Portable shade umbrella
OwnerJohn G. Woods, Maribeth Woodsinventors
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Abstract
A portable shade umbrella comprises a weighted base having a supporting pole secured in it, with the supporting pole having a curved upper section with a downwardly depending stud attached to the outer end of the curved section for supporting a rib assembly and a canopy, each of which includes central apertures penetrated by the stud and secured to the stud with a nut, which stretches the flexible canopy into a traditional umbrella shape. The length of the supporting pole is adjustable. The canopy includes a plurality of insertion pockets about its perimeter for receiving and retaining the outer ends of the curved ribs.
Claims10
A portable shade umbrella comprising:
- a. a base having a supporting pole threadably attached thereto, said supporting pole having a vertical portion and an upper curved portion terminating in an upper end, wherein said base further comprises a U-shaped base having a threaded pole receiving aperture in a bottom portion of said U-shape of said base;
- b. a downwardly depending stud fixed to said upper end of said curved portion of said supporting pole;
- c. a rib member assembly comprising a plurality of pairs of ribs, with said rib member assembly connected to an underlying superposed canopy;
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- d. means for securing said canopy to said ribs members to form a canopy and rib assembly and means for attaching said canopy and rib member assembly to said stud.
A portable shade umbrella comprising:
- a. a base having a supporting pole attached thereto, said supporting pole having a vertical portion and an upper curved portion terminating in an upper end;
- b. a downwardly depending stud fixed to said upper end of said curved portion of said supporting pole;
- c. a rib member assembly comprising a plurality of ribs, wherein said rib assembly further comprises at least one pair of two-rib members with said two-rib members each comprising two single-piece ribs lying in a single plane and each said two-rib member having a circular flange portion having a central aperture therethrough, with said circular flange portion lying at the middle of each said two-rib member, with said rib member assembly connected to an underlying superposed canopy;
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- d. means for securing said canopy to said ribs members to form a canopy and rib assembly and means for attaching said canopy and rib member assembly to said stud.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.