Umbrella cover

An umbrella cover comprising a sleeve of a pliable material having a closed extremity and an open extremity for receiving the canopy of an umbrella into the sleeve, said sleeve having a cut-out portion extending from said open extremity toward said closed extremity for a significant distance, and means on the cover for engaging lifting means for said cover said engagement mean and cut-out portion being substantially in alignment with said closed extremity, whereby one can manipulate the cover onto the umbrella when the umbrella is upright by engaging the engagement means on the cover with the lifting means, lifting the cover by means of the lifting means sufficiently to register the cut-out portion with a significant portion of the upper extremity of the umbrella, pulling the lifting means toward oneself to cause a portion of the cover opposite the cut-out portion to abut against said significant portion of the upper extremity of the umbrella thereby to spread the cove open and lowering the thus opened cover onto the umbrella by lowering the lifting means.