Patent Application
20200397102
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The disclosure and prior art relates to umbrellas and more particularly pertains to a new umbrella for hands-free umbrella usage.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a back plate having an inner face, an outer face, a top edge, a bottom edge, a left edge, and a right edge. The back plate is flexible to accommodate a user's movements. A pair of straps is coupled to the back plate. Each of the straps extends from the inner face proximal the top edge to the bottom edge and is configured to be worn over the user's shoulders. A pole support is coupled to the back plate. The pole support is coupled to the outer face and extends from adjacent the bottom edge to adjacent the top edge. The pole support has a top side, a bottom side, and an outer wall. The top side has a pole aperture extending through to proximal the bottom side. An umbrella is coupled to the pole support. The umbrella has an umbrella pole coupled within the pole aperture. A runner hub is slidingly coupled to the umbrella pole, a canopy is coupled to the umbrella pole, and a plurality of ribs is coupled between the runner hub and the canopy. The runner hub opens and alternatively collapses the canopy.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A pole support 46 is coupled to the outer face 16 and extends from adjacent the bottom edge 20 to adjacent the top edge 18. The pole support 46 has a top side 48, a bottom side 50, and an outer wall 52. The top side 48 has a pole aperture 54 extending through to proximal the bottom side 50. The outer wall 52 is rounded. An umbrella 56 is coupled to the pole support 46 and has an umbrella pole 58 coupled within the pole aperture 54. A runner hub 60 is slidingly coupled to the umbrella pole 58. A canopy 62 is coupled to the umbrella pole 58, and a plurality of ribs 64 is coupled between the runner hub 60 and the canopy 62. The runner hub 60 opens and alternatively collapses the canopy 62. A strap 65 may be coupled to the canopy 62 and has a mating member 67 to secure the canopy 62 in a closed position. The mating member 67 may comprise a hook-and-loop fastener or another type of releasable fastener including, but not limited to, snaps and the like. The runner hub 60 has a spring-loaded extension button 66 to selectively engage and disengage the umbrella pole 58. The umbrella pole 58 has a spring-loaded pole adjustment button 68. The pole adjustment button 68 is selectively engageable with a plurality of adjustment apertures 70 extending through the outer wall 52.
In use, the user slides the pair of straps 34 on her shoulders 36 and uses the strap adjustment mechanisms 38 to tighten and alternatively loosen the pair of straps 34. The user presses the extension button 66 to move the runner hub 60 along the umbrella pole 58 top open the canopy 62. The height of the umbrella 56 is adjusted using the pole adjustment button 68.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
