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Umbrella with alert device

  • US 5,954,417 A
  • Filed: 09/03/1998
  • Issued: 09/21/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/03/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An umbrella, comprisingan umbrella frame for supporting a circular umbrella cover made of water proof material to form an umbrella body, wherein said umbrella cover comprises a plurality of gores sewing edge to edge to form a circular covering, said umbrella frame comprising a rod, a plurality of ribs each having a first end jointed at an upper portion of said rod and a second end extended outwardly and downwardly to form a tip for supporting said umbrella cover by fastening said gores thereof on said ribs respectively, a runner slidably mounted on said rod, a plurality of stretchers each having a first end pivotally jointed at said runner and a second end pivotally jointed at a middle position of the respective rib, and a controlling means for operating said umbrella frame to fully stretch out to open said umbrella and to fold up to close said umbrella;

  • andan alert device comprisinga battery receiver mounted on an underside of said umbrella cover,at least a battery stored within said battery receiver for providing power supply, a plurality of LEDs electrically connected with each other and said battery by electrical wires,a power switch electrically connected to said battery for switching on and off of said alert device, anda plurality of LED holders which are respectively mounted on said tips of said rids, wherein each LED holder has a narrow entrance passage that leads to an inner LED receiving chamber, wherein said LEDs are respectively placed inside said LED receiving chambers of said LED holders so as to hold said LEDs in position, wherein a diameter of said narrow entrance passage is larger than a diameter of said tip of said rib of said umbrella, so that said LED holder is slipped and mounted on said tip of said rib of said umbrella, moreover said electrical wires are extended along and below said outer edges of said gores so as to electrically connected said LEDs to said battery.

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