Patent ID: 7281542
Filing Date: 2007-10-16
Classification: A45B

Abstract:
1. A runner combined with an umbrella having a shaft with a groove formed adjacent to an upper end thereof, the runner being sleeved on the umbrella shaft for displacement thereon and having a pair of side grooves formed therein, the runner having two slices respectively pivotally disposed in the pair of side grooves, each of the slices having (a) a pair of arms extending laterally therefrom for receipt in corresponding recesses respectively disposed on opposing lateral sides of a corresponding one of the pair of side grooves to provide a pivotal coupling therewith, and (b) an upper engaging end, the runner including a sleeve slidably disposed on the runner, the sleeve having an annular ring extending from an inner surface thereof to contact the two slices, each slice being pivotally displaced about the pair of arms thereof for engaging the upper engaging end thereof in the groove of the shaft responsive to the sleeve being displaced upwardly to cam the slices with the annular ring of the sleeve and release the engagement responsive to downward displacement of the sleeve.