Abstract: An automatic umbrella including an inside cap at the top of the umbrella shaft thereof, a top runner mounted around the umbrella shaft, an open control spring mounted between the inside cap and the top runner and compressed to preserve energy for opening the umbrella when the umbrella is collapsed, a collapse control spring compressed and retained in the compressed position by means of the operation of the hook of a locating device on the top end of the bottom shaft of the umbrella shaft, and the operation of the detent of a release control device inside the umbrella shaft, to preserve energy for collapsing the umbrella when the umbrella is opened, and a control block with a push plate moved vertically to actuate the release control device in automatically opening/closing the umbrella, and a bottom runner having a hook hooked on the umbrella shaft for allowing the umbrella to be operated manually when the hook of the bottom runner is released.

Abstract: An umbrella having a light source mounted inside the umbrella handle and controlled by a slide switch to give off light through a refractor around the umbrella shaft, wherein the umbrella shaft is a transparent, solid, polygonal rod having a refracting area for refracting the light of the light source toward the ribs and umbrella cover of the umbrella.