Patent ID: 8444104
Filing Date: 2013-05-21
Classification: A45B

Abstract:
1. A portable accessory device for an outdoor umbrella, comprising: a housing which comprises a first housing body and a second housing body defining a mounting slot when said first and second housing bodies are coupled with each other, wherein said mounting slot has a size for a shaft of said outdoor umbrella fitting therewithin; an accessory unit supported in said housing for providing an addition function for said outdoor umbrella; and a shaft adjusting arrangement comprising two adjustable retainers for adjusting the size of said mounting slot for said shaft of said outdoor umbrella, wherein each of said adjustable retainers comprises a retention arm, having a pusher surface facing towards said mounting slot, slidably mounted at said first housing body, wherein said pusher surfaces of said retention arms are facing with each other and are arranged for biasing against an outer surface of said shaft of said outdoor umbrella until said shaft thereof being fitted at said mounting slot so as to substantially mount said housing of said portable accessory device at said shaft of said outdoor umbrella, wherein said adjustable retainers are slidably coupled at said first housing body in a radially movable manner at a position that said pusher surfaces of said adjustable retainers are protruded from a circumferential wall of said mounting slot for biasing against said outer surface of said shaft, wherein said shaft adjusting arrangement further comprises two actuating members pivotally supported at said first housing body to couple with said adjustable retainers respectively, wherein each of said actuating members has a pivot end pivotally coupling with said corresponding adjustable retainer and an opposed pushing end arranged in such a manner that when said pushing ends of said actuating members are pressed towards each other to pivotally move said pivot ends thereof away from each other, said adjustable retainers are driven to radially slide away from each other so as to adjust a distance between said pusher surfaces of said adjustable retainers.