Pet umbrella and combined pet leash and umbrella
OwnerIrina Zhadan-Milligan, Yuri Zhadaninventors
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Abstract
A pet umbrella combines an umbrella and a leash. The umbrella includes a shaft carrying a canopy moveable between open and closed positions. In the open position, the convex side of the canopy faces the umbrella handle. A leash is secured to the opposite end of the shaft on the concave side of the canopy. The canopy is preferably oval in plan and formed of clear plastic see-through material. The major axis of the oval defined by the canopy forms a plane with the shaft whereby the shaft forms an included angle in the plane with the shaft of less than 90° and preferably about 30°-60°.
Claims19
A combined pet leash and umbrella comprising:
- a shaft having a handle at one end and a leash coupled to said shaft adjacent an opposite end thereof;
- a canopy carried by said shaft and secured thereto by a sleeve slidable along the shaft between a canopy opened position and a canopy closed position;
- said canopy in the opened position having a generally convex surface facing the handle;
- a plurality of ribs pivotally coupled at one end to said sleeve and at opposite ends to said canopy adjacent margins thereof to support said canopy in the open position;
- a plurality of struts pivotally connected at one end to said shaft and pivotally connected at opposite ends to said ribs;
- the struts supporting said ribs in said canopy opened position;
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- a detent co-operable between said shaft and said hub for releasably maintaining said canopy in the opened position.
An umbrella for a pet comprising
- a shaft having a handle at one end and a coupling adjacent an opposite end of said shaft enabling attachment of a pet leash;
- a canopy carried by said shaft and secured thereto by a sleeve slidable along the shaft between a canopy opened position and a canopy closed position;
- said canopy in the opened position having an upper generally convex surface facing the handle and a lower generally concave surface facing the coupling;
- a plurality of ribs pivotally coupled at opposite ends to said sleeve and said canopy, respectively;
- a plurality of struts pivotally connected at opposite ends to said shaft and said ribs, respectively, and supporting said ribs and said canopy in said canopy opened position;
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- a detent co-operable between said shaft and said sleeve for releasably maintaining said canopy in the opened position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.