Abstract: A fastening assembly for an umbrella comprising a runner mounted with a fastening device and an inner seat including a push button mounted thereon is disclosed. The fastening portion of the push button engages with either the fastening holes or the fastening edges. The inner seat is placed within the handle of the umbrella such that the pressing portion is close to the circumferential edge of the handle facilitating the opening of the umbrella.

Abstract: An automatic umbrella with multiple folds particularly of triple folds includes: a central shaft device having an upper, a middle, and a lower tubular shaft telescopically engageable with one another and having a grip formed on a lower portion of the central shaft device, a controller formed in the grip for controlling an opening or closing of the umbrella, a rib assembly pivotally secured to the central shaft device for supporting an umbrella cloth on the rib assembly, an extending spring retained within the central shaft device for extending the shaft and the umbrella when opening the umbrella, and a plurality of retraction restoring springs secured on the rib assembly for retracting the rib assembly for closing the umbrella, in which the extending spring is jacketed on an upper sleeve fixed in the upper tubular shaft and jacketed in a middle sleeve secured on the middle tubular shaft of the central shaft device so as to prevent any frictional contacting of the coiled extending spring with an inside wall of

Abstract: An automatic umbrella includes a resetting device slidably held on a grip of the umbrella which can be grasped by a user's hand for resetting or compressing a tensioning spring provided in a central shaft of the umbrella for automatically closing the umbrella so that a resetting operation for storing an elastic energy of the tensioning spring can be operated ergonomically.

Abstract: An automatic umbrella includes: a central shaft, a plurality of ribs secured with an umbrella cloth and pivotally secured to the central shaft, an umbrella-opening spring, an umbrella-closing spring, and a control device having a resilient retainer slidably held within an elongate slot formed in the central shaft, whereby upon an acting of a wind pressure on the umbrella cloth to lower the umbrella ribs and the resilient retainer, the elongate slot formed in the central shaft provides a buffer for allowing a downward movement of the resilient retainer and a folding of the umbrella ribs to temporarily reduce a wind-catching area of the umbrella cloth to decrease a total wind force acting on the umbrella for a lighter holding of the umbrella especially under a strong wind.

Abstract: An automatic umbrella includes: a central shaft, a plurality of umbrella ribs, an umbrella-opening spring, an umbrella-closing spring, and a control device having a push button which may be pushed upwardly for opening the umbrella and may be pushed downwardly for closing the umbrella for preventing a confusing or false operation when extending or folding the umbrella.

Abstract: The invention relates to a self-opening topless pocket umbrella having a escopic stick and a collapsible canopy framework arranged radially on the stick in the form of scissor-link folding systems which can be spread out by means of an opening spring and collapsed manually by a slider which is displaceable on the telescopic stick, the respective scissor-link folding system each having a pair of scissor levers, of which an upper scissor lever is linked to the umbrella crown, while the lower scissor lever engages the slider in an articulated manner.

Abstract: An automatic umbrella includes: a central shaft having a grip formed on a lower portion of the central shaft and a controller formed in the grip for controlling an opening or closing of the umbrella, a rib assembly pivotally secured to the central shaft for supporting an umbrella cloth on the rib assembly, an extending spring retained within the central shaft for extending the shaft and the umbrella when opening the umbrella, and a plurality of retraction restoring springs secured on the rib assembly for retracting the rib assembly for closing the umbrella, in which the extending spring is jacketed on an inner sleeve fixed in an upper tubular shaft of the central shaft so as to prevent any frictional contacting of the coiled extending spring with an inside wall of the central shaft for noise prevention and for a smooth opening and closing operation of the umbrella.

Abstract: A longer effective automatic umbrella comprising mainly a tubular shank provided with an upper pulley therein; a cylinder at top end of the shank for receiving an umbrella opening spring; a handle at lower end of the shank, having upper and lower clamps and a middle pulley; an actuating mechanism comprising a pair of springs co-extending through the lower and upper clamps and at most up to the upper pulley to accumulate the energy; and an actuator to actuate and release the upper and lower clamps, respectively, for controlling the operation of opening and closing the umbrella.

Abstract: An umbrella includes: a central shaft having a lower tube secured on a grip and an upper tube telescopically mounted on the lower tube, a plurality of umbrella ribs pivotally secured to the central shaft for securing an umbrella cloth thereon, a plurality of rib restoring springs respectively secured on the ribs for operatively automatically closing the umbrella, which is previously opened to tension the rib restoring springs for storing their restoring spring energy, a control device having a push button transversely slidably held in a grip and a closing actuator vertically slidably held in the lower tube having a pulling rod linked to a resilient latch for operatively retracting the resilient latch for uncoupling the upper tube from the lower tube when closing the umbrella, and a rope secured between the lower tube and a lower runner of the umbrella ribs by slidably winding the rope in an upper portion of the upper tube to be operatively tensioned on the rope when opening the umbrella to have a tendency for

Abstract: A fully automatic collapsible umbrella comprises a hollow shank including an upper, a middle and a lower tubes, telescopic to each other, an expansion spring disposed between the upper and lower tubes, and an umbrella closing spring disposed between the upper and middle tubes, as well as an upper, a middle and a lower rings; a grip mounted outside of the lower tube at lower portion, having an actuator for carrying out the umbrella opening and closing operation; a pawl provided at the upper portion of the upper tube; an inner tube provided with a positioner; twin wires movably connected to each other by a connector, in which the upper wire is provided at upper end with a slidable block for controlling the pawl and the lower wire is operated at lower end by the actuator; and an umbrella opening spring disposed between the middle and lower rings. Further, a safety member is provided for prevent the umbrella from opening by accident.

Abstract: An automatic open and close umbrella, that has an umbrella canopy, a hollow shaft, a driven member which is driven by means of a threaded drive shaft and has at least one radial spline extending through an axial slot in the wall of the hollow shaft, and a handle located at the proximate end of the hollow shaft containing a drive motor which powers a threaded drive shaft to drive the driven member along the hollow shaft, incorporates a manual override mechanism to engage and disengage the drive motor to manually operate the driven member along the hollow shaft to open and close the umbrella.

Abstract: An umbrella includes a shaft restoring spring provided in a central shaft of the umbrella which will store its elastic force when opening the umbrella and extendig the shaft so that upon a depression of a closing controller formed on a grip of the umbrella, the shaft restoring spring will restore to retract the shaft in order to quickly close the umbrella as assisted by a rib restoring spring which restores to close the umbrella ribs.

Abstract: A lightly operable fully automatic umbrella comprising a hollow shank having a reduced neck at intermediate portion to divide it into an upper section having upper and lower apertures and a lower section having upper and lower holes, a longitudinal guide groove at the upper section and a middle ring provided at a location having a distance from the top end, the guide groove having a through hole communicating with the interior of the shank; a cylinder mounted around the shank at the end section above the middle ring for receiving an umbrella opening spring therein, and provided with an upper ring at outer lower end; a slidable sleeve mounted around the shank at the upper section, having upper and lower pawls, and provided with a lower ring at outer upper end, including an inner sleeve having a slot; an inner shaft inserted in the lower section of the shank, having upper and lower holes, including an umbrella closing spring received in a space between the top end thereof and the reduced neck, a wire and a slid

Abstract: An automatic umbrella includes: a central shaft having an upper shaft telescopically mounted on a lower shaft secured in a grip, a rib assembly pivotally secured to the central shaft, an extending spring for extending the ribs and opening the umbrella, a retraction restoring spring for closing the umbrella, and a straightforward push button resiliently retained in said grip which may be straightforwardly depressed to actuate an opening controller for opening the umbrella conveniently, and may also be further depressed straightforwardly to actuate a closing controller for easily closing the umbrella, without the need for selectively depressing a specific location on a push button.

Abstract: An improvement in self-opening umbrella frames having either a one-piece or elescopic stick and a main slide and an auxilary slide on the stick to operate the a frame-rib structure which is opened automatically by a coil spring compressed between these two slides; the frame-rib structure being closed by pulling down on a tubular grip sleeve journaled for rotation on the stick and extending through the two slides, the grip sleeve having an upper abutment or carrier engaged at the top of the auxilary slide; the grip sleeve being locatable about a 360.degree. circumference by an arresting catch on the umbrella handle at the lower end of the stick; torsional forces generated by the coiled spring during expansion and compression being isolated between the slides and not interferring with operation of the arresting catch while minimizing opening and closing effort of a user of the umbrella.

Abstract: An automatic umbrella includes a plurality of ribs respectively pivotally secured to a plurality of ferrules respectively mounted or held on a telescopic central shaft, an opening tensioning spring formed in the central shaft for opening the umbrella, at least a retraction restoring spring for closing the umbrella, and a tip cap slidably mounted on a grip, in which the tip cap may be operated for depressing a biasing lever for disengaging a lower ferrule pivotally linked with the ribs for opening the umbrella, and may be further operated for depressing a sliding latch for releasing an elastic force of the opening tensioning spring to allow a restoring operation acted by the retraction restoring springs for closing the umbrella from its opening state.

Abstract: A one hand operated umbrella capable of self-closing, including a center shaft of outer tube and inner tube, both of which are engaged with a spring pawl, a connector with an upper link and a lower within the shaft, and a handle with a button connected with the bottom of inner tube. While pushing the button, a slider of the umbrella will be released and to push the spring pawl inward to close and shorten automatically.

Abstract: An improved self-opening and self-closing umbrella including a canopy, a conventional self-opening and self-closing frame formed of ribs and a telescoping shaft, a handle and an auxiliary mechanism overcomes problems with a conventional self-opening and self-closing umbrella by means of the auxiliary mechanism which comprises a cylindrical tube fixed on the shaft, spring means provided over the shaft in the tube, a hollow push rod provided between the spring means and the handle, locking means provided between the shaft and the tube, two sleeves provided over the shaft and the tube respectively.The auxiliary mechanism serves to help the umbrella open quickly and fully, close to a condition where the umbrella folds tightly and stands ready for opening again, get its shaft strengthened and be used as a walking stick conveniently.

Abstract: An automatic umbrella includes a telescopic shaft having a lower outer tube telescopically mounted with an upper inner tube, a locking device pivotally formed in a grip and a lower portion of the central shaft having a single hook portion respectively engageable with two hook holes formed in a lower runner pivotally secured with a plurality of stretcher ribs of a rib assembly of the umbrella for locking a folded umbrella by engaging a lower hook hole in the lower runner with the hook portion of the locking device and for shielding the rib tips into the grip by engaging the hook portion with an upper hook hole of the lower runner, thereby stably locking the folded umbrella.

Abstract: An automatic umbrella includes a plurality of ribs respectively pivotally secured to a plurality of ferrules respectively mounted or held on a telescopic central shaft, an opening tensioning spring formed in the central shaft for opening the umbrella, and at least a retraction restoring spring for closing the umbrella, in which a lower ferrule pivotally connecting one of the ribs is engageable with a hook portion of a controller formed in the grip when closing the umbrella for stably retaining the umbrella ribs especially when folded.

Abstract: An automatic umbrella includes a retraction restoring spring having an outer spring end contracted to form a narrow spring portion to be embedded in a concavely depressed stretcher rib and having an inner spring end secured to a top rib of a rib assembly for holding an umbrella cloth for smoothly developing the restoring spring force, and an extending spring formed in the central tubular shaft having an upper spring portion having larger spring diameter to be telescopically held in an upper shaft having larger diameter and a lower spring portion having smaller spring diameter than the upper spring portion to be telecopically held in a lower shaft, thereby causing a smooth tensioning or compression of the extending spring in the upper shaft and the lower shaft when extending or retracting the central tubular shaft.

Abstract: An automatic umbrella has a telescopic stick, a frame carrying a canopy and connected to the stick by rings, automatic closing and opening means, a case connected to the lower tube of the stick, and means for twisting the folds of the canopy. Means for twisting the folds may have a thread provided on the middle tube of the stick, and a notch provided on the lower tube of the stick and engaging with the thread.

Abstract: An automatic umbrella includes: a central shaft having an upper shaft telescopically mounted on a lower shaft, a rib assembly having at least a top rib and a stretcher rib supporting the top rib, an elongate extending spring inserted inside the central shaft which may be lightly operated for resetting the umbrella for restoring its elastic force for extending the shafts, the ribs and the umbrella, a plurality of restoring springs each secured in said rib assembly for normally urging and retracting the ribs, and a seesaw button seesawly formed in a grip of the shaft for selectively extending the shaft, the ribs for opening the umbrella, or for retracting the ribs for closing the umbrella.

Abstract: An automatic umbrella includes: a central shaft having an upper shaft telescopically mounted on a lower shaft, a rib assembly having at least a top rib and a stretcher rib supporting the top rib, an elongate extending spring inserted inside the central shaft which may be lightly operated for resetting the umbrella for restoring its elastic force for extending the shafts, the ribs and the umbrella, a plurality of restoring springs each secured in said rib assembly for normally urging and retracting the ribs, and a seesaw button seesawly formed in a grip of the shaft for selectively extending the shaft, the ribs for opening the umbrella, or for retracting the ribs for closing the umbrella. The umbrella also includes a drag rod formed in the shafts having a locking head formed on a lower end of the rod to be locked by a retraction controller for preventing a false closing operation when opening the umbrella.

Abstract: A shield for a person has a shaft, a handle and a release trigger in the shaft. A plurality of ribs are pivotally attached to the shaft at the other end from the handle. A support is provided for the ribs and is movable between an open configuration in which the ribs extend mainly radially outwards and a closed configuration in which the ribs are adjacent the shaft. The release trigger holds the support in the closed configuration. A spring is provided for urging the support from the closed to the open configuration. A flexible cover is attached to the ribs, and the shield is dimensioned to withstand the impact from a large object, such as a dog, or a missile thrown at the shield.

Abstract: A manual/automatic dual-purposed umbrella structure comprising a handle, a stationary tube, an inner tube, an outer tube and a top tube. The handle has two buttons which respectively control a pushing rod and a hook portion to fix or loosen the outer tube. The inner tube and the top tube are separately passed into the outer tube from the top and the bottom thereof. The top tube and the stationary tube each respectively comprises a hook hole used for hooking a hook rod installed on the outer tube. Two springs are respectively set on the inner tube and the top tube, the elastic forces thereof forcing the umbrella frame to be opened or closed.

Abstract: An umbrella is expanded by spring action and collapsed by spring action. Both spring actions are initiated by a single push button which is manually manipulated in the same manner for initiating both spring actions.

Abstract: An umbrella with a pistol-shaped handle comprised of a self opening umbrella frame attached to a tubular umbrella shaft connected to a handle portion which is in the shape of a pistol wherein the handle contains a trigger mechanism for opening the umbrella. The umbrella with pistol-shaped handle is useful as a novelty item and can operate in a fashion similar to conventional self-opening umbrellas.

Abstract: First and second elongated coaxial tubular members are slidably related for relative longitudinal movement. The first member carries a cylindrically shaped pivot block to which are pivoted a plurality of circumferentially spaced pivot pieces, for pivotal movement towards and away from the first member. A collapsible umbrella canopy supporting rib extends from each of such pieces. A cup shaped member is attached to the second member and operates simultaneously against the pieces to move them away from the first member and extend the ribs outwardly in canopy supporting position upon relative longitudinal movement of the members.

Abstract: A folding umbrella having a telescopic stem which is connected to a crown at the top and at the bottom to a handle pivotally supporting a radius hand-grip, ribs and stretchers are provided for extending or collapsing the roof of the umbrella, a runner is slidable along the stem for actuating the ribs and stretchers through interposed links and auxiliary links, a lever is co-operative between the radius hand-grip and an elongated runner slide which is slidably arranged within the runner and around the stem and which carries at the upper end a notch member to which the struts, pivoted to the links or stretchers, are pivotally connected.

Abstract: An umbrella has a mechanism for latching and releasing a slider (8) which tuates the umbrella canopy framework as it slides to and fro along a stick (12). The slider is fixed in the closed position by means of a latching bolt (18) which is mounted in a handle (1) and has a latching nose engaging in a notch (8b) in a guide sleeve (8c) of the slider. The slider is released by pressing a button (15) which causes the bolt (18) to slide transversely to the axis (X) of the stick against the action of a spring (17).

Abstract: An inflatable umbrella consisting of canopy and handle which may be folded and conveniently carried about on the person and which has in its handle a compartment for a cartridge which can emit a pressurized gas for inflating the umbrella and has air passages formed in the canopy extending both circularly and radially with respect to the canopy, the air passages intersecting at a plurality of points.

Abstract: A mechanism for releasing the slider (4) of an umbrella frame, has a trigger sleeve (8), which cooperates with a locking member (6) of the slider and is axially movable in or on a handle (2) of the umbrella against spring action to move the locking member out of its locking engagement with in the slider. In order to simplify the release for clumsy or ignorant umbrella users or for foolproof operation, there is arranged on the trigger sleeve a secondary trigger which may be pressed radially inwards either manually or upon axial displacement of the trigger to move the locking member out its locking engagement with the slider.

Abstract: A full-automatic umbrella operable single-handedly by means of a single control device is provided with a tube having a handle at the lower end thereof, an outer tubular shaft mounted on the upper end of said tube and provided with an intermediate ring at the top thereof, an upper inner shaft inserted in the upper end of said outer tubular shaft and provided with an upper ring at the top thereof, a sliding member mounted over said outer tubular shaft and provided with a lower ring at the upper end thereof, a rib assembly collapsibly and pivotably connected to said upper, intermediate and lower rings, a control device disposed in said stick and being operable to control the opening and collapsing of the umbrella through said control means, a coil spring adapted for closing the umbrella mounted in between said intermediate and lower rings, and two coil springs adapted for opening of the umbrella mounted separately in the upper and lower portions of said stick.

Abstract: An umbrella automatically openable and closable by a single push-button operation. The umbrella comprises an outer tubular shaft having a lower ring fixed on the upper end thereof; an intermediate tubular shaft slidably inserted in the outer tubular shaft and having an intermediate ring on the upper end thereof; an upper inner shaft slidably inserted in the upper end of the intermediate tubular shaft and having an upper ring fixed on the upper end thereof; a lower inner shaft slidably inserted in the lower end of the intermediate tubular shaft and having on the lower end thereof a grip, operably mounted thereinside a first spring pawl attached with a push button on the lower end thereof and a second spring pawl; a first spring means fitted over the intermediate tubular shaft in between the intermediate ring and the lower ring; and a second spring means mounted inside the intermediate tubular shaft in between the upper inner shaft and the lower inner shaft.

Abstract: A device is disclosed whereby both the opening and the closing of a device commonly known as an umbrella is accomplished automatically.

Abstract: This invention relates a release device of double-shade umbrella specially for opening simultaneously the two sets of ribs of a paramours's umbrella by pressing a T plate in the umbrella handle and forcing the two spring retainers in the umbrella canes to release the outer telescopic tubes of the canes, and characterized by combining two separate release devices in one with a T plate aligned with two retainers so as to unfold two shades simultaneously with one hand.

Abstract: A portable hunting blind assembly having a collapsible umbrella roof structure supported from a central hollow cylinder and extending outwardly for terminating in a polygonal body having sides defined by the ribs of the roof structure, a handle supporting of the umbrella roof structure telescopically connected to an internal sleeve in the cylinder by means of a pivot arrangement, the handle received at its free end in a stake support structure or member having its distal end securely anchored in the ground, and an array of panel screening material sections depending from each of the polygonal sides of the roof structure and held firmly in the ground by anchor devices.

Abstract: An automatically opening and closing umbrella comprising a telescoping shaft having a middle tube, an outer tube slidably disposed over the middle tube, and two inner tubes longitudinally displaced and slidably disposed within the middle tube. Notches are provided at the top of the middle tube, the upper inner tube, and the outer tube. Between the two inner tubes is a first spring abutting against the ends thereof. A second spring is coaxially disposed over the middle tube between the notches of the middle tube and the outer tube. Locking members are provided to fix the position of the tubes, thus biasing the springs. When a first locking member is released, the first spring causes the umbrella to open. When a second locking member is released, the second spring causes the umbrella to close.

Abstract: A locking device for an automatic opening umbrella having the function of an anti-missrelease and automatic locking device wherein a push button and a button seat are formed in conjunction with a spring element, whereby, by just pushing forward and depressing said button to unlock the locking device and thus continuously complete the action of automatically opening the umbrella. The push botton will automatically return to its original position in a locking up condition after the force against the button is released.

Abstract: An umbrella comprises a flexible water collecting device and a self-supporting device both provided generally within the upper portion of a stick member and controlled by a controlling device. When one releases the controlling device, the water collecting device and the supporting device will protrude out of the stick member a certain length by a spring mounted in a handle. The water collecting device can automatically open to form a small umbrella upon protruding out of the stick member.

Abstract: The inner ends of cover-supporting ribs of an umbrella are pivotally connected to a rib carrier which is longitudinally slidable in a hollow shaft by means of a projection extending out through a longitudinal slot in the shaft. The rib carrier is slidable between a closed position in which the rib carrier is near the lower end of the shaft and the rib members together with the cover are in the shaft and an open position in which the rib carrier is at the upper end of the shaft and the rib members radiate out from the rib carrier so as to support the cover. Each of the ribs comprises inner and outer tubular sections which are telescopically slidable one in the other. When the umbrella is in open position, the telescopic ribs are extended so as to support a larger cover. When the umbrella is in closed condition, the telescopic ribs are contracted so as to be received in a shorter shaft.

Abstract: The invention relates to an improved automatic umbrella which comprises a tapered contracting cylinder at the uppermost portion thereof, a controlling tube at the middle portion thereof and a controlling lever at the lower portion thereof. Besides, the invention also comprises a set of spokes fixed on to the spoke hub of the controlling tube and a coil spring, one end thereof being homed within the tapered contracting cylinder while the other end thereof being resistant against the spoke hub. The controlling tube has an inward concave portion longitudinally provided with several holes in line for adjusting the tensity of the umbrella cloth. The controlling tube is provided with a top projecting piece, an interim projecting piece and a push button.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an opening and closing device for an umbrella which can be easily handled by a single hand; in which a button structure is positioned between a handle and a shaft to control an open-close transmission device rotated by a ratchet gear, thereby to actuate hard steel wire thereof to retract periodically, thus the opening and closing of the umbrella can be handled by a single hand.

Abstract: This invention is directed to an umbrella whereby a person can open the umbrella with one hand and, also, close the umbrella with one hand. There is a spring which urges the umbrella to an open position. In the closed position there is a latching means for preventing movement of the elements of the umbrella so as to maintain the umbrella in the closed position. To open the umbrella the latching means is moved and the spring expands the umbrella to the open position. To close the umbrella a person, with one hand, pulls on a handle so as to move the latching means in a locking position to maintain the umbrella in the closed position.