Misting umbrella

• US 9,072,349 B1
• Filed: 03/18/2014
• Issued: 07/07/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Linda Thompson, Robert Thompson
• Original Assignee: Linda Thompson, Robert Thompson
• Inventors: Thompson, Robert, Thompson, Linda
• Primary Examiner(s): YIP, WINNIE S
• Application Number:
  US14/218,134
• Time in Patent Office: 476 Days
• Field of Search: 135/98, 135/96, 135/16, 135/15.1, 135/902, 135/83, 135/25.4, 239/269, 239/280, 119/651, 119/659, 119/665
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A45B 2200/1045 with a misting device having at least one nozzle for spraying a fluid, e.g. water
• 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: A45B 3/00 Sticks combined with other objects

Abstract

The fluid misting assembly includes a handle coupled to an umbrella. The handle may be gripped by a user. A reservoir is coupled to the handle. The reservoir contains a fluid. A pump is coupled to the handle. The pump is operationally coupled to the reservoir. The pump urges the fluid outwardly from the reservoir. A shaft of the umbrella has a fluid aperture extending therethrough. A tube is coupled to the umbrella. The tube is operationally coupled to the pump. The pump urges the fluid through the tube. The tube is operationally coupled to the fluid aperture extending through the shaft of the umbrella. The fluid is sprayed outwardly from the shaft onto the user.

Claims

1. A fluid misting assembly coupled to an umbrella, said assembly comprising:

a handle coupled to the umbrella such that the handle is configured to be gripped by a user;

a reservoir coupled to said handle, said reservoir containing a fluid;

a pump coupled to said handle, said pump being operationally coupled to said reservoir such that said pump urges the fluid outwardly from said reservoir;

a shaft of the umbrella having a plurality of fluid apertures extending there through;

a tube coupled to the umbrella, said tube being operationally coupled to said pump such that said pump urges the fluid through said tube, said tube being operationally coupled to said fluid apertures extending through the shaft of the umbrella such that the fluid is sprayed outwardly from the shaft onto the user;

wherein a top wall of said reservoir being coupled to a bottom side of an outer wall of said handle;

wherein said plurality of said fluid apertures being evenly spaced apart and distributed around an entire circumference of the shaft of the umbrella;

said plurality of fluid apertures comprising a pair of sets of said plurality of fluid apertures;

a bottom one of said pair of sets of said plurality of fluid apertures being spaced away from a top one of said pair of sets of said plurality of fluid apertures.

2. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein said handle having a first end and a second end, said first end of said handle being open, said handle being substantially hollow.

3. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein said outer wall of said handle being curved between a first end and a second end of said handle such that said handle has a J-shape.

4. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein a first end of said handle insertably receiving a bottom end of the shaft of the umbrella.

5. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein said pump being coupled to an inside surface of said outer wall of said handle.

6. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein said fluid apertures extending through an outer wall of the shaft of the umbrella such that said fluid apertures are positioned proximate a top end of the shaft of the umbrella.

7. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein said tube is a pair of tubes.

8. The assembly according to claim 7, wherein an intake one of said pair of tubes being fluidly coupled to a bottom of said pump such that said intake tube extends downwardly into said reservoir, said pump urging the fluid upwardly through said intake tube.

9. The assembly according to claim 7, wherein an outlet one of said pair of tubes being fluidly coupled to a top of said pump.

10. The assembly according to claim 9, wherein said outlet tube extending upwardly through an interior of the shaft of the umbrella such that said outlet tube is fluidly coupled to said plurality of fluid apertures.

11. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein a power supply coupled to said handle.

12. The assembly according to claim 11, wherein:

said power supply being electrically coupled to said pump; and

said power supply comprising at least one battery.

13. A fluid misting assembly coupled to an umbrella, said assembly comprising:

a handle coupled to the umbrella such that the handle is configured to be gripped by a user;

a reservoir coupled to said handle, said reservoir containing a fluid;

a pump coupled to said handle, said pump being operationally coupled to said reservoir such that said pump urges the fluid outwardly from said reservoir;

a shaft of the umbrella having a fluid aperture extending therethrough;

a tube coupled to the umbrella, said tube being operationally coupled to said pump such that said pump urges the fluid through said tube, said tube being operationally coupled to said fluid aperture extending through the shaft of the umbrella such that the fluid is sprayed outwardly from the shaft onto the user;

wherein a top wall of said reservoir being coupled to a bottom side of an outer wall of said handle;

said pump being coupled to an inside surface of said outer wall of said handle;

said fluid aperture extending through an outer wall of the shaft of the umbrella such that said fluid aperture is positioned proximate a top end of the shaft of the umbrella.

14. The assembly according to claim 13, wherein said handle having a first end and a second end, said first end of said handle being open;

said handle being substantially hollow;

said outer wall of said handle being curved between said first end and said second end of said handle such that said handle has a J-shape;

said first end of said handle insertably receiving a bottom end of the shaft of the umbrella.

15. The assembly according to claim 13, wherein said fluid aperture being one of a plurality of said fluid apertures being evenly spaced apart and distributed around an entire circumference of the shaft of the umbrella;

said plurality of fluid apertures comprising a pair of sets of said plurality of fluid apertures;

a bottom one of said pair of sets of said plurality of fluid apertures being spaced away from a top one of said pair of sets of said plurality of fluid apertures.

16. The assembly according to claim 13, wherein said tube being one of a pair of said tubes;

an intake one of said pair of tubes being fluidly coupled to a bottom of said pump such that said intake tube extends downwardly into said reservoir, said pump urging the fluid upwardly through said intake tube;

an outlet one of said pair of tubes being fluidly coupled to a top of said pump;

said outlet tube extending upwardly through an interior of the shaft of the umbrella such that said outlet tube is fluidly coupled to a plurality of said fluid apertures;

a power supply coupled to said handle;

said power supply being electrically coupled to said pump;

said power supply comprising at least one battery.