Schnellkupplung für einen Wetterschutz, etwa einen Schirm oder einen zusammenklappbaren Wetterschutz, wobei die erfindungsgemäße Schnellkupplung aus zwei Teilen (1, 8) besteht. Die Streben (11) des Wetterschutzes werden bei der Montage in eine Nut (2) des einen Teils der Schnellkupplung eingeführt, welche sodann durch das andere Teil verschlossen wird. Die Nut kann so ausgebildet sein, dass bereits beim Einführen der Streben (11) eine erste Verrastung derselben erfolgt, was die Montage des Wetterschutzes weiter vereinfacht.

The present invention relates to an umbrella comprising a fixture unit with which umbrella ribs are coupled and an elevation tube with which lower ribs are coupled. An umbrella (1) in which umbrella ribs (21) are hinged and coupled to a fixture unit (20) at a top end of an umbrella staff (10) having a handle (40), both ends of lower ribs (31) are hinged and coupled between an elevation tube (30), coupled to the umbrella staff (10) and configured to go up and down, and the umbrella ribs (21) thereto. The fixture unit (20) and the elevation tube (30) are respectively separated into upper and lower fixtures (20a and 20b) and upper and lower elevation tubes (30a and 30b). A sphere-shaped coupling unit (50a) is formed on one side of each of connectors (50) and movably inserted between the first groove (22) and the guide hole (24) of the fixture unit and between the second groove (34) and the guide groove of the elevation tube.

The present inventions relate generally to connectors for interconnecting members of shade structures (e.g. umbrellas and pavilions), such as support ribs and hubs. The connectors can be incorporated or attached to support ribs of shade structures to enable the support ribs to extend from the hubs at various angles to accommodate different shaped canopies. The connectors include an adjustable portion that enables the support ribs to extend to desired points on the periphery of the canopy at an angle that deviates from the angle of the hub channels, which are disposed around the periphery of the hubs.

The present inventions relate generally to connectors for interconnecting members of shade structures (e.g. umbrellas and pavilions), such as support ribs and hubs. The connectors can be incorporated or attached to support ribs of shade structures to enable the support ribs to extend from the hubs at various angles to accommodate different shaped canopies. The connectors include an adjustable portion that enables the support ribs to extend to desired points on the periphery of the canopy at an angle that deviates from the angle of the hub channels, which are disposed around the periphery of the hubs.

In some example embodiments, a computerized method includes receiving multiple documents from at least one machine-readable media. The multiple documents have a hierarchical relationship relative to each other. The multiple documents include a first document, wherein a second document of the multiple documents comprises an enhancement to first document The enhancement is at least one of a replacement of part of the first document or an addition to the first document The computerized method includes displaying the multiple documents on a display screen such that the multiple documents are arranged according to the hierarchical relationship.

The present invention relates to a canopy device, in particular an umbrella or parasol, comprising:

- a rod;

- a canopy of flexible material connected to the rod close to an end thereof;

- operating means displaceable along the rod for closing or opening the canopy; and

- means for tensioning the canopy, which canopy tensioning means comprise a set of first tensioning members and a set of second tensioning members, wherein the first tensioning members are each pivotally connected with one first outer end to the rod and extend therefrom along the canopy to a position close to the periphery thereof, and wherein the second tensioning members are each pivotally connected with a first outer end to the operating means and are connected with a second outer end to a corresponding first tensioning member, wherein the connection between the first and second tensioning members is arranged closer to the periphery of the canopy than to the rod, and is preferably situated substantially close to the periphery of the canopy,

- wherein the canopy (3) has an asymmetrical form, the rod (2) being connected eccentrically to the canopy (3), and the tensioning members have differing lengths.

The present invention refers to a beach umbrella or umbrella with an advertising object which includes, at least, one advertising object (7, 9) disposed in a steam portion (6, 8), suitably located along said steam (6, 8), including, at least, one of its ends, and being attached by vulcanisation, gluing or by any other means, for instance, mechanical, directly on the said steam or on the slide associated to said steam.

A cylindrical latch piece 6, 15 for an umbrella frame includes at least one stud 7 which clips into an aperture or notch 2 of the shaft once fully introduced to hold the latch piece securely to the shaft. At the bottom the latch piece has a shoulder 5 over which a detent 13 of the umbrella runner may locate to hold the umbrella frame fully extended. By this means a push-button-type runner can be used on, say, a metal frame. The latch piece can be either an additional part 15 or can itself constitute the upper section 6 of the shaft.