101 |
UMBRELLA (STICK-INCLINATION-ANGLE MULTISTAGE DISPLACEMENTS) |
PCT/JP2008073376 |
2008-12-24 |
WO2009101752A4 |
2009-11-26 |
IZUMI KANJI; IZUMI TOSHIKO |
Provided is an umbrella, the canopy of which can be moved in the angle of inclination according to the position of the sun while the stick of the umbrella being retained or fixed by a support member for supporting the upright state of the stick, and the inclination angle of which can be locked (or held) at the moved position so that the umbrella allows the user to use the two hands not only in the shade in the fine, hot weather but also in the rain. The umbrella comprises a joint portion for giving the umbrella stick an inclination angle so that the stick is held at multiple stages in the inclination angle over a cylinder covering the joint portion. A joint member includes a pin notched to have an elastic portion, or an elastic portion disposed in the recess of the joint member. A plurality of recesses are formed in the leading end of the protrusion of the joint member in the same direction as the axial direction of the pin. Protrusions corresponding to the recesses are formed on the recess of the joint member, or the elastic portion is disposed in the recess of the joint portion. Moreover, protrusions are formed on the inner wall of the leading end portions of the recess of the joint portion. A plurality of recesses corresponding to the protrusions are formed in a sector shape in the bulging side face of the joint portion. A lock mechanism is mounted in an outer cylinder or a pin. The umbrella is manufactured by applying a sheet member, which is prepared by adding a waterproofing property to the sheet member having a light/heat shielding property, to the canopy of the umbrella. |
102 |
CONNECTION STRUCTURE FOR PARASOL |
PCT/KR2008002302 |
2008-04-23 |
WO2008133434A3 |
2008-12-31 |
SONG KEUN SUNG |
Provided is a connection structure for a parasol for connecting a parasol including a post and a sunshade to another parasol. The connection structure includes a set of first fixing units having fastening holes through which the posts are inserted to be fixed, a set of second fixing units opposite to the first fixing units and having fastening holes, a pair of connection units disposed between the first fixing units and the second fixing units, and a pair of connection parts having a pair of connection bars hinged to each other, the respective ends of the connection bars being hinged to the first fixing units, the second fixing units and the connection units such that the first fixing units, the second fixing units, and the connection units are connected to each other in a foldable manner, wherein the connection unit and the connection part are installed between the first fixing units and the second fixing units in plural. Therefore, it is possible to simply adjust an interval of a pair of posts installed at a parasol and connect parasols having single posts at predetermined intervals by connecting a plurality of connection members to a first fixing unit, a second fixing unit and a connection part to vary the length thereof. |
103 |
UMBRELLA ASSEMBLY |
PCT/US0040639 |
2000-08-14 |
WO0112009A9 |
2002-08-01 |
GOLDWITZ BRIAN L |
An umbrella assembly (10) comprising a base (12), a pole (14) mounted on the base (12) extending upwardly and outwardly from the base (12), a carriage (16) slidably mounted on the pole (14), and an umbrella frame (20) including an adapter (18) releasably engagable with the carriage (16). A handle (28) is rotatably mounted on the pole (14), and a cable (136) is coupled at one end to the handle (28) and coupled at another end to the umbrella frame (20) such that by rotating the handle (28), the cable (136) is retracted and the umbrella (20) is opened, and by rotating the handle (28) in the opposite direction, the cable (136) is released, the umbrella (20) is collapsed, and the carriage (16) is slidable along the pole (14). The cable (136) is coupled to the adapter (18) such that the adapter (18) may be releasably secured to the umbrella frame (20) to allow the umbrella frame (20) to be tilted and secured in an inclined position. |
104 |
TILTING AND ROTATING SUNSHADE WITH TORQUE-FREE MOUNTING |
PCT/DE9601811 |
1996-09-25 |
WO9711620A2 |
1997-04-03 |
LECHNER JOSEF |
The tilting and rotating sunshade has a counterweight attached to it in such a way as to produce zero torque in the mobile section. The angles of tilt and rotation of the sunshade can be adjusted with little physical effort. The sunshade can be locked in position to prevent that position from being altered by the wind. The counterweight can be attached to the sunshade with pins, cables, chains and toothed wheels. These connections of the counterweight to the sunshade make it possible to set up the sunshade in particularly advantageous locations, e.g. under a table in whose centre the sunshade column is situated. |
105 |
Magnetic swivel umbrella holder system |
US15607381 |
2017-05-26 |
US10149523B2 |
2018-12-11 |
Joshua Mitchell Cooley |
A magnetic umbrella swivel holder system comprising a swivel umbrella holder, further comprising an upper portion and a lower portion, wherein the upper portion is a first tube with a diameter sized to hold an umbrella pole, the lower portion is a second tube. Preferably, the upper portion is connected to the lower portion with a pivot device. A magnet is preferably removably attached to the lower portion using a fastener that threadably attaches to a receptacle fitted within the lower portion such that the magnet forms a bottom surface. |
106 |
METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING SHADING ELEMENT AND/OR MOVING UMBRELLA ASSEMBLY TO MAXIMIZE SHADING AREA |
US15881993 |
2018-01-29 |
US20180332935A1 |
2018-11-22 |
Armen Sevada Gharabegian |
A robotic umbrella, comprising a base assembly, a support assembly coupled to the base assembly, one or more shading assemblies coupled to the support assembly, one or more processors and one or more memory devices. The robotic umbrella comprises computer-readable instructions stored in the one or more memory devices, accessed from the one or more memory devices which are executed by the one or more processors to: a) determine a geographical location of the robotic umbrella utilizing at least one of a wireless communication transceiver or a global positioning system (GPS) transceiver, or a combination thereof; and b) determine an orientation of a light source with respect to the robotic umbrella utilizing at least one of a compass, an accelerometer, a magnetometer or a gyroscope, or combination thereof. The robotic umbrella further comprises one or more distance sensors to calculate a distance from the robotic umbrella to the object. |
107 |
Automated intelligent shading objects and computer-readable instructions for interfacing with, communicating with and controlling a shading object |
US15160856 |
2016-05-20 |
US09949540B2 |
2018-04-24 |
Armen Sevada Gharabegian |
An intelligent shading object comprises a base assembly and an umbrella support assembly. The umbrella support assembly is coupled to the base assembly and comprises a first processor and a first motor assembly. The first motor assembly rotates an umbrella support assembly about a vertical axis in response to commands and/or signals generated by the first processor. The umbrella assembly further comprises a stem assembly and a center support assembly, where the center support assembly further comprises a second processor, a second motor assembly, a lower assembly, an upper assembly, and a hinging assembly. The second processor communicates signals and/or commands to the second motor assembly and the second motor assembly drives the upper assembly to rotate with respect to the lower assembly via the hinging assembly. |
108 |
SUN SCREEN STRUCTURE |
US15711557 |
2017-09-21 |
US20180077869A1 |
2018-03-22 |
William Bigge; Gerald Hobrath |
A sun shade for a lawn maintenance tool includes a bracket configured to accommodate a profile of the lawn maintenance tool to the rear of the seat. A frame is configured to cooperate with the bracket, and a fastener attaches the frame and the bracket to the lawn maintenance tool. A quantity of material is attached to the frame above the lawn maintenance tool, where the material is configured to inhibit passage of sunlight through the material. In further examples, the sun shade can be foldable at one or more locations by using breakaway hinges. A kit including the sun shade can also be used to modify the lawn maintenance tool. |
109 |
CANTILEVERED UMBRELLA DESIGN WITH AN ARCUATE GUIDE TRACK |
US15629944 |
2017-06-22 |
US20170367447A1 |
2017-12-28 |
Richard Bauer |
A cantilevered umbrella assembly with an arcuate guide track comprises a support column, a cantilever arm attached to the support column, and an at least partially arcuate configured guide track attached to the cantilever arm that defines a sweep axis and a plane. The guide track defines a first free end, a second free end and an apex between the first end and the second end along the sweep axis. The sweep axis defines a first tangent to the sweep axis at the first end, a second tangent at the second end, and a third tangent at the apex, wherein a first line drawn perpendicularly to the first tangent and a second line drawn perpendicularly to the third tangent form a first included angle in the plane of the guide track that ranges from 10 to 45 degrees. |
110 |
Intelligent Shading Objects with Integrated Computing Device |
US15160822 |
2016-05-20 |
US20170318923A1 |
2017-11-09 |
Armen Sevada Gharabegian |
An intelligent shading umbrella comprises a base assembly, an umbrella support assembly coupled to a base assembly, a first memory, a first processor coupled to the first memory, and a computing device, wherein the computing device has a non-volatile memory having computer-readable instructions stored thereon, a second memory, and a second processor. A first processor communicates commands and/or signals to the umbrella support assembly to cause movement of the umbrella support assembly. A second processor, of the computing device, is enclosed within the intelligent shading object fetches computer-readable instructions from the non-volatile memory, loads the computer-readable instructions from the non-volatile memory into the second memory, and executes the computer-readable instructions to communicate with external computing devices and/or to generate commands and/or signals to the first processor to request movements of the umbrella shading assembly. |
111 |
UNIQUE TWELVE-DIFFERENT-APPLICATION UMBRELLA SYSTEM, HAVING PIVOTABLE POLE RECEIVER SYSTEMS, ROTATABLE POLE-RECEIVER-LOCKING ADJUSTOR SYSTEM, CURVED-SURFACE ADAPTOR SYSTEMS, TRAILER-HITCH ADAPTOR SYSTEM, AND SPIRAL-SHOVEL SPIKE SYSTEM |
US15486294 |
2017-04-12 |
US20170295895A1 |
2017-10-19 |
DEE VOLIN |
At least one twelve-different-application rotatable and pivotable umbrella each comprises: at least one pivotable pole receiver each having: a pole-centering sleeve and receiver gears; a rotatable adjustor having: adjustor gears for engaging to the receiver gears and bottom gears; a trailer-hitch-adapting tube for engaging to a trailer hitch; at least one curved-surface-adapting plate each releasably attached to the trailer-hitch-adapting tube; a spiral-shovel spike having: a spiral blade and digging shovels for securely burying the spiral blade in soil and sand; a base attached to the trailer-hitch-adapting tube or the spiral-shovel spike, and having: base gears for engaging to the bottom gears, two wrenching-and-strapping handles for wrenching and strapping the base, and a surface-conforming-and-protecting adaptor attached thereto; at least one base-securing strap and ratchet for attaching the base to bumper, bench, table, hand rail, post, column, tree, tail gate, e.i.; and at least one adjustable umbrella each having: a canopy and a pole for being inserted through the pole-centering sleeve and into one of the at least one pivotable pole receiver. |
112 |
INTELLIGENT SHADING OBJECT MOVEMENT BASED ON SUN SENSOR INTENSITY |
US15278609 |
2016-09-28 |
US20170071300A1 |
2017-03-16 |
Armen Sevada Gharabegian |
An intelligent umbrella includes a light sensor to generate a light intensity measurement, a motor to move the light sensor about an azimuth axis, the light sensor generating a plurality of light intensity measurements and associated locations. The intelligent umbrella also includes a controller to receive the plurality of light intensity measurements from the light sensor, and to identify a highest light sensor measurement of the plurality of light sensor measurements and an associated location. The controller generates and communicates a command including the associated location to a motor, which receives the command and moves the light sensor to the associated location. The controller moves a light sensor about an elevation axis, determines a peak intensity value and corresponding elevation location, and moves the light sensor to the corresponding elevation location. |
113 |
Umbrella having a pivot joint to provide additional degrees of freedom of orientation of its canopy |
US14203541 |
2014-03-10 |
US09433268B2 |
2016-09-06 |
Mark J. S. Ma |
An umbrella having the crown of the canopy coupled to a support structure via a pivot joint that is structured and configured to allow swiveling and/or tilting of the canopy with ease by a user, in more than one plane or with more than one degree of freedom with respect to the support structure. The canopy frame includes a longitudinal central support hub, and the pivot joint is rotatable about a rotation axis, wherein the axis of the canopy support hub makes a fixed or variable non-zero angle with respect to the pivot joint rotation axis. As a result of the angle between the pivot joint rotation axis and the canopy support hub axis. The rotation of the pivot joint causes tilting of the canopy support hub axis, thus tilting the canopy to change its orientation. |
114 |
Back-Type Expanding and Opening Foldable Sunshade Apparatus |
US15025572 |
2014-08-29 |
US20160237715A1 |
2016-08-18 |
Guofan Chen |
Disclosed is a back-type expanding and opening foldable sunshade apparatus. The back-type expanding and opening foldable sunshade apparatus can be used directly on the back of a person or used together with a backpack by placing in the backpack, can adjust the opening extent and position of the shade in a lockable manner, and the width of the shade is expanded transversely when opening, thereby shading more effectively; and during use, the shade can be quickly opened, and when being not in use, the shade can be easily folded into a small device on the back or concealed in an interlayer of a backpack, thus being convenient and attractive. |
115 |
Automobile umbrella apparatus |
US14798581 |
2015-07-14 |
US09321336B2 |
2016-04-26 |
Jonathan Sasaki |
An automobile umbrella apparatus for use with an automobile window includes a base member having an arch shape that nests atop the lower window frame of an automobile. A mounting shaft extends upwardly from the base member is length adjustable to span between the lower and upper window frame members of an automobile. A mounting fin is coupled to the mounting shaft proximate a distal end and has a wedge shape configured to engage an upper window frame member in a friction fit relationship. An umbrella pole includes a proximal end pivotally coupled to the upper end of the mounting shaft and an opposed distal end. An umbrella canopy is operatively coupled to the distal end of the umbrella pole and movable between a retracted configuration loosely surrounding the umbrella pole and a deployed configuration extending away from the umbrella pole so as to shield or shade an area thereunder. |
116 |
Automobile Umbrella Apparatus |
US14798581 |
2015-07-14 |
US20160015137A1 |
2016-01-21 |
Jonathan Sasaki |
An automobile umbrella apparatus for use with an automobile window includes a base member having an arch shape that nests atop the lower window frame of an automobile. A mounting shaft extends upwardly from the base member is length adjustable to span between the lower and upper window frame members of an automobile. A mounting fin is coupled to the mounting shaft proximate a distal end and has a wedge shape configured to engage an upper window frame member in a friction fit relationship. An umbrella pole includes a proximal end pivotally coupled to the upper end of the mounting shaft and an opposed distal end. An umbrella canopy is operatively coupled to the distal end of the umbrella pole and movable between a retracted configuration loosely surrounding the umbrella pole and a deployed configuration extending away from the umbrella pole so as to shield or shade an area thereunder. |
117 |
Cantilever umbrella |
US13797156 |
2013-03-12 |
US09237785B2 |
2016-01-19 |
Oliver Joen-an Ma |
Umbrella assemblies described herein are configured to retract and extend, tilt side to side, and open and close. In some embodiments, the umbrella assembly can include a cantilevered beam. The umbrella assembly can further include a tilt mechanism operable to rotate the canopy frame. The umbrella assembly can include a clutch mechanism fixed to the cantilevered beam. |
118 |
Cantilever umbrella |
US14478275 |
2014-09-05 |
US09220325B2 |
2015-12-29 |
Oliver Joen-an Ma |
An umbrella is provided that has a transverse member mounted canopy control module. The umbrella has a support structure and a canopy. The support structure has a first support member having an upper end and a second support member. The second support member has a first end disposed adjacent to the first support member and a second end disposed away from the first end. The second support member extending along a longitudinal axis disposed transverse to the first support member. The canopy has an upper hub. The upper hub is pivotally coupled with the second support member. The umbrella also has an enclosure disposed at the first end of the second support member. A canopy control mechanism is disposed in the enclosure to alter the configuration of the canopy. |
119 |
Flexible umbrella systems |
US12354323 |
2009-01-15 |
US08960210B2 |
2015-02-24 |
John Andrew Bacik |
An umbrella system relating to the general protection of fixed outdoor umbrellas, especially during windy conditions. The umbrella system uses a supportive shaft equipped with a resiliently deformable region allowing omni-directional bending under wind loading. A preferred embodiment of the deformable region comprises a helical spring. |
120 |
CANTILEVER UMBRELLA |
US13797156 |
2013-03-12 |
US20140230867A1 |
2014-08-21 |
Oliver Joen-an Ma |
Umbrella assemblies described herein are configured to retract and extend, tilt side to side, and open and close. In some embodiments, the umbrella assembly can include a cantilevered beam. The umbrella assembly can further include a tilt mechanism operable to rotate the canopy frame. The umbrella assembly can include a clutch mechanism fixed to the cantilevered beam. |