, wherein:
The reference signs are as follows:
The desired embodiments of the present disclosure are explained below in detail combining with the accompanying drawings so that the advantages and features of the present disclosure can be easily understood by the skilled persons in the conventional art. It should be noted that the explanation on these implementations is to help understanding of the present disclosure and is not intended to limit the present disclosure. Further, the technical features involved in the various embodiments of the present disclosure described below may be combined with each other as long as they do not conflict with each other.
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Specifically in this embodiment, the connecting rods 23 comprises first connecting rods 231 and second connecting rods 232, the first connecting rods 231 are connected to the outer end portions of the first top rods 21 and the outer end portions of the second top rods 22, and lower end portions of the second connecting rods 232 are rotatably connected to middle portions of the first top rods 21 and upper end portions thereof are rotatably connected to middle portions of the second top rods 22. Further, upper end portions of the first connecting rods 231 are rotatably connected to the outer end portions of the second top rods 22, the outer end portions of the first top rods 21 are rotatably connected between the upper end portions and lower end portions of the first connecting rods 231, and the lower end portions of the first connecting rods 231 are located below the outer end portions of the first top rods 21. In other words, the height of the first connecting rod 231 is greater than the height difference between the first top rods 21 and the second top rods 22. In this embodiment, the lower edge of the skirt portion 32 of the umbrella cloth is connected to the lower end portions of the first connecting rods 231, and the skirt portion 32 of the umbrella cloth is stretched by the first connecting rods 231 and tightened by the first connecting rods 231 connected together, to facilitate the placement of advertisements, promotional slogans, patterns, etc. on the skirt portion 32, which has a good display effect, enriches the functions of the sunshade umbrella, or makes the sunshade umbrella more beautiful. The height of the skirt portion 32 may be equal to the length of the first connecting rods 231.
Specifically in this embodiment, the connecting rods 23 extend in an up-down direction and are parallel to the umbrella shaft 1 in some embodiments. The first connecting rods 231 and the second connecting rods 232 are parallel to each other and equal in length; quadrilateral shapes formed by the top rods 21, the connecting rods 23, the second rods 22 and the umbrella shaft 1 are parallelograms, making the volume of the sunshade umbrella smaller after folding.
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The top frame 2 comprises a plurality of support rods 4 arranged obliquely. The umbrella shaft is provided with a slider 5, and the slider 5 can slide along the umbrella shaft 1 up and down to control the unfolding and folding of the sunshade umbrella by sliding. Specifically, an end portion of each of the support rod 4 is rotatably connected to one of the first top rods 21, specifically connected between the inner end portions and the outer end portions of the first top rods 21, and the lower end portions of the support rods 4 are rotatably connected to the slider 5, so that the support rods 4, the first top rods 21 and the umbrella shaft 1 form a slider-crank mechanism. The slider 5 is specifically a sliding sleeve mounted on the umbrella shaft 1.
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When folding is required, the slider 5 is pulled downward, the support rods 4 drive the first top rods 21 to rotate and turn their outer end portions downward and inward; the second top rods 22 and the connecting rods 23 are moved downward and inward along with them; until the support rods 4 and the umbrella shaft 1 are close to each other, the first top rods 21 and the umbrella shaft 1 are close to each other, the second top rods 22 and the connecting rods 23 and the first top rods 21 are close to each other, and the folded state is achieved, as shown in
The sunshade umbrella is provided with the second top rods 22 above the first top rods, and forms four-bar linkages between the first top rods 21, the second top rods 22, the connecting rods 23 and the umbrella shaft 1 through the connecting rods 23, so that the sunshade umbrella can be folded normally, and meanwhile the skirt portion 32 of the umbrella cloth 3 is stretched by the first connecting rods 231, to obtain a tightened and unfolded skirt portion 32, which remains unchanged in shape and is located on the side of the sunshade umbrella, suitable for providing advertisements, slogans, or patterns thereon, and has a good display effect; moreover, the top frame 2 is reinforced through the second top rods 22, which gives the sunshade good strength.
In an embodiment, “rotatably connecting” specifically refers to “pivotally connecting”, which may adopt screws, pins, or rivets.
As shown in the description and the claims, the terms “comprising” and “including” only indicate the steps and elements that have been clearly identified, and these steps and elements do not constitute an exclusive list, a method or device may further comprise other steps or elements. The term “and/or” used herein includes any combination of one or more related listed items.
Unless explicitly stated in the context, the indefinite articles “a” and “an” before the elements or components herein are intended to non-restrictively indicate the number of instances (i.e., the appeared number) of the mentioned elements or components. Therefore, “a” and “an” should be understood to include one or at least one, and the singular form of the element or component also includes its plural form.
It should be noted that, unless otherwise specified, when a feature is referred to as “fixed” or “connected” to another feature, it can be directly fixed or connected to another feature, or indirectly fixed or connected to another feature. In addition, the descriptions such as upper, lower, left, and right used in the present disclosure are only relative to the mutual positional relationships of the various components of the present disclosure in the accompanying drawings.
It can be further understood that the terms “first”, “second”, etc. are used to describe various information, but this information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish the same type of information from each other and do not indicate a specific order or degree of importance. In fact, expressions such as “first” and “second” can be used interchangeably. For example, without departing from the scope of the present disclosure, the first information can also be referred to as the second information, and similarly, the second information can also be referred to as the first information.
Although the present invention has been disclosed in the form of embodiments and variations thereon, it will be understood that numerous additional modifications and variations could be made thereto without departing from the scope of the invention.
For the sake of clarity, it is to be understood that the use of ‘a’ or ‘an’ throughout this application does not exclude a plurality, and ‘comprising’ does not exclude other steps or elements.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202220013887.8 | Jan 2022 | CN | national |
This application is a continuation of International Application No. PCT/CN2022/143148, filed on Dec. 29, 2022, which claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. CN 202220013887.8, filed on Jan. 4, 2022, both of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties.
| Number | Date | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parent | PCT/CN2022/143148 | Dec 2022 | WO |
| Child | 18761509 | US |
