Chair umbrella
OwnerSandra B. Aguilarinventor
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Abstract
An umbrella attached to a chair for self-supported deployment thereof and including a cover of fabric stretched over hinged ribs radiating from a central pole for movement from a collapsed position around the pole to an extended position from the pole to provide shade to the chair occupant. One end of the pole is pivotally mounted allowing the pole to pivot from a downwardly depending position to a generally upwardly directed position where the fabric cover may be moved to its extended shade providing position. A latch device is attached to the pole for releasably holding it in it's upwardly directed position.
Claims8
An umbrella attachable to a chair for self-supported deployment thereof comprising:
- mounting means attachable to the frame of said chair for supporting said umbrella therefrom;
- a cover of fabric stretched over hinged ribs radiating from a central pole and which is moveable from a collapsed position around said pole to an extended position from said pole to provide a shade around said pole, a distal end of said pole being pivotally attached to said mounting means allowing said pole to pivot from a downwardly depending position, when said fabric cover is in said collapsed position, to a generally upwardly directed position where said fabric cover may be moved to said extended shade providing position;
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- latch means attached to said pole for releasably holding said pole in said upwardly directed position;
- said central pole being provided with a flexible joint which allows an upper part of said pole and said fabric cover to be moved to angular positions relative to a lower part of said pole, said flexible joint comprising a spirally wound coil member surrounding said central pole and bendable in a plurality of radially directed positions relative to said lower part of said pole.
An outdoor chair having a frame which includes an upwardly extending support in combination with a self-supported umbrella, said umbrella comprising:
- a cover of fabric stretched over hinged ribs radiating from a central pole and which is moveable from a collapsed position around said pole to an extended position from said pole to provide a shade around said pole, the lower end of said pole being pivotally attached to said extending chair support allowing said pole to pivot from a downwardly depending position, when said fabric cover is in said collapsed position, to a generally upwardly directed position where said fabric cover may be moved to said extended shade providing position;
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- latch means at least a portion of which is carried by said pole for releasably holding said pole in said upwardly directed position;
- said central pole being provided with a flexible joint which allows at least an upper part of said pole to be moved to angular positions relative to said upwardly extending chair support, said flexible joint comprising a spirally wound coil member which is bendable in a plurality of radially directed positions relative to said upwardly extending chair support for positioning said fabric over to provide shade to a person occupying said chair, regardless of the position of the sun.
An outdoor chair in combination with a self-supported umbrella, said umbrella comprising:
- mounting means attachable to the frame of said chair for supporting said umbrella therefrom;
- a cover of fabric stretched over hinged ribs radiating from a central pole and which is moveable from a collapsed position around said pole to an extended position from said pole to provide a shade around said pole, the lower end of said pole being attached to said mounting means for placing said pole in a generally upwardly directed position where said fabric cover may be moved to said extended shade providing position;
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- latch means at least a portion of which is carried by said pole for releasably holding said pole in said generally upwardly directed position;
- said combination chair and self-supported umbrella being further characterized in that said central pole is provided with a flexible joint which allows at least an upper part of said pole and said fabric cover to be moved to angular positions relative to the vertical when said pole is in said generally upwardly directed position, said flexible joint comprising a spirally wound coil member which is bendable in a plurality of radially directed positions relative to said vertical for positioning said fabric cover to provide a shade to a person occupying said chair regardless of the position of the sun.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.