Beach umbrella with lamps

• US 6,666,224 B2
• Filed: 11/07/2001
• Issued: 12/23/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Chorng-Cheng Lee
• Original Assignee: Chorng-Cheng Lee
• Inventors: Lee, Chorng-Cheng
• Primary Examiner(s): Mai, Lanna
• Assistant Examiner(s): TRAN, HANH VAN
• Application Number:
  US09/985,996
• Publication Number:
  US 20030084931A1
• Time in Patent Office: 776 Days
• Field of Search: 135/16, 135/910, 362/102, 362/234, 362/249, 362/252
• US Class Current: 135/16
• CPC Class Codes: A45B 2023/0012 Ground supported umbrellas or sunshades on a single post, e.g. resting in or on a surface there below
• CPC Class Codes: A45B 3/04 electrical
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 4/20 with light sources held by or within elongate supports

Abstract

A beach umbrella with lamps is provided with receiving trenches lengthwise on each of the ribs thereof, and the ribs each has several spaced through holes communicating with the trench. Several of the lamps are each connected to one of branches of a conductive wire. The wires are placed along the ribs, and the branches are each passed through one of the through holes with the wires and the lamps being arranged on two opposing sides of the ribs; when the trenches are formed on bottom of ribs, the lamps can be closely received in the trenches with most of the weight being supported by the wires held on the ribs, therefore the same can'"'"'t possibly fall off even when the umbrella is being stretched or folded.

Claims

1. A beach umbrella with lamps, comprising:

a shank;

a plurality of ribs pivoted to said shank from inner ends thereof;

a plurality of spreaders each pivoted at an outer end thereof to one of said ribs and pivoted at an inner end thereof to a ring mounted on said shank, said ribs each having a receiving trench lengthwise formed thereon; and

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a set of lamps, said set of lamps including a plurality of subsets of said lamps where each of said subsets of lamps are connected to one of a plurality of branches of a single wire placed along one of said ribs, a plurality of through holes being formed through each of said ribs and communicating with said trench for permitting said branches of said wires to be passed through with said lamps and said wires being positioned on opposing sides of said ribs, each said lamp being received by a corresponding through hole, said lamps projecting light to a region beneath said ribs.

2. The beach umbrella with lamps as claimed in claim 1, wherein said receiving trenches are formed on bottoms of said ribs, and said lamps are substantially hidden in said receiving trenches with said wires being held on said ribs.

3. The beach umbrella with lamps as claimed in claim 1, wherein said receiving trenches are formed on upper sides of said ribs, and said wires are hidden in said trenches with said lamps being positioned below said ribs.

4. The beach umbrella with lamps as claimed in claim 1, wherein said ribs each further has a gap at an outer end portion, said gap communicating with a corresponding one of said trenches for an outer end portion of a respective one of said wires to be securely fitted thereinto.