US 4,066,170 AGranted

On-wall umbrella holder

AssigneeLee Hon Corporation

InventorYueh Huang

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Abstract

A wall-mountable umbrella holder comprising a hollow, essentially tubular casing having an opening at upper end and a perforated pan-like member connected at lower end for receiving and supporting a collapsed umbrella, means provided on the casing for mounting the casing against a wall, and a cup-shaped member threadedly detachably connected to the bottom of the perforated pan-like member whereby all of the perforations through the pan-like member are directed into the cup-shaped member, so that the water from a moistened umbrella disposed in the casing can drain through the perforations into the cup-shaped member for ready removal. The casing is preferably made up of two telescopic sections frictionally sliding one inside the other so that the length of the casing can be manually adjusted to various umbrellas. The pan-like member is provided with means for ventilation in order to insure air-drying and prevent mildew or mold. The cup-shaped member contains a bladed element which includes a shaft provided with a plurality of blades, so that the water collected in the cup-shaped member is prevented from splashing back to the pan-like member.

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Dependent claims

A wall-mountable umbrella holder comprising:

a hollow, essentially tubular casing having an opening at an upper end and a perforated pan-like member connected at the lower end for receiving and supporting a collapsed umbrella, said pan-like member including a perforated bottom, a side wall having a double-walled portion defining a gap between the two walls for engaging the lower end of the tubular casing and a perforated lower portion connected between said double-walled portion and said perforated bottom, and a hollow stud portion connected to the outer face of said perforated bottom, all said perforations in said perforated bottom communicating with the inside of the stud portion;
means, provided on said casing, for mounting said casing against a wall;
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a cup-shaped member detachably connected to said stud portion of said perforated pan-like member, said cup-shaped member containing therein a bladed element for splash prevention, whereby the water from a moistened umbrella disposed in the casing can drain through said perforations in said pan-like member into said cup-shaped member for ready removal, and whereby air can flow through the perforations in the perforated lower portion of said side wall of said pan-like member to dry the inside of the casing and the umbrella.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.