Solar lighting system for outdoors umbrella
OwnerWanda Ying Liinventor
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Abstract
A solar lighting system, which is incorporated with an outdoors umbrella, includes a solar energy collector mounted on top of the outdoors umbrella, a light support, which is adjustably mounted along a supporting shaft of the outdoors umbrella at a position within the shadowing area of the awning frame, including a plurality of supporting arms radially extended from the supporting shaft, and a plurality of illuminators connecting to the supporting arms respectively in a movably suspended manner such that by selectively adjusting a position of the light support along the supporting shaft, the illuminators are suspendedly self-repositioned for maximizing a light coverage area within the shadowing area.
Claims20
An outdoors umbrella, comprising:
- an awning frame defining a shadowing area thereunder;
- a supporting frame comprising a supporting shaft having an upper portion connected to said awning frame;
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- a solar lighting system, comprising:
- a solar energy collector mounted on top of said awning frame for collecting solar energy;
- a light support, which is adjustably mounted along the supporting shaft at a position within the shadowing area of the awning frame, comprising a central hub having a central sliding through slot for said supporting shaft sliding therethrough, and a plurality of supporting arms radially extended from said central hub;
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- a plurality of illuminating units each comprising an illuminator electrically connected to said solar energy collector through said awning frame and a coupling joint connecting said illuminator to said respective supporting arm in a movably suspended manner such that by selectively adjusting a position of said light support along said supporting shaft, said illuminators are suspendedly self-repositioned for maximizing a light coverage area within said shadowing area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.