Multi-function umbrella

• US 4,962,779 A
• Filed: 12/06/1989
• Issued: 10/16/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/1989
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hsuan JIN Enterprise Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Yeong-Ming Meng
• Inventors: Meng, Yeong-Ming
• Primary Examiner(s): Scherbel, David A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): MAI, LANNA
• Application Number:
  US07/447,013
• Time in Patent Office: 314 Days
• Field of Search: 135/20 TH, 135/DIG. 10, 135/16, 135/19.5, 135/66
• US Class Current: 135/16
• CPC Class Codes: A45B 25/24 Protective coverings for umbrellas when closed
• CPC Class Codes: A45B 3/00 Sticks combined with other objects
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 135/91 Illuminated cane or umbrella

Abstract

A multi-function umbrella includes a multi-section rod, a handle portion provided on a lower end of the rod and a canopy body provided on an upper end of the rod. A flashlight is provided on top of the rod. A buzzer, a gas container and a battery are provided in the handle portion. A switch is provided on the handle portion in order to control the buzzer and the discharge of the gas. Another flashlight is pivotally provided on the handle portion. A flexible sleeve is provided on top of the handle portion for receiving the canopy body when the canopy body is folded.

Claims

1. A multi-function umbrella comprising generally a multi-section rod, a handle portion provided on a lower end of said rod and a canopy body provided on a top end of said rod;

a head which is generally a cylindrical tube being threadedly engaged on said top end of said rod;

a spring;

a first battery and a first bulb being provided in said head; and

a lid with a first switch being threadedly engaged on a top end of said head, said first switch controlling an electrical circuit of said first bulb, at least on opening being formed in said lid so that light emitted from said first bulb is visible through said opening;

a cap with an inner thread being threadedly engaged on said top end of said head;

a lower end of a flexible sleeve being fixed on a top portion of said handle portion, a mounting ring with an outer thread being provided on top of said sleeve; and

said mounting ring of said sleeve being threadedly engageable with said cap when said canopy body is folded.

2. A multi-function umbrella according to claim 1, wherein a lower leg of a retaining pin which is substantially U-shaped is fixed on said top portion of said handle portion;

and a hole is formed in said mounting ring so that an upper leg of said retaining pin is engageable with said hole when said sleeve is retracted.