Umbrella frame

An umbrella frame, comprising:

• a center post;
• a plurality of arms extending outwardly from a top end of the center post, each arm being connected to the center post by a first rotatable connection member, wherein each of the plurality of arms comprise a plurality of parallel arm rods spaced apart from one another by a plurality of connector arm spacers distributed along the length of the arm;
• a lift ring mounted circumferentially to the center post and being moveable up and down the center post;
• and
• a plurality of connector arms, each connector arm having a first end connected to the lift ring and a second end connected to a fixed intermediate location along one of the arms, each connector arm being connected to the lift ring by a second rotatable connection member, and each connector arm being connected to the fixed intermediate location along one of the arms by a third rotatable connection member;
• at least one of the first, second or third rotatable connection members comprise:
• a first disk with a central opening,
• a second disk with a central opening, and
• an axial member passing through the central openings of the first and second disks permitting the first and second disks to rotate with respect to one another.

An umbrella frame, comprising:

• a center post comprising a plurality of parallel post rods spaced apart from one another by a plurality of post rod spacers distributed along the length of the center post;
• a plurality of arms extending outwardly from a top end of the center post, each arm being connected to the center post by a first rotatable connection member, wherein each of the plurality of arms comprise a plurality of parallel arm rods spaced apart from one another by a plurality of connector arm spacers distributed along the length of the arm;
• a lift ring mounted circumferentially to the center post and being moveable up and down the center post;
• and
• a plurality of connector arms, each connector arm having a first end connected to the lift ring and a second end connected to a fixed intermediate location along one of the arms, each connector arm being connected to the lift ring by a second rotatable connection member, and each connector arm being connected to the fixed intermediate location along one of the arms by a third rotatable connection member;
• wherein at least one of the first, second or third rotatable connection members comprise:
• a first disk with a central opening,
• a second disk with a central opening, and
• an axial member passing through the central openings of the first and second disks permitting the first and second disks to rotate with respect to one another.