Device for holding an umbrella in its standing position

申请号 US3747615D 申请日 1971-10-20 公开(公告)号 US3747615A 公开(公告)日 1973-07-24
申请人 WAKABAYASHI & CO LTD; 发明人 WAKABAYASHI K;
摘要 A ferrule of an umbrella has a reduced projecting portion at its tip end. Fitted to the projecting portion is a rubber ring which is bonded thereto. The rubber ring serves to effectively prevent the umbrella from slipping and falling down on a floor when the umbrella is rested against a wall.
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1. In an umbrella comprising a central post structure having a grip at one end thereof and a ferrule at the other end thereof, and a foldable rib and cover assembly mounted on said post structure adjacent said ferrule, the improvement which comprises: said ferrule has an inner portion and an outer portion of smaller width than said inner portion, said outer portion projecting outwardly from said inner portion; a member made of resilient friction material encircling said outer portion and attached thereto, the exposed outer peripheral surface of said member being of substantially the same shape and dimension as the peripheral surface of said inner portion of said ferrule so that the exposed outer peripheral surface of said member is substantially flush with the outer peripheral surface of said inner portion of said ferrule and constitutes an extension thereof.
2. An umbrella according to claim 1, in which said inner and outer portions of said ferrule are substantially cylindrical with said outer portion being of smaller diameter than said inner portion, and said member is an annular rubber ring which is open at both its ends and is sleeved on said outer portion and abuts against said inner portion, said ring having a substantially flat outer end surface which is substantially flush with the outer end surface of said outer portion of said ferrule.
3. An umbrella according to claim 1, in which said inner and outer portions of said ferrule are polygonal in plan view with the dimensions of said outer portion being smaller than the dimensions of said inner portion, and said member is a hollow polygonal rubber ring which is open at both its ends and is sleeved on said outer portion and abuts against said inner portion, said ring having a substantially flat outer end surface which is substantially flush with the outer end surface of said outer portion of said ferrule.
4. An umbrella according to claim 1, in which said grip has an inner portion and an outer portion of smaller width than said inner portion, said outer portion of said grip projecting outwardly from said inner portion thereof; a second member made of resilient friction material encircling said outer portion of said grip and attached thereto, the exposed outer peripheral surface of said second member being of substantially the same shape and dimension as the peripheral surface of said inner portion of said grip so that the exposed outer peripheral surface of said second member is substantially flush with the outer peripheral surface of said inner portion of said grip and constitutes an extension thereof.
5. An umbrella according to claim 4, in which said inner and outer portions of said grip are substantially cylindrical with said outer portion being of smaller diameter than said inner portion, and said seCond member is an annular rubber ring which is open at both its ends and is sleeved on said outer portion of said grip and abuts against said inner portion of said grip, said second ring having a substantially flat outer end surface which is substantially flush with the outer end surface of said outer portion of said grip.
6. An umbrella according to claim 1, in which said inner and outer portions of said grip are polygonal in plan view with the dimensions of said outer portion being smaller than the dimensions of said inner portion, and said second member is a hollow polygonal rubber ring which is open at both its ends and is sleeved on said outer portion of said grip and abuts against said inner portion of said grip, said second ring having a substantially flat outer end surface which is substantially flush with the outer end surface of said outer portion of said grip.
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