Electrical arrangement of shading device

• US 20100319737A1
• Filed: 08/03/2010
• Published: 12/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Oliver Joen-An Ma
• Original Assignee: Oliver Joen-An Ma
• Inventors: Li, Wanda Ying
• Application Number:
  US12/806,016
• Publication Number:
  US 20100319737A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 135/16
• CPC Class Codes: A45B 3/00 Sticks combined with other objects
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 135/91 Illuminated cane or umbrella

Abstract

An electrical arrangement includes a releasable unit and a locking arrangement which contains a releasable locker to detachably couple the releasable unit with the shading device and to ensure contact with the electrical arrangement so as to electrically connect the releasable unit of the electrical arrangement.

Claims

1. An outdoor umbrella, comprising:

an umbrella awning;

an umbrella frame comprising a supporting shaft and an awning frame suspendedly supported by said supporting shaft and coupled with said umbrella awning for defining a shading area thereunder; and

an electrical arrangement, supported at said umbrella frame for providing an additional umbrella function, comprising;

a releasable unit coupled with said supporting shaft; and

a locking arrangement which contains a locker slot provided at said umbrella frame and a releasable locker extended from said electrical device to detachably couple said releasable unit with said umbrella frame.

2. The outdoor umbrella, as recited in claim 1, wherein said releasable locker comprises two spaced apart resilient arms slidably engaging with said locker slot, wherein two locking protrusions are provided at two sidewalls of said locker slot to engage with hooking ends of said resilient arms when said releasable locker is slid into said locker slot.

3. The outdoor umbrella, as recited in claim 2, wherein said releasable locker further comprises a locking tongue slidably inserted into said locker slot, wherein said resilient arms are spacedly extended at two sidewalls of said locking tongue to define a resilient gap between each of said resilient arms and said corresponding sidewall of said locking tongue, wherein each of said resilient gaps allows said respective resilient arm to be slightly bent to engage with said respective locking protrusion when said releasable locker is slid into said locker slot.

4. The outdoor umbrella, as recited in claim 1, wherein said umbrella frame further comprises an operation housing mounted at said supporting shaft, an operational unit received at said operation housing for selectively operating said awning frame at an unfolded position and a folded position, and a compartment provided at a sidewall of said operation housing to receive said releasable unit, wherein said locker slot is provided at a base wall and a bottom wall of said compartment to slidably engage with said releasable locker.

5. The outdoor umbrella, as recited in claim 3, wherein said umbrella frame further comprises an operation housing mounted at said supporting shaft, an operational unit received at said operation housing for selectively operating said awning frame at an unfolded position and a folded position, and a compartment provided at a sidewall of said operation housing to receive said releasable unit, wherein said locker slot is provided at a base wall and a bottom wall of said compartment to slidably engage with said releasable locker.

6. The outdoor umbrella, as recited in claim 3, wherein said locking arrangement further comprises two releasing buttons for releasing said releasable locker from said locker slot, each of said releasing buttons having a pushing end aligned with said respective resilient arm and an opposed pressing end arranged in such a manner that when said pressing ends of said releasing buttons are pressed, said pushing ends of said releasing buttons push at said resilient arms towards said resilient gaps so as to disengage said hooking ends of said resilient arms with said locking protrusions respectively.

7. The outdoor umbrella, as recited in claim 5, wherein said locking arrangement further comprises two releasing buttons for releasing said releasable locker from said locker slot, each of said releasing buttons having a pushing end aligned with said respective resilient arm and an opposed pressing end arranged in such a manner that when said pressing ends of said releasing buttons are pressed, said pushing ends of said releasing buttons push at said resilient arms towards said resilient gaps so as to disengage said hooking ends of said resilient arms with said locking protrusions respectively.

8. The outdoor umbrella, as recited in claim 6, wherein said two releasing buttons are slidably mounted at said sidewalls of said locker slot respectively at a position that said pushing ends of said releasing buttons are align with said hooking ends of said resilient arms respectively, such that when said pressing ends of said releasing buttons are pressed, said resilient arms are driven to move at said resilient gaps to disengage with said locking protrusions respectively.

9. The outdoor umbrella, as recited in claim 7, wherein said two releasing buttons are slidably mounted at said sidewalls of said locker slot respectively at a position that said pushing ends of said releasing buttons are align with said hooking ends of said resilient arms respectively, such that when said pressing ends of said releasing buttons are pressed, said resilient arms are driven to move at said resilient gaps to disengage with said locking protrusions respectively.

10. The outdoor umbrella, as recited in claim 7, wherein said locking arrangement further comprises two resilient elements supported within said resilient gaps respectively, wherein each of said resilient elements has two ends biasing against said respective resilient arm and said sidewall of said locking tongue for applying an urging force against said resilient arm.

11. The outdoor umbrella, as recited in claim 9, wherein said locking arrangement further comprises two resilient elements supported within said resilient gaps respectively, wherein each of said resilient elements has two ends biasing against said respective resilient arm and said sidewall of said locking tongue for applying an urging force against said resilient arm.

12. The outdoor umbrella, as recited in claim 6, wherein said pushing ends of said two releasing buttons are sidewardly extended from said resilient arms respectively such that when said pressing ends of said releasing buttons are pressed, said resilient arms are driven to move at said resilient gaps to disengage with said locking protrusions respectively.

13. The outdoor umbrella, as recited in claim 7, wherein said pushing ends of said two releasing buttons are sidewardly extended at said resilient arms respectively such that when said pressing ends of said releasing buttons are pressed, said resilient arms are driven to move at said resilient gaps to disengage with said locking protrusions respectively.

14. The outdoor umbrella, as recited in claim 12, wherein said locker slot further has two actuation slots formed at said sidewalls respectively, wherein said pressing ends of said releasing buttons are protruded out of said locker slot through said actuation slots respectively when said releasable locker is locked at said locker slot.

15. The outdoor umbrella, as recited in claim 13, wherein said locker slot further has two actuation slots formed at said sidewalls respectively, wherein said pressing ends of said releasing buttons are protruded out of said locker slot through said actuation slots respectively when said releasable locker is locked at said locker slot.

16. The outdoor umbrella, as recited in claim 6, wherein said pushing ends of said two releasing buttons are slidably mounted at said resilient arms respectively such that when said pressing ends of said releasing buttons are pressed to slide along said resilient arms respectively, said resilient arms are driven to move at said resilient gaps to disengage with said locking protrusions respectively.

17. The outdoor umbrella, as recited in claim 7, wherein said pushing ends of said two releasing buttons are slidably mounted at said resilient arms respectively such that when said pressing ends of said releasing buttons are pressed to slide along said resilient arms respectively, said resilient arms are driven to move at said resilient gaps to disengage with said locking protrusions respectively.

18. The outdoor umbrella, as recited in claim 17, wherein said locker slot further has two actuation slots formed at said sidewalls respectively, wherein said pressing ends of said releasing buttons are protruded out of said locker slot through said actuation slots respectively when said releasable locker is locked at said locker slot.

19. The outdoor umbrella, as recited in claim 4, wherein said releasable locker contains a mounting slot aligned with said locker slot when said rechargeable battery unit is disposed in said compartment and comprises a mounting screw detachably engaging with said locker slot through said mounting slot to detachably mount said releasable unit to said compartment.

20. The outdoor umbrella, as recited in claim 5, wherein said releasable locker contains a mounting slot aligned with said locker slot when said rechargeable battery unit is disposed in said compartment and comprises a mounting screw detachably engaging with said locker slot through said mounting slot to detachably mount said releasable unit to said compartment.