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Collapsible umbrella

US5337770A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 27, 1993
Grant dateAug 16, 1994
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Expiry dateAug 27, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA45B19/04
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The invention relates to a collapsible umbrella having a canopy frame which s collapsible in an at least four-fold manner and a stick (1) which is telescopic in an at least four-stage manner as well as a slide (2) displaceable on this said stick for canopy opening and closing, the canopy linkage comprising a combination of link parallelograms (I, II, III) or lever formations, which is formed from a combination of hollow, U-shaped, flat and round-profiled rod material. In order to make the folded-together umbrella as compact as possible in its cross-section, the invention provides that all the link parallelograms insert into one another so completely, with optimum utilization of the available cavities of the U-profiled canopy rods, that there are no unused empty spaces in the folding bends (K1, K2, K3, K4) of the folded-together formation (FIG. 1).

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