UMBRELLA

Abstract

An umbrella includes an umbrella support, a plurality of umbrella ribs that are installed on an upper portion of the umbrella support and that are capable of being folded, a plurality of support ribs respectively supporting the umbrella ribs, a slider to which an end of each of the support ribs is hingedly coupled and which slides along the umbrella support to fold or unfold the umbrella ribs and the support ribs, and a canopy giving a user shelter from rays of the sun, rain, or snow. The canopy is divided into an upper canopy installed on upper portions of the umbrella ribs and a lower canopy installed on lower portions of the umbrella ribs. A space is formed between the upper and low canopies when the umbrella is unfolded.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

These and/or other aspects and advantages of the invention will become apparent and more readily appreciated from the following description of embodiments of the invention, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view of an umbrella according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a top plane view of the umbrella of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a major portion of the umbrella of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4A is a partly enlarged perspective view illustrating an installation state of a lower canopy of the umbrella of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4B is a partly enlarged perspective view illustrating an installation state of an upper canopy of the umbrella of FIG. 1; and

FIG. 5 is a side view of FIG. 4B.

Claims

1. An umbrella comprising: an umbrella support;a plurality of umbrella ribs that are installed on an upper portion of the umbrella support and that are capable of being folded;a plurality of support ribs respectively supporting the umbrella ribs;a slider to which an end of each of the support ribs is hingedly coupled and which slides along the umbrella support to fold or unfold the umbrella ribs and the support ribs; anda canopy giving a user shelter from rays of the sun, rain, or snow,wherein the canopy is divided into an upper canopy installed on upper portions of the umbrella ribs and a lower canopy installed on lower portions of the umbrella ribs, and a space is formed between the upper and low canopies when the umbrella is unfolded.

2. The umbrella of claim 1, wherein the lower canopy is fixed on bottom portions of space maintaining portions fixedly inserted around the respective umbrella ribs, and the upper canopy is located on top surfaces of the umbrella ribs so that an upper portion of the lower canopy is spaced apart from a lower portion of the upper canopy in a vertical direction, thereby defining the space.

3. The umbrella of claim 1, wherein a lower portion of the upper canopy overlaps partly with an upper portion of the lower canopy in a circumferential direction.

4. The umbrella of claim 1, wherein the lower canopy is provided with a blocking step for preventing rainwater from entering into the umbrella.

5. The umbrella of claim 2, wherein each of the space maintaining portions is gradually widened as it goes from a lower portion of the corresponding umbrella rib toward an upper portion of the corresponding umbrella rib.

6. The umbrella of claim 1, wherein an upper portion of the lower canopy is connected to the corresponding umbrella rib by a loop.

7. The umbrella of claim 1, wherein the space is formed along an entire circumference of the canopy or along a portion of the circumference of the canopy.