Patent ID: 8555906
Filing Date: 2013-10-15
Classification: A45B,E04H

Abstract:
1. An umbrella comprising: a support pole; a first hub attached to the support pole and having a plurality of ribs extending from the hub, the ribs supporting a canopy, the ribs being movable from a closed position in which the canopy is substantially closed to an open position in which the canopy is substantially open; a second hub extending around the support pole at a location below the first hub, the second hub comprising a first hub component and a second hub component, the first and second hub components each having a center body and a plurality of projections extending therefrom to engage with the plurality of ribs for supporting the canopy, the first and second hub components being movable with respect to each other from a first position, corresponding to the closed position of the ribs, in which one of the center bodies is at least partially received in a space extending transversely to a longitudinal axis of the support pole between the support pole and the other center body to a second position, corresponding to the open position of all of the ribs, in which the center bodies are separated from one another, wherein the center bodies of the first and second hub components do not overlap each other in the second position; the umbrella configured to retain the first and second hub components in the second position.