Umbrella retaining apparatus
OwnerJames E. Drake, Sr.inventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for preventing a closed outdoor table umbrella from opening. To attain this, a continuous ring fixably attached to a distal end of a long handle is placed around the body of an umbrella. In use, a user extends the ring above the umbrella, and lowers it until snug about the umbrella. In an embodiment, the long handle includes a hand-hold at its proximal end. Such a hand-hold may rest upon an outdoor table-top while an attached ring is in place about an umbrella extending up from the center of the table. Also, a method of retaining an umbrella.
Claims4
In combination with a stationary closed outdoor umbrella including a body, the improvement which comprises:
- a rigid rig, wherein the ring removably circumscribes the body of the closed outdoor umbrella to prevent said umbrella from opening;
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- a handle, wherein the handle is fixably coupled to the ring, wherein the handle is utilized to place the ring on the umbrella, and wherein the handle comprises a rod-like member and a hand-hold, wherein the rod-like member extends between the ring and the hand-hold, wherein the rod-like member comprises a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the hand-hold is perpendicular to the rod-like member, wherein the ring is perpendicular to the rod-like member, wherein the hand-hold is coupled to the proximal end, and wherein the ring is coupled to the distal end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.