The present invention relates to an umbrella light, and more particularly, to an umbrella light with audio module.
It is quite usual to see people to use a garden umbrella in various outdoor resting/dining areas to shade sunlight or rain drops. Hence, the garden umbrella is good companion for entertaining, patios, decks, relaxing, and camping, to provide a comfortable and relaxing environment. But normally the lights in the garden are not specifically designed for use with the umbrella shielded; the brightness becomes dim after sunset. Thus, people have developed an illuminating apparatus rib-mounted on umbrella's post.
According to U.S. Pat. No. 7,134,762 B2 which is issued on Nov. 14, 2006, entitled “Light providing apparatus attachable to umbrella and stand assembly” disclosed an umbrella light. The umbrella light comprises a main body, and the main body is interconnected by two structurally base parts A and B. The base part A and the base part B is a chamber with a semicircular shape, and each having a semi-circularly concave at the noncurved inner sidewall, which facing of the other and forms a hole when the two base parts are joined together. On the one side of the base part A equipped with a pivotal stem fasten a pivotal hole which equipped on base part B, and the other side of base part A equipped a latch pin and latch to a latch hole in the base part B, and therefore the two base parts are connected together to rib around the umbrella post through the hole. Moreover, a stand gripper is mounted in the middle of a semi-circular concave opening of each base part A and base part B, the stand gripper consisted of a rod and a spring. By the bounce of the spring, the rod is against to the umbrella post and the umbrella light stands. Additionally, the light module disposed on both bottom side of base part A and base part B, thus, the illumination can be obtained.
It is not easy to meet the requirement of leisure time without audio/music effect; therefore, the primary objective of the present invention is to provide an umbrella light with audio module, comprising:
two base parts, is a chamber with semicircular shape, and each base part has a semi-circular concave opening at the noncurved inner sidewall and a groove at the curved outer sidewall, the two base parts opposing each other and forms a hole when two base parts joined together as a complete disc;
a housing, interconnected by two base parts;
at least two fasteners, disposed inside of the housing;
a plurality of pivotable lights, pivoted on the groove and allocated even on the both base parts to adjust the illumination projected away from the housing;
an audio module, disposed inside of the housing; and
a control module, electrically connected to the audio module and the turned light.
Wherein the fastener disposed in middle of the semi-circularly concave, and fastener includes an L-form latch, a torsion spring and a curved spacer. The L-form latch structure with a fixed portion on the short edge and a pivotable portion on the end of long edge, the torsion spring operatively connected to the L-form latch inside the semi-circularly concave for resiliently biasing the pivotable portion toward the fixed portion. Subsequently, the curve spacer is mounted on the fixed portion. Thus, the fixed portion with the curved spacer is against to the umbrella post.
The audio module includes a speaker, an audio receiver, a volume regulator and an amplifier. Operationally, the signal transmission of the audio source and the audio receiver, which is wireless transmission or wire transmission.
The control module includes a sensor and a controller. The controller is electrically connected to a switch and the volume regulator. With the sensor, the control module can remote operate audio volume and light wirelessly.
Accordingly, once the user mounted the umbrella light on the umbrella post, the umbrella post pushes the curved spacer, and the torsion spring is twisted by the curved spacer, subsequently the torsion spring resiliently biasing the L-form latch, the L-form latch shifted specific angle by thrusting. In the other word, the potential energy of the curved spacer results in the angular momentum of L-form latch. Therefore, the proper resiliently grip is imposed. Moreover, the audio module of the umbrella light can be arranged with external audio source, which provides the people with wonderful melody.
The foregoing aspects, as well as many of the attendant advantages and features of this invention will become more apparent by reference to the following detailed description, when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:
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While the invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to the preferred embodiments thereof, these are, of course, merely examples to help clarify the invention and are not intended to limit the invention. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, and alterations in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, as disposed forth in the following claims.
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