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US 6,499,856 B2Granted
Beach umbrella with lamps
OwnerChorng-Cheng Leeinventor
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Abstract
A beach umbrella with lamps includes mainly a plurality of spreaders and ribs respectively having a C-shaped insert groove opening downward, and a plurality of small lamps fitted in each C-shaped groove as if hidden in the spreaders and the ribs, and a switch fixed on a lower portion of the shank to turn on and off the small lamps so as to facilitate assembly and use of the beach umbrella with lamps. Then the lamps may be lit on and off to shine in the umbrella during nighttime to set forth gracious atmosphere.
Claims2
A beach umbrella with lamps, comprising:
- a conventional beach umbrella including a longitudinally extended shank having a bore extending longitudinally therethrough, a ring fitted movably around said shank, a plurality of spreaders pivotally connected to said ring and adapted to spread out radially, a plurality of ribs each having an intermediate portion pivotally connected to an outer end of a corresponding one of said spreaders and an upper end of each of said ribs being pivotally connected to an upper ring fixed on an upper end of said shank, and a canopy covered on said plurality ribs;
- each said spreader having a C-shaped lengthwise groove formed in a lower portion thereof and opening downwardly, each said rib having a C-shaped lengthwise groove formed in a lower portion thereof and opening downwardly, a plurality of small lamps fitted in each said C-shaped groove of each of said plurality of spreaders and each of said plurality of ribs, each of said small lamps having power wires extending from a rear end thereof, said shank having lead wires passing through said bore for coupling to a power source on one end of said lead wires and to said power wires of said plurality small lamps on an opposing end of said lead wires.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.