Umbrella anti-inversion apparatus
OwnerAubrey Michael Grayinventor
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Abstract
The present invention includes an umbrella anti-inversion apparatus comprising a removable cuff and a plurality of removable and adjustable straps. The cuff is attached around an umbrella shaft and the straps extend radially from the strap openings on the adjustable cuff to the umbrella tips to which they are connected. There are adjusting means incorporated on to the straps enabling easy modification of length thereby providing varied tension in each strap for effectively preventing undesirable displacement of the rib outer ends; thus providing a particular means for averting the inversion of an umbrella canopy in an open position from high winds and other weather events.
Claims17
An anti-inversion apparatus for an umbrella comprising:
- a. a removable cuff comprising:
- 1. at least one strap opening for accepting at least one strap;
- 2. a cuff fastener for securing the removable cuff to itself around a shaft of the umbrella;
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- 3. at least one ring integrated into the removable cuff via a ring opening of the removable cuff, wherein the at least one ring comprises a rigid material to provide structure to the removable cuff, and wherein the at least one ring and the removable cuff encircle the shaft of the umbrella;
- b. at least one strap comprising:
- 1. a first end having a fastening means, wherein the first end is attachable to the removable cuff through the at least one strap opening and secured using the fastening means, wherein the strap opening is separate from the ring opening;
- 2. a second end having a connector;
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- c. an arching strap for securing the removable cuff to the umbrella, wherein the arching strap is perpendicular to a top of the removable cuff.
A method for preventing inversion of an umbrella comprising:
- a. placing a removable cuff on an umbrella and securing the removable cuff around an umbrella shaft with a locking ring and cuff fastener wherein the locking ring comprises a rigid material to provide structure to the removable cuff;
- b. placing at least one strap into a strap opening and securing the strap in the Opening, wherein the strap opening is in the removable cuff and separate from a ring opening;
- c. clipping the strap to an umbrella tip and adjusting the strap with a strap fastening means to a tension to prevent umbrella inversion;
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- d. placing an arching strap through an umbrella rib and around an umbrella runner, wherein the arching strap is perpendicular to a top of the removable cuff.
An anti-inversion apparatus for an umbrella comprising:
- e. a removable cuff comprising:
- i. at least one strap opening for accepting at least one strap;
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- ii. a cuff fastener for securing the removable cuff around a shaft of the umbrella;
- iii. at least one ring integrated into the removable cuff via a ring opening of the removable cuff, wherein the at least one ring comprises a rigid material to provide structure to the removable cuff;
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- f. at least one strap comprising:
- i. a first end having a fastening means, wherein the first end is attachable to the removable cuff through the at least one strap opening and secured using the fastening means;
- ii. a second end having a connectors;
- iii. wherein the at least one strap opening is separate from the ring opening;
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- iv. at least one arching strap for securing the removable cuff to the umbrella, wherein the arching strap is perpendicular to the top of the removable cuff.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.