Abstract: An umbrella comprises: a central shaft having an upper hub formed on a top portion of the central shaft; an one-piece frame having a plurality of rib assemblies integrally formed with an upper ferrule and a lower ferrule, with the upper ferrule secured to the upper hub and with the lower ferrule formed with a lower runner slidably held on the central shaft; and an umbrella cloth or cover secured on the frame; thereby forming an umbrella which can be easily constructed for use; and can also be easily detached, when damaged, for reclaiming the parts or elements in construction of the umbrella for environmental protection purpose.

Abstract: An umbrella includes a covering member secured on a connecting strap which is attached to a grip of the umbrella, whereby upon folding of an umbrella, the covering member may be provided for neatly wrapping the umbrella canopy as folded; and upon opening of the umbrella, the cover member may then be adapted for wrapping the grip, thereby rendering an umbrella having the canopy neatly opened without obstructing a user's field of vision.

Abstract: An umbrella comprises: a central shaft having an upper hub formed on a top portion of the central shaft; an one-piece frame having a plurality of rib assemblies integrally formed with an upper ferrule and a lower ferrule, with the upper ferrule secured to the upper hub and with the lower ferrule formed with a lower runner slidably held on the central shaft; and an umbrella cloth or cover secured on the frame; thereby forming an umbrella which can be easily constructed for use; and can also be easily detached, when damaged, for reclaiming the parts or elements in construction of the umbrella for environmental protection purpose.

Abstract: A slimmed rib assembly for multiple-fold umbrella includes: a flat rib pivotally connected with an inner rib and respectively pivotally secured to an upper notch of an umbrella shaft and a runner slidably held on the umbrella shaft, a middle rib having an U-shaped groove and pivotally connected to the flat rib, and a tail rib pivotally securable to the middle rib, with the inner rib having an U-shaped groove recessed therein; whereby upon closing of the umbrella, the flat rib will be received into the U-shaped grooves respectively formed in the middle rib and in the inner rib to greatly minimize the volume of the rib assembly when folded to thereby provide a slim umbrella for convenient storage and handling.

Abstract: An angle-adjustable umbrella includes a central shaft consisting of at least a lower shaft tube and an upper shaft tube pivotally connected to the lower shaft tube by an angle-adjusting device; a rib assembly pivotally secured to an upper notch on a top of the shaft and a runner slidably held on the shaft; and the angle-adjusting device located in or adjacent to a central portion of a ferrule of the runner when opening the umbrella for ergonomically and reliably adjusting a dome orientation of the umbrella.

Abstract: An illuminating umbrella grip includes a light-transmitting deformable grip member, a lamp device secured to a central bottom portion of the grip member, and a central shaft secured to a central upper portion of the grip member; wherein the grip member includes a hollow cylinder for respectively securing the central shaft and the lamp device in the hollow cylinder, a flexible cover jacketed on the hollow cylinder and generally formed as a dumbbell or calabash shape surrounding the hollow cylinder, and a deformable light-transmitting layer sandwiched in between the hollow cylinder and the flexible cover; whereby upon lighting up of the lamp device, the light as emitted from the lamp device will be transmitted outwardly through the grip member for illumination.

Abstract: A slim safety umbrella runner includes a push button having a pivotal portion formed on a bottom portion of the push button and insertably engaged in a pivotal cavity formed in a bottom rim of the runner, with the push button pivotally biasing a resilient protrusion resiliently formed on a runner sleeve of an umbrella central shaft, whereby upon a depression of the push button to disengage the runner from the resilient protrusion, the runner will be lowered for closing the runner.

Abstract: A pocketable folding umbrella includes a flat central shaft consisting of a plurality of flat tubes each formed as a rectangular shape and telescopically engageable with one another; a rib assembly including a plurality of flat-side rib means (or devices) respectively universally secured to an upper notch and a lower runner by a plurality of pivoting devices each projectively aligned with a long axis X on the upper notch or the lower runner, and a plurality of extremity rib means (or devices) respectively pivotally secured to opposite extremity end portions of the upper notch or lower runner; whereby upon closing of the umbrella, the rib means may be folded to maximally flatten a folded umbrella.

Abstract: A slim safety umbrella runner includes a push button having a pivotal portion formed on a bottom portion of the push button and insertably engaged in a pivotal cavity formed in a bottom rim of the runner, with the push button pivotally biasing a resilient protrusion resiliently formed on a runner sleeve of an umbrella central shaft, whereby upon a depression of the push button to disengage the runner from the resilient protrusion, the runner will be lowered for closing the runner.

Abstract: An illuminating umbrella grip includes: a lamp preferably selected from LED and mounted in the umbrella grip; and a control box having batteries stored in the box and separately secured to the umbrella grip by a string or strap having the electric wires, as connected between the batteries and the lamp, formed within the string, whereby upon an on or off operation of the batteries in the control box, the lamp on the grip will be turned on for illumination or be turned off.

Abstract: An umbrella includes: a central shaft, and a rib assembly respectively pivotally secured to an upper notch formed on a top of the central shaft and to a runner slidably held on a guiding sleeve disposed about the central shaft; with the guiding sleeve integrally formed with a resilient protrusion on the sleeve; and the runner having a socket formed in the runner for engaging the resilient protrusion for opening the umbrella, and a sloping portion inclined upwardly inwardly from the socket for thrusting the resilient protrusion inwardly for disengaging the runner from the resilient protrusion on the guiding sleeve when lowering the runner for closing the umbrella, thereby omitting the lateral depression operation by inwardly depressing a spring catch of a conventional umbrella and thereby enhancing a safe, quick, and ergonomic operation for closing the umbrella.

Abstract: A multiple-fold umbrella includes a telescopic central shaft having seven tubes telescopically coupled with one another, with an outermost tube having no (or zero) concave portion formed on the outermost tube, and with an innermost tube having six concave portions circumferentially formed on the innermost tube, each concave portion recessed in the tube centripetally about a longitudinal axis of the shaft and defining a central angle of sixty degrees, and the tubes gradationally increasing the number of the concave portions from the outermost tube towards the innermost tube to define an air chamber between a concave portion of an inner tube and a circular periphery of an outer tube neighboring to the inner tube for a smooth slidable coupling of every two neighboring tubes.

Abstract: An illuminating umbrella grip includes a light-transmitting deformable grip member, a lamp device secured to a central bottom portion of the grip member, and a central shaft secured to a central upper portion of the grip member; wherein the grip member includes a hollow cylinder for respectively securing the central shaft and the lamp device in the hollow cylinder, a flexible cover jacketed on the hollow cylinder and generally formed as a dumbbell or calabash shape surrounding the hollow cylinder, and a deformable light-transmitting layer sandwiched in between the hollow cylinder and the flexible cover; whereby upon lighting up of the lamp device, the light as emitted from the lamp device will be transmitted outwardly through the grip member for illumination.

Abstract: An umbrella includes: a central shaft, and a rib assembly respectively pivotally secured to an upper notch formed on a top of the central shaft and to a runner slidably held on a guiding sleeve disposed about the central shaft; with the guiding sleeve integrally formed with a resilient protrusion on the sleeve; and the runner having a socket formed in the runner for engaging the resilient protrusion for opening the umbrella, and a sloping portion inclined upwardly inwardly from the socket for thrusting the resilient protrusion inwardly for disengaging the runner from the resilient protrusion on the guiding sleeve when lowering the runner for closing the umbrella, thereby omitting the lateral depression operation by inwardly depressing a spring catch of a conventional umbrella and thereby enhancing a safe, quick, and ergonomic operation for closing the umbrella.

Abstract: A multiple-fold umbrella shaft includes: a plurality of tubes gradually increasing diameter from the innermost tube to the outermost tube, and telescopically engageable with one another about a longitudinal axis of the shaft; each tube having a plurality of reinforcing ribs longitudinally formed, evenly distributed and radially recessed in a cylindrical tubular surface of each tube, with any two neighboring reinforcing ribs defining a central angle about the longitudinal axis of the shaft, which is equal to any other central angle defined between any other two neighboring reinforcing ribs; whereby upon assembling of the plurality of tubes to form a multiple-fold umbrella shaft, an inner tube has its plural reinforcing ribs slidably engageable with plural reinforcing ribs of an outer tube disposed about the inner tube for preventing from twisting, vibration, deformation or damage of the umbrella shaft.

Abstract: A multiple-fold umbrella includes a rib assembly pivotally secured to a central shaft, with the rib assembly including a stretcher rib pivotally connected with a top rib and pivotally secured to the central shaft, an intermediate pivotally connected between he stretcher rib and a rear rib, and a resilient connecting rib slidably coupled with the intermediate rib and resiliently secured between the stretcher rib through a spring device and the rear rib, whereby upon opening of the umbrella, the resilient connecting rib will be arcuately bent in order for automatically ejecting the rear rib outwardly for opening the umbrella quickly without the aid of manual pulling by the user's hand; and upon closing of the umbrella, the spring device, which is previously tensioned to store its resilience when opening the umbrella, will restore the rib assembly to resiliently retract the rib assembly for accelerating the folding of the umbrella.

Abstract: A multiple-fold automatic umbrella includes: a central shaft; a rib assembly pivotally secured to an upper notch and a lower runner on the central shaft; an opening spring and a plurality of closing springs for opening or closing the umbrella; and a control device including a push button, an opening controller having an upper latch for controlling the opening of the umbrella, a closing controller including a lower latch for controlling the closing of the umbrella, and a multiple-fold rope respectively sinuously wound on a plurality of rollers which are respectively mounted on an upper holder formed on an upper portion of the central shaft adjacent to the upper notch and on a lower holder formed on the lower runner for smoothly winding the rope on the rollers for enhancing a smooth opening or closing operation of the umbrella.

Abstract: An umbrella includes: a spring catch secured on an upper portion of a central shaft of the umbrella, and a runner slidably held on the central shaft to be engaged with the spring catch when opening the umbrella, with the spring catch juxtapositionally positioned and operated outside the central shaft without cutting a catch slit or slot through a tube of the central shaft as found in a conventional umbrella having the spring catch retained within the central shaft and protruding outwardly through the catch slit for locking the runner, thereby enhancing the strength of the tube of the central shaft and prolonging the service life of the umbrella.

Abstract: A golf bag umbrella includes a central shaft having a bending portion formed on the shaft, a rib assembly pivotally secured to the central shaft having an umbrella cloth secured on the rib assembly, with the rib assembly including at least a top rib pivotally secured to an upper notch formed on a top of the shaft and a stretcher rib pivotally secured between the top rib and a runner sliding on the shaft having the runner approximating the upper notch to form a crescent configuration between the top rib and the stretcher rib for forming a big dome space beneath the umbrella cloth without tangling the movement of the golf clubs when pulled outwardly from the golf bag, whereby upon bending of the central shaft at the bending portion, the umbrella cloth and the rib assembly may be temporarily tilted to allow an easy withdrawal of the golf club from the golf bag without any obstruction.

Abstract: An illuminating umbrella grip includes a cassette LED illuminating unit detachably mounted in a holder formed on the umbrella grip, with the LED illuminating unit operatively depressed for a constant or flashing illumination; and upon withdrawal of the LED illuminating unit from the umbrella grip, it may be operated to produce illuminating warning signal for safety purpose, or it may be replaced with a fresh LED unit as fully powered.