Patio umbrella with radiant heater

A patio umbrella capable of providing radiant heating in its vicinity, comprising in combination:

• a fuel-burning radiant heater having a base, having a hollow column extending upward from said base, having a table top above said base and surrounding said hollow column, and having a combustion chamber attached to the top of said hollow column;
• a reflector converging upwardly to a chimney portion;
• means for supporting said reflector above and spaced from said combustion chamber;
• a bracket attached to said reflector and having a portion that extends outward beyond said reflector;
• a rib extending downward and outward;
• rib pivot means for pivotally attaching said rib to said bracket, said rib pivot means located outward beyond said reflector so that as said rib pivots from an open position to a closed position it does not interfere with said reflector.

A patio umbrella capable of providing radiant heating in its vicinity, comprising in combination:

• a fuel-burning radiant heater having a base, having a hollow column extending upward from said base, having a table top above said base and surrounding said hollow column, and having a combustion chamber attached to the top of said hollow column;
• a reflector converging upwardly to a chimney portion;
• means for supporting said reflector above and spaced from said combustion chamber so that hot products of combustion arising from said combustion chamber will pass upward through the chimney portion of said reflector thereby drawing cool air upward through the space between said combustion chamber and said reflector, whereby said reflector is cooled;
• an upper canopy support converging upwardly from a lower edge to an aperture that surrounds and is spaced from the chimney portion of said reflector;
• insulative means for supporting said upper canopy support in the shadow cast by said reflector in radiant energy emitted by said heater, above and spaced from said reflector so that air that has become heated in the space between said reflector and said upper canopy support can pass upward through that space and escape upward between said upper canopy support and the chimney portion of said reflector thereby drawing cool air upward into the space, whereby said upper canopy support is cooled;
• a bracket attached to said reflector and having a portion that extends outward beyond said reflector;
• a rib extending downward and outward;
• and,
• rib pivot means for pivotally attaching said rib to said bracket, said rib pivot means located outward beyond said reflector so that as said rib pivots from an open position to a closed position it does not interfere with said reflector.