US 5,329,953 AGranted

Umbrella, in particular stand umbrella

AssigneeBecher Textil- und Stahlbau GmbH

InventorKlaus Becher

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Abstract

In the case of an umbrella, in particular a stand umbrella, sunshade, garden umbrella and the like, having a framework, a roof construction and an umbrella roof, in which the roof rods (5) are articulated on a pole part (2), which is displaceable telescopically in relation to the stand tube (1) and bears a crown (3), and displaceable along the stand tube (1) is a runner (4), on which supporting struts (6) articulated on the roof rods (5) act in a jointed manner, crown (3) and runner (4) moving oppositely upon opening and closing of the umbrella, for simpler opening of the umbrella and tensioning of the umbrella roof there is provided an auxiliary strut (8), which is jointedly arranged above the runner (4) between umbrella pole (1) and at least one roof rod (5), and the runner (4) is provided with a locking device (12), by which said runner can be arrested in its upper position and the umbrella roof can be tensioned.

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Dependent claims

An umbrella comprising a framework, a roof construction and an umbrella roof in which roof rods are articulated on a pole part;

said pole part being displaceable telescopically in relation to a stand tube and carries a crown, a runner displaceable along the stand tube, said crown and runner being movable oppositely in mutual dependence upon each other during opening and closing of the umbrella, at least one auxiliary strut of a predetermined fixed length for forcing opposite movement of the crown and runner in mutual dependence upon each other, one end of said at least one auxiliary strut being articulated on the stand tube and the other end of said at least one auxiliary strut being articulated on at least one of the roof rods, a supporting strut articulately connected to at least one of said roof rods and said runner, and said runner being provided with a locking device by which said runner can be arrested in an upper position whereby the umbrella roof can be tensioned by said supporting strut.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.