Patent ID: 11896096
Assignee: USEITT, LLC
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  F | IPC A  F

Claim 0:
1. An umbrella comprising:
a canopy supported by a plurality of ribs;
an upper pole having an upper end carrying the canopy;
a lower pole having a lower end connected to a base, said upper pole and lower pole being concentric sliding members interfitting concentrically in a slidable fashion;
stretchers extending outward from the upper pole and supporting a plurality of ribs; and
a twist lock for engaging concentric sliding members;
wherein the twist lock comprises a mechanism on a first exterior member having:
a top cap threaded on the interior to receive a bottom cap threaded on the exterior and having a downward facing normal interior surface and downward facing inclined interior surface;
a base support received within the top cap having an upward facing normal surface below the downward facing inclined interior surface and upward facing inclined surface below the downward facing normal interior surface;
a lock ring biased to a normal position intermediate the upward and downward facing surfaces;
a longitudinally moveable post extendable through the upward facing normal surface; and, the bottom cap having an upward facing portion that restrains and pushes on a base of the post.