Radio equipped umbrella

• US 5,029,239 A
• Filed: 12/04/1989
• Issued: 07/02/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mark S. Nesbit
• Original Assignee: Mark S. Nesbit
• Inventors: Nesbit, Mark S.
• Primary Examiner(s): NOT, DEFINED
• Assistant Examiner(s): Smith, Ralph
• Application Number:
  US07/445,206
• Time in Patent Office: 575 Days
• Field of Search: 455/344, 455/356, 455/351, 455/347, 455/348, 455/349, 455/66, 381/24, 381/87, 381/88, 84/DIG. 1, 84/DIG. 3, 135/16
• US Class Current: 455/344
• 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: H04B 1/08 Constructional details, e.g. cabinet

Abstract

An umbrella with a hollow interior shaft with a canopy attached at the top portion of said shaft. An audio signal source is attached to the shaft of the umbrella and speaker assemblies are attached to the inside of the canopy of the umbrella. The speaker assemblies are electronically coupled to the audio signal source by wires that are run through the hollow interior of the shaft and exit at the top portion of the shaft and run along the flexible support ribs of the umbrella canopy.

Claims

1. An umbrella comprising:

an elongated shaft having a top portion, and a bottom portion;

a canopy having an outside, an inside, and a number of flexible support ribs extending from said shaft at the center of said canopy outwardly to the edges of said canopy, said canopy being attached to the top portion of said shaft and being movable between an open position and a closed position;

an audio signal source electronically coupled to said umbrella;

a power supply electronically coupled to said umbrella and being disposed to activate the audio signal source;

a speaker assembly attached to the canopy of the umbrella; and

means for electronically coupling said speaker assembly to said audio signal source.

2. The umbrella of claim 1 wherein said shaft has a hollow interior and wherein said electronic coupling means includes conducting wires running from the audio signal source, up the hollow interior of said shaft to the speaker assembly attached to the canopy of said umbrella.

3. The umbrella of claim 2 wherein said conducting wires exit the hollow interior of said shaft of the umbrella through a grommet near the top portion of said shaft.

4. The umbrella of claim 1 wherein said audio signal source is attached to the bottom portion of said shaft and forms a handle grip.

5. The umbrella of claim 4 wherein said audio signal source includes a tuning control disposed around the circumference of said handle grip.

6. The umbrella of claim 4 wherein said audio signal source includes a volume control disposed around the circumference of said handle grip.

7. The umbrella of claim 5 wherein said audio signal source includes a volume control disposed around the circumference of said handle grip.

8. The umbrella of claim 1 wherein the top portion of said shaft is an antenna electronically coupled to said audio signal source.

9. The umbrella of claim 1 wherein said shaft houses the power supply to activate the audio signal source.

10. The umbrella of claim 3 wherein the conducting wires run from the grommet in said shaft along the flexible support ribs and connect to said speaker assembly on the inside of said canopy.

11. The umbrella of claim 1 wherein said speaker assembly is secured to the inside of said canopy by means of stitching.

12. The umbrella of claim 11 wherein said speaker assembly is secured to the inside of the canopy by means of gluing.

13. The umbrella of claim 1 wherein said audio signal source is attached to said shaft of the umbrella by means of a screw.

14. The umbrella of claim 13 wherein the audio signal source is attached to said shaft of the umbrella by means of Velcro fasteners.

15. The umbrella of claim 2 wherein said conducting wires run along the outside of the umbrella shaft up to the top portion of said shaft.

16. The umbrella of claim 15 wherein said conducting wires are run from the outside of said shaft to said flexible support ribs in said canopy attaching to said speaker assembly on the inside of said canopy.

17. The umbrella of claim 1 wherein said audio signal source is a radio.

18. The umbrella of claim 1 wherein said audio signal source is a tape player.

19. The umbrella of claim 1 wherein said audio signal source is a compact disc player.

20. The umbrella of claim 1 further including a plurality of speaker assemblies attached to the inside of said canopy of said umbrella.

21. The umbrella of claim 1 wherein said umbrella is a beach umbrella.

22. The umbrella of claim 1 wherein said umbrella is a patio umbrella.