Hands-Free Umbrella Holder
OwnerGina M. Gatto-Weisinginventor
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Abstract
An automobile-mountable umbrella holder selectively attaches to an automobile window, for example, with a releasable heavy duty suction mount. An umbrella holder receptacle provides means to tighten the receptacle to the umbrella handle to maintain an open umbrella in an upright position. An armature connects the umbrella holder to the window mount and articulates so that the position of umbrella can be adjusted to suit the needs of the user.
Claims21
(canceled)
An umbrella holder for providing protection from inclement weather for a user positioned at least partially in a volume between a door of a vehicle wherein the door is in an opened position and an interior volume of the vehicle, the door defining an interior surface, the umbrella holder comprising:
- an attachment device adapted to releasably attach to the vehicle door via the interior surface;
- an articulable arm defining proximal and distal ends and being operably coupled with the attachment device at the proximal end;
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- an umbrella receptacle adapted to receive a handle of an umbrella and being operably coupled with the articulable arm at the distal end wherein, when the door is in the opened position and the attachment device is releasably attached to the vehicle door via the interior surface, the articulable arm extends from a location generally adjacent to the interior surface of the vehicle door and into the volume between the vehicle door and the interior volume of the vehicle.
The umbrella holder of clam 1 further comprising a tightening assembly operably coupled to the umbrella receptacle and being adapted to releasably couple the umbrella handle and the umbrella receptacle.
An umbrella holder for providing protection from inclement weather for a user, the umbrella holder comprising:
- an attachment device adapted to releasably attach to an object defining a surface;
- an articulable arm defining proximal and distal ends and being operably coupled with the attachment device at the proximal end;
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- an umbrella receptacle adapted to receive a handle of an umbrella and being operably coupled with the articulable arm at the distal end wherein the articulable arm extends from the attachment device to a user-adjustable position.
The umbrella holder of clam 9 further comprising a tightening assembly operably coupled to the umbrella receptacle and being adapted to releasably couple the umbrella handle and the umbrella receptacle.
A method of providing protection from inclement weather for a user, the method comprising:
- releasably attaching an umbrella holder to a surface of an object using an releasable attachment device;
- placing an umbrella handle in an umbrella receptacle of the umbrella holder;
- positioning the umbrella receptacle using an articulable arm of the umbrella holder which is operably coupled to the releasable attachment device at a proximal end of the articulable arm and which is operably coupled to the umbrella receptacle at a distal end of the articulable arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.