Electrical fixture for outdoor umbrella

• US 20100024855A1
• Filed: 07/31/2008
• Published: 02/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Wanda Ying Li
• Original Assignee: Wanda Ying Li
• Inventors: Li, Wanda Ying
• Application Number:
  US12/221,269
• Publication Number:
  US 20100024855A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 135/16
• CPC Class Codes: A45B 2023/0012 Ground supported umbrellas or sunshades on a single post, e.g. resting in or on a surface there below
• CPC Class Codes: A45B 2025/003 Accessories not covered by groups A45B25/24 - A45B25/30
• CPC Class Codes: A45B 25/00 Details of umbrellas sticks for umbrellas A45B1/00 - A45B9/00; illuminating devices for umbrellas A45B3/02; sockets or holders for poles or posts E04H12/22
• CPC Class Codes: A45B 3/04 electrical

Abstract

An electrical fixture for an outdoor umbrella having a shaft includes a shaft supporter adapted for securely mounting at elongated shaft of the outdoor umbrella, a utility housing having a through slot engaging with the shaft supporter at a position the utility housing is supportively sat at the seating platform of the shaft supporter for suspendedly supporting the utility housing at the elongated shaft of the outdoor umbrella, and an electrical apparatus received in the utility housing for providing an added-on function of outdoor umbrella.

Claims

1. An electrical fixture for an outdoor umbrella having an elongated shaft, comprising:

a shaft supporter adapted for securely mounting at said elongated shaft of said outdoor umbrella, wherein said shaft supporter has a seating platform;

a utility housing having a through slot engaging with said shaft supporter, wherein said utility housing is supportively sat at said seating platform of said shaft supporter for supporting said utility housing at said elongated shaft of said outdoor umbrella; and

an electrical apparatus received in said utility housing for providing an added-on function of outdoor umbrella.

2. The electrical fixture, as recited in claim 1, wherein said shaft supporter, which has a hollow structure, contains a mounting slot having a size for said shaft of said outdoor umbrella fitting therewithin.

3. The electrical fixture, as recited in claim 2, wherein said shaft supporter comprises a first securing body and a second securing body defining said mounting slot when said first and second securing bodies are coupled with each other.

4. The electrical fixture, as recited in claim 3, wherein said shaft supporter further comprises a securing locker releasably locking said first securing body with said second securing body so as to selectively adjust a mounting position of said shaft supporter along said elongated shaft of said outdoor umbrella.

5. The electrical fixture, as recited in claim 4, wherein said securing locker contains a screw slot provided at said second securing body and comprises a hand-screw extending through said first securing body to engage with said screw slot such that said shaft supporter is adapted for selectively adjusting said mounting position in a tool-less manner.

6. The electrical fixture, as recited in claim 1, wherein said shaft supporter comprises an upper retention holder having a size smaller than said through slot of said utility housing, and a lower supporting holder having a size larger than said through slot of said utility housing to define said seating platform at a top side of said lower supporting holder, such that said utility housing is supported on said lower supporting holder to encircle around said upper retention holder in a free rotating manner.

7. The electrical fixture, as recited in claim 2, wherein said shaft supporter comprises an upper retention holder having a size smaller than said through slot of said utility housing, and a lower supporting holder having a size larger than said through slot of said utility housing to define said seating platform at a top side of said lower supporting holder, such that said utility housing is supported on said lower supporting holder to encircle around said upper retention holder in a free rotating manner.

8. The electrical fixture, as recited in claim 4, wherein said shaft supporter comprises an upper retention holder having a size smaller than said through slot of said utility housing, and a lower supporting holder having a size larger than said through slot of said utility housing to define said seating platform at a top side of said lower supporting holder, such that said utility housing is supported on said lower supporting holder to encircle around said upper retention holder in a free rotating manner.

9. The electrical fixture, as recited in claim 7, wherein said mounting slot is extended through said upper retention holder and said lower supporting holder to form a through channel for said elongated shaft of said outdoor umbrella passing through.

10. The electrical fixture, as recited in claim 8, wherein said mounting slot is extended through said upper retention holder and said lower supporting holder to form a through channel for said elongated shaft of said outdoor umbrella passing through.

11. The electrical fixture, as recited in claim 2, wherein said shaft supporter further comprises a frictional layer provided at a surrounding wall of said mounting slot for frictionally engaging with an outer circumferential surface of said elongated shaft of said outdoor umbrella so as to retain said shaft supporter in position.

12. The electrical fixture, as recited in claim 5, wherein said shaft supporter further comprises a frictional layer provided at a surrounding wall of said mounting slot for frictionally engaging with an outer circumferential surface of said elongated shaft of said outdoor umbrella so as to retain said shaft supporter in position.

13. The electrical fixture, as recited in claim 10, wherein said shaft supporter further comprises a frictional layer provided at a surrounding wall of said mounting slot for frictionally engaging with an outer circumferential surface of said elongated shaft of said outdoor umbrella so as to retain said shaft supporter in position.

14. The electrical fixture, as recited in claim 11, wherein said frictional layer is made of elastic material adapted to be self-deformed for applying an urging force against said outer circumferential surface of said elongated shaft of said outdoor umbrella when said shaft supporter is mounted thereat.

15. The electrical fixture, as recited in claim 12, wherein said frictional layer is made of elastic material adapted to be self-deformed for applying an urging force against said outer circumferential surface of said elongated shaft of said outdoor umbrella when said shaft supporter is mounted thereat.

16. The electrical fixture, as recited in claim 13, wherein said frictional layer is made of elastic material adapted to be self-deformed for applying an urging force against said outer circumferential surface of said elongated shaft of said outdoor umbrella when said shaft supporter is mounted thereat.

17. The electrical fixture, as recited in claim 1, wherein said electrical apparatus comprises a power source and an audio device received in said utility housing to electrically connect to said power source, wherein said audio device comprises one or more speakers supported in said utility housing and an audio input operatively coupling with said speaker such that when said audio input sends an audio signal to said speaker, said speaker is adapted for producing audio sound as said add-on function for said outdoor umbrella.

18. The electrical fixture, as recited in claim 10, wherein said electrical apparatus comprises a power source and an audio device received in said utility housing to electrically connect to said power source, wherein said audio device comprises one or more speakers supported in said utility housing and an audio input operatively coupling with said speaker such that when said audio input sends an audio signal to said speaker, said speaker is adapted for producing audio sound as said add-on function for said outdoor umbrella.

19. The electrical fixture, as recited in claim 16, wherein said electrical apparatus comprises a power source and an audio device received in said utility housing to electrically connect to said power source, wherein said audio device comprises one or more speakers supported in said utility housing and an audio input operatively coupling with said speaker such that when said audio input sends an audio signal to said speaker, said speaker is adapted for producing audio sound as said add-on function for said outdoor umbrella.

20. The electrical fixture, as recited in claim 1, wherein said electrical apparatus comprises a power source and an illuminating unit received in said utility housing to electrically connect to said power source, wherein said illuminating unit comprises a plurality of illuminators spacedly supported in said utility housing for producing an illumination as said add-on function for said outdoor umbrella.

21. The electrical fixture, as recited in claim 10, wherein said electrical apparatus comprises a power source and an illuminating unit received in said utility housing to electrically connect to said power source, wherein said illuminating unit comprises a plurality of illuminators spacedly supported in said utility housing for producing an illumination as said add-on function for said outdoor umbrella.

22. The electrical fixture, as recited in claim 16, wherein said electrical apparatus comprises a power source and an illuminating unit received in said utility housing to electrically connect to said power source, wherein said illuminating unit comprises a plurality of illuminators spacedly supported in said utility housing for producing an illumination as said add-on function for said outdoor umbrella.

23. The electrical fixture, as recited in claim 1, wherein said utility housing a first housing body, a second housing body defining said through slot when said first and second housing bodies are coupled with each other, and a detachable locker detachably locking up said second housing body with said first housing body to sit at said seating platform of said shaft supporter.

24. The electrical fixture, as recited in claim 19, wherein said utility housing a first housing body, a second housing body defining said through slot when said first and second housing bodies are coupled with each other, and a detachable locker detachably locking up said second housing body with said first housing body to sit at said seating platform of said shaft supporter.

25. The electrical fixture, as recited in claim 22, wherein said utility housing a first housing body, a second housing body defining said through slot when said first and second housing bodies are coupled with each other, and a detachable locker detachably locking up said second housing body with said first housing body to sit at said seating platform of said shaft supporter.

26. The electrical fixture, as recited in claim 24, wherein said first housing body, having a U-shaped structure, has two inner guiding walls defining a guiding channel therebetween, wherein said second housing body, having a corresponding shape, has two outer guiding walls engaging with said inner guiding walls of said first housing body, wherein said guiding channel has a closed end defining said through slot thereat and an opened end arranged when said second housing body is slidably mounted to said first housing body along said guiding channel through said opened end thereof, said through slot is formed at said closed end of said guiding channel.

27. The electrical fixture, as recited in claim 25, wherein said first housing body, having a U-shaped structure, has two inner guiding walls defining a guiding channel therebetween, wherein said second housing body, having a corresponding shape, has two outer guiding walls engaging with said inner guiding walls of said first housing body, wherein said guiding channel has a closed end defining said through slot thereat and an opened end arranged when said second housing body is slidably mounted to said first housing body along said guiding channel through said opened end thereof, said through slot is formed at said closed end of said guiding channel.

28. The electrical fixture, as recited in claim 24, wherein said first and second housing bodies are two identical half circular bodies pivotally coupling with each other, wherein each of said first and second housing bodies has two biasing surfaces arranged when said biasing surfaces of said first housing body engage with said biasing surfaces of said second housing body respectively, said utility housing is formed to have a donut shape and to define said through slot at a center of said utility housing.

29. The electrical fixture, as recited in claim 25, wherein said first and second housing bodies are two identical half circular bodies pivotally coupling with each other, wherein each of said first and second housing bodies has two biasing surfaces arranged when said biasing surfaces of said first housing body engage with said biasing surfaces of said second housing body respectively, said utility housing is formed to have a donut shape and to define said through slot at a center of said utility housing.