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Umbrella with removable radio handle

  • US 4,867,187 A
  • Filed: 03/22/1988
  • Issued: 09/19/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/22/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An umbrella comprising:

  • a longitudinally elongated umbrella shaft,a radially expandable canopy operably connected adjacent a first end of the shaft to shield a user of the umbrella from falling precipitation; and

    a handle comprising;

    a longitudinally elongated body;

    receptacle means at one end of the body for removably receiving the second end of the umbrella shaft;

    releasable locking means in the receptacle means for selectively engaging the umbrella shaft to lock the handle and shaft relative to one another;

    battery powered radio receiving means within the body for receiving broadcast electric impulses by way of electric waves without a connecting wire and reconverting such impulses into sound audible to a user;

    a clip extending from an exterior portion of the body for engagement with a portion of a garment worn by a user to enable the handle with radio receiving means to be worn by a user apart from the umbrella; and

    a finger grip portion adjacent the one end of the body, the finger grip portion comprising separate troughs to retain the fingers of a user'"'"'s hand.

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