Patent Application
20060139910
(a) Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an umbrella handle structure with lighting function, and more particularly to an umbrella structure having flexible usability that provides illumination when a lighting function is required, and allows restoring to original state when lighting function is not required.
(b) Description of the Prior Art
Importance attached to quality of life today means lighting implementations are no longer limited to having single function, single usage. Hence, present related technology industries are constantly contemplating how best to achieve effective enhancement in a safe lifestyle under a lifestyle that demands a halt on number of portable items carried.
With reference to conventional umbrella structures, majority of which are configured with an umbrella canopy and umbrella ribs that function to support the umbrella canopy, and whereby such a configuration serves as a shield from the sun or rain. Furthermore, an umbrella handle is also connected to one end of a shaft to provide users with a place to hold the umbrella.
However, on a rainy day or during night-time, there is generally a certain degree of obstruction to line of vision. If a lighting implementation is available for simultaneous use with shielding from the rain or when walking at nighttime, in one aspect, and to illuminate road surface for more convenient walking which also provides a warning light to passing vehicles, thereby reinforcing safety of people when walking on a rainy day or at nighttime. Prior art, wherein inventors have disclosed umbrella structures configured with a lighting implementation (for instance, Taiwan patent No. 91762, Taiwan patent No. 18472 and Taiwan patent No. 140741), which have the following shortcomings:
1. The aforementioned conventional illuminated umbrella structures generally have the illumination implementation directly installed within the umbrella handle or directly attached to one end of the umbrella handle. However, such configurations not only abnormally increase the overall size or length of the umbrella handle, moreover, they imperceptibly increase inconvenience to a user.
2. The aforementioned conventional illuminated umbrella structures generally have a light source affixed to an umbrella handle or embedded within the umbrella handle, and material of the umbrella handle is altered to enable lighting to spread out from the light source. However, such configurations result in a poor spreading-out illuminating effect from the light source, and, moreover, produce a brusque effect that contributes to negative eye-appeal to the umbrella handle.
In light of the aforementioned shortcomings, a primary objective of the present invention is to provide an umbrella handle structure with lighting function having flexible usability that provides illumination when a lighting function is required, and allows restoring to original state when the lighting function is not required.
Another objective of the present invention is to provide the umbrella handle structure with lighting function, which not only enhances functionality of the umbrella handle, moreover, is more appealing to the eye, safer and more practicable.
In order to achieve the aforementioned objectives, the present invention provides the umbrella handle structure with lighting function comprising:
an umbrella handle, which is connected to an umbrella, having a containment cavity defined on the umbrella handle;
a lighting holder disposed within the containment cavity of the umbrella handle, and the lighting holder can be freely pulled out of or pushed back into the containment cavity.
a replaceable power supply device disposed within the lighting holder;
a set of light-emitting member and cutover switches electrically connected to the power supply device and embedded to the lighting holder;
wherein, the power supply device supplies needed power through the cutover switches. When use of lighting function is required of the present invention, a user needs only to pull the lighting holder out from the containment cavity, which releases the cutover switches from the originally pressed down state against a wall surface of the containment cavity and connects power from the power supply device. Power is then supplied to the light-emitting member electrically connected to the power supply device, and thus automatically illuminates. When the lighting function is no longer required, the user needs only to push the lighting holder back into the containment cavity, which thereby restores the umbrella handle to original form.
In addition, angle of illumination of the light-emitting member can be freely adjusted vertically, thereby enabling the light-emitting member to project light upwards or downwards to illuminate required areas.
To enable a further understanding of said objectives and the technological methods of the invention herein, brief description of the drawings is provided below followed by detailed description of the preferred embodiments.
A particular embodiment is used here to describe a practical example of the present invention. Persons familiar with related art will easily understand other advantages and functionality of the present invention from the contents disclosed herein.
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It is of course to be understood that the embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the principles of the invention and that a wide variety of modifications thereto may be effected by persons skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the following claims.
