Patent ID: 6588439
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: A45B

Abstract:
A wind-protecting skeleton for a folding umbrella, comprising:a telescopic shaft formed from at least a lower section and an upper section telescopically received in said lower section; an upper hub fixedly mounted to a top of said shaft; a lower hub upwardly and downwardly movably mounted on said shaft; and a plurality of sets of rib members pivotally connected to said lower and said upper hubs for holding a cover thereto; each said set of fib members comprising; an outer rib; a stretcher having an inner end pivotally end connected to said lower hub and an outer end pivotally connected to a near-inner end of said outer rib; an auxiliary rib having an inner end pivotally connected to said upper hub and an outer end pivotally connected to a near-middle point of said stretcher; a link having an inner end pivotally connected to a near-outer end of said auxiliary rib and an outer end pivotally connected to an inner end of said outer rib; a coupling device fixedly connected to said outer rib at a predetermined position and having two ear portions which extend downwardly from two sides of said coupling device; a first coupling pin and a second coupling pin extended across said two ear portions and spaced away from each other; a rigid wire having an inner end that forms an inner eye and an outer end that forms an outer eye; said outer eye passing over said first coupling pin to pivotally connect to said first coupling pin; and a flexible pull cord having an inner end and an outer end each tied into an inner knot and an outer knot, respectively; said outer knot being held to said inner eye of said rigid wire and said inner knot being held to a predetermined position between said inner end and said near-middle point of said stretcher.