Patent ID: 11903465
Assignee: SHEDRAIN CORPORATION
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 22:
23. An umbrella comprising:
an elongated shaft having a first end and an opposite second end;
a plurality of rib assemblies, each rib assembly including a plurality of ribs including a first rib, second rib and a third rib; and
an anti-inversion mechanism that is configured to apply to each rib assembly a force that counters an inversion force that is applied to the umbrella, the anti-inversion mechanism including a first rib joint that is coupled to first and second ribs of the plurality of ribs, a flexible first elongated member that is coupled to the first rib joint and a second elongated member that is coupled to the first elongated member and to the third rib;
wherein the first rib joint includes an inner slot that is open along a top face of the first rib joint and is accessible through a bottom opening formed along the bottom face of the first rib joint;
wherein the first elongated member comprises a wire having a bent clip portion at a first end of the wire, the bent clip portion being received within the inner slot and being biased against a floor of the inner slot resulting in the wire being detachably coupled to the first rib joint; wherein each of the floor and the bent clip portion has a plurality of angled sections that seat against one another when the bent clip portion is seated within the inner slot.