Patent ID: 6516820
Filing Date: 2003-02-11
Classification: A45B

Abstract:
An umbrella frame, comprising an upper shaft part; a lower shaft part, a tilting joint connecting the upper shaft part and the lower shaft part to enable the upper shaft part to tilt with respect to the lower shaft part; a runner slidably positioned on the lower shaft part, for spreading a cover of an umbrella into an unfurled configuration; and a lever having an upper end pivotally connected to the outside the upper shaft part and a lower end, the lower end being urged to engage the lower shaft part, the lever acting to tilt the upper shaft part under the influence of the runner as the runner is pushed upward beyond a predetermined point at or near a point corresponding to the unfurled configuration; wherein the upper shaft part and the lower shaft part are pivotally connected about a first pivot axis located radially outwards of an axis of the upper shaft part, and the lever is pivotally connected to the upper shaft part by a second pivot axis substantially on the same level with and parallel to the first pivot axis, and on the opposite side of the upper shaft part from the first pivot axis when the upper shaft part is in a fully tilted position.