Patent ID: 6681784
Filing Date: 2004-01-27
Classification: A45B

Abstract:
An umbrella comprising a frame formed by a plurality of radially directed bones displaceably coupled to a shaft and a pair of facets having overlapped portions, a first of said facets extending radially from said shaft to the overlapped portion and a second of said facets extending from the overlapped portion thereof to a distal end of said bones, the overlapped portions of said first and second facets being joined together at each bone by a respective facet connecting mechanism, said facet connecting mechanism comprising a facet connector being formed by an elastic body having a pair of spaced parallel rod bodies respectively extending from a bending portion of said elastic body, an upper one of said rod bodies being of greater length than a lower one of the rod bodies, said upper rod body having a distal end coupled to an outer peripheral edge of said first facet, said bending portion of said facet connector being coupled to said first facet, said lower rod body having a distal end coupled to an inner peripheral edge of said overlapped portion of said second facet, wherein said first and second facets are pulled and supported by said bones when said umbrella is opened and each said facet connector provides a bias force to maintain said overlapped portions of said first and second facets in contiguous relationship, said overlapped portion of said first facet being displaceable relative to said second facet responsive to a wind force being greater than said bias force to thereby form an air vent between said first and second facets.