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US 10,716,373 B2Granted
Foldable umbrella with dynamic rib structure
AssigneeHedgehog Products Inc.
InventorsKevin Paul Truong, Cahay Ho
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Abstract
The disclosure is directed at an umbrella including a canopy having a set of canopy portions; and a frame portion comprising a shaft portion; a sliding collar assembly coupled to the shaft portion and sliding along the shaft portion; and a set of ribs, each of the independent ribs attached to one of the set of canopy portions and to the sliding collar assembly, where each of the set of ribs move independently of each other when a high wind force is experienced by one of the canopy portions.
Claims12
An umbrella comprising:
- a canopy having a set of canopy portions;
- and
- a frame portion comprising:
- a shaft portion;
- a sliding collar assembly coupled to the shaft portion and sliding along the shaft portion;
- a set of ribs, each rib of the set of ribs attached to one of the set of canopy portions and to the sliding collar assembly, where each rib of the set of ribs move independently of each other when a high wind force is experienced by one of the canopy portions;
- and
- a set of support stretchers, each support stretcher of the set of support stretcher is associated with and connected to an end of one rib of the set of ribs in a one-to-one relationship;
- wherein the sliding collar assembly includes:
- a set of guide rails;
- and
- a set of slide shuttles, each slide shuttled associated with two guide rails from the set of guide rails each of the slide shuttles for receiving one of the support stretchers of the set of support stretchers.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.