Abstract:
A system is provided for protective elements including, but not limited to, a patio umbrella with complete double canopy, medially expanding frame, a system for deploying its integrated canopeum of insect netting, and a two segment mitigation vessel. The frame&#39;s rounded outer edges provide enhanced safety. When retracted around the umbrella&#39;s stick, the frame and canopy assume the form of a three dimensional envelope tapered vertically from its midsection, concentrated at top and bottom. Dedicated mechanisms are also provided for deploying an insect interdicting canopeum. Furthermore, a mitigation vessel provides protective storage for frame, canopy, and canopeum elements. With an internal liner of wicking material and multiple surface apertures; the system encourages controlled release of evaporated moisture from stowed elements. The invention&#39;s combination of features including capability for expedient transport from place to place, plus seasonal storage practicality, makes this product an appealing enhancement to outdoor living experiences.

Description:
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
       [0001]    This case is a continuation in part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/914,800, filed Jun. 11, 2013, and which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. 
     
    
     STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT 
       [0002]    Not Applicable 
       THE NAMES OF THE PARTIES TO A JOINT RESEARCH AGREEMENT 
       [0003]    Not Applicable 
       REFERENCE TO A “SEQUENCE LISTING”, ETC 
       [0004]    Not Applicable 
       BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
       [0005]    Improvements to umbrella, canopy, and tent systems have evolved over the centuries and continue to refine useful aspects of their construction. Endeavors focused on varied components of protective systems have resulted in significant advances. Benefits include improvements in resilience and stability of umbrella frame elements, enlarged canopy coverage, canopy offset configurations, enhanced convenience of operation, and cost savings associated with evolution of hardware as well as improvements in production methods. 
         [0006]    One area of interest with a considerable history of teachings involves attempts at providing cooperation between an umbrella frame and canopy and a dedicated insect barrier, comprising netting material. Teachings on this issue include varied approaches including basic functions whereby a net is loosely slung over an umbrella canopy and maintained in place by gravity. 
         [0007]    Another aspect of patio umbrella development involves attempts to provide satisfactory containment of frame, canopy, and cooperating umbrella elements within a temporary protective covering. 
         [0008]    The present embodiment of the invention for which protection by letters patent is sought, provides benefits that address several of the above issues. The following presents detailed descriptions of the present invention&#39;s solutions. 
         [0009]    The disclosed embodiment provides relief and alleviation of adverse consequences of water transfer from a furled umbrella canopy onto adjacent environmental surfaces including table settings, electronic gear, etc., thereby causing annoyance or potentially permanent damage. 
         [0010]    This containment system also serves to protect enclosed frame and canopy elements from potentially harmful external forces that could rip the canopy or bend the frame. It also eliminates an often frustrating need to secure a furled canopy and frame with a belt style umbrella tie or annular rib tip retainer. 
         [0011]    Affording such benefits, while additionally providing means for dispersal of moisture from elements stowed within the vessel, thereby mitigating adverse consequences such as mildew formation that otherwise might be manifest despite fungicide pretreatment provides particularly useful benefits of the present invention disclosed herein. Furthermore, the present embodiment presents a visually satisfying aspect that may additionally serve as vehicle for supporting graphics, written messages. 
         [0012]    In addition, the disclosed complete double canopy provides supplementary surface area and internal volume between upper and lower segments that may serve to contain additional enhancements, including an LED style illumination system. Previously efforts at teaching an invention capable of providing such a constellation of benefits have apparently met with limited success. Prior attempts to integrate an umbrella frame and canopy with a suitable dedicated canopeum deployment system and containment vessel shows little evidence of translation into practical solutions achieving wide distribution and marketplace success. The present invention teaches improvements providing solutions to issues that apparently caused the limited success of prior art. 
         [0013]    Improvements and efficiencies taught in the present disclosure relate to practical well-ordered deployment and retraction of a frame and canopy system, its enhanced structural integrity, as well as convenient cooperation vis a vis a dedicated umbrella moisture mitigation vessel, as well with an integrated deployment system for a canopeum comprising insect netting. The invention thereby provides more than one of the previously enumerated improvements as well as other untallied or unexpected benefits. 
         [0014]    (1) Field of the Invention 
         [0015]    The present invention generally relates to a structure having environmental protective elements. It more particularly relates to a patio type umbrella frame and canopy system having improved efficiency, serviceability and capability of cooperating with dedicated elements providing means for deployment and storage of a canopeum comprising insect netting; and also supporting cooperation with elements of a dedicated mitigation vessel system. 
         [0016]    Current U.S. Class: 135/15.1; 135/16; 135/25.1; 135/25.2; 135/25.4; 135/25.41; 135/29; 135/31; 135/33.2; 135/33.5; 135/33.7; 135/34.2; 135/44; 135/48 135/87; 135/117; 135/119 
         [0017]    Current International Class: A45B 19/12 (20060101); A45B 19/00 (20060101) A45B 19/12 
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         [0047]    (2) Descriptions of Related Art 
         [0048]    FOR EXAMPLE, U.S. Pat. No. 5,678,587 to Bilotti, Oct. 21, 1997, teaches a net for covering a patio umbrella. 
         [0049]    FOR EXAMPLE, U.S. Pat. No. 5,806,547, to Derling a, Sep. 15, 1998, teaches a device that can be used as an umbrella or a gazebo. The combination includes a frame, a canopy, and a side. The canopy is affixed to the frame and has an open position and a closed position. The side is affixed to the canopy and has an extended position in which the combination functions as the gazebo and a retracted position in which the combination functions as the umbrella. 
         [0050]    FOR EXAMPLE, U.S. Pat. No. 6,006,770 to Lin, et al., Dec. 28, 1999, teaches an umbrella having a lower canopy consisting of an annulus, supported by ribs. Said umbrella also having an upper canopy centrally mounted on a set of ribs, and canopying the central opening in the lower canopy. 
         [0051]    FOR EXAMPLE, U.S. Pat. No. 6,273,111, to Weiss et al, Aug. 14, 2001, teaches a retractable umbrella including a canopy, a plurality of ribs, and a plurality of stretchers. Said canopy is supported at its center by an extended shaft and on its periphery by attachment to tips of said ribs. No additional canopy support is indicated. Said canopy and frame elements are contained within a hollow shaft when folded. Such unventilated umbrella container construction raises questions about mold and mildew formation. 
         [0052]    FOR EXAMPLE, U.S. Pat. No. 6,170,497, to Ma, Jan. 9, 2001, teaches an opening mechanism comprising a crank and pulley system, facilitating deployment of an umbrella frame and canopy. 
         [0053]    FOR EXAMPLE, U.S. Pat. No. 6,698,440, to Beyer, et al, Mar. 2, 2004, teaches an umbrella system with mechanism for storage of material such as a canopeum of netting. A plurality of elements, including tubes guiding canopeum retraction elements are, along with said canopeum, capable of being withdrawn into, and enclosed by, a stick mounted storage chamber. 
         [0054]    FOR EXAMPLE, U.S. Pat. No. 6,701,947 B1, to Ramos, Mar. 9, 2004, who describes a flexible bag for containment of a wet umbrella, thereby additionally providing means collection and later disposal of water accumulated from umbrella surfaces. 
         [0055]    FOR EXAMPLE, U.S. Pat. No. 8,079,378, to Derling a, Dec. 20, 2011, claims a combination umbrella and gazebo for protecting users from adverse weather and insects. It describes a deployment system comprising cables used for raising gazebo walls in combination with passage of said cables within a plurality of umbrella ribs. Said cables, lacking substantial stiffness, allow but do not substantially supplement gravitationally induced urging of gazebo walls during wall deployment. A plurality of umbrella canopy support ribs, with each rib having proximal and distal cable guides placed therein is claimed. Said screen cable guides are described and illustrated as through-bore apertures perforating lower surface of each hollow rib of the frame. Screen cable guides allow ingress and egress of screen cables relative to rib interiors. An alternate arrangement, involving a pair of screen cable guides situated along the outside the underside of each rib is mentioned but not claimed. 
         [0056]    FOR EXAMPLE, U.S. Pat. No. 8,156,951, Apr. 17, 2012, to Klose teaches an umbrella container with air ducts and ventilation slits at its base. The disclosed permanently open slits indicate liquid water would be free to exit enclosed wet umbrella elements at potentially undesirable occasions such as when such an umbrella may being transported within a back pack or brief case or perhaps briefly placed on a table top susceptible to water damage. 
       BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
       [0057]    Improvements for which patent protection is being sought include, but are not limited to, a complete double canopy with pleats sufficiently capacious so as to encompass and reinforce a cooperating medially expanding frame. These components are suited for facilitating their mutual deployment relative to mitigation vessel segments. The double ended shape of retracted canopy and frame elements, being closely attached respectively at top and bottom by the umbrella&#39;s stick, presents a gradually tapered profile when approaching the mitigation vessels&#39; openings, thereby expediting deployment and encapsulation operations. With moisture dispersal elements, this vessel system has ability to contain a moisture exposed canopy as it encourages evaporative dispersal of such residual moisture. The following embodiment is presented in the form of patio umbrella providing means for efficient alignment, deployment, support, and retraction of a canopeum. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0058]    Sheet 1 of 9 
           [0059]      FIG. 1  is an elevation showing the embodiment with mitigation vessel segments, canopy, and canopeum elements fully deployed. 
           [0060]    Sheet 2 of 9 
           [0061]      FIG. 2  is a front elevation of mitigation vessel segments A and B closed; with other embodiment elements stowed within. 
           [0062]      FIG. 3  shows a front elevation of mitigation vessel component B separated from mitigation vessel component A 
           [0063]      FIG. 4  is a top view of elements including parts of the canopeum and upper canopy segment withdrawn from mitigation vessel A. 
           [0064]      FIG. 5  is a front elevation view of mitigation vessel component A; with stick, medially expanding frame, complete double canopy, and canopeum elements withdrawn from the vessel and not yet extended. 
           [0065]      FIG. 6  is a top view of elements withdrawn from vessel A with arrows indicating half-section cutting plane  7 - 7 . 
           [0066]      FIG. 7  is a partial front view in section showing vessel component A as a front elevation and section  7 - 7  of the stick, medially expanding frame, complete double cover, and canopeum elements withdrawn from the vessel and not yet fully extended. 
           [0067]    Sheet 3 of 9 
           [0068]      FIG. 8  is an enlarged partial sectional view,  7 - 7  from  FIG. 7  sheet 2/9, indicating the embodiment&#39;s complete double canopy, medially expanding frame, frame distal shields, knob, stick, stick collimation knob, canopeum deployment elements, and canopeum, after removal of mitigation vessel segment B; and extension of said elements after having been raised from mitigation vessel A, and not yet extended to full deployment mode. 
           [0069]    Sheet 4 of 9 
           [0070]      FIG. 9  shows a set of medially expanding frame link elements in a semi-extended configuration with curved trace arrows indicating direction of movement of frame distal shield when urged to extend from retracted to deployed positions relative to the umbrella stick. 
           [0071]      FIG. 10  is a view of fully extended medially expanding frame elements. Trace lines indicate frame distal shield&#39;s direction of movement when urged to this deployed configuration. 
           [0072]    Sheet 5 of 9 
           [0073]      FIG. 11  is a front elevation view showing one set of medially expanding frame link elements, frame distal shield, with indications of upper and lower canopy segments of the complete double canopy, a radial tunnel, and canopeum elements in a fully deployed configuration. 
           [0074]      FIG. 12  is a top view of knob, canopeum, canopeum extenders, canopeum wall slots, and upper segment of complete double canopy in their fully deployed configuration. 
           [0075]    Sheet 6 of 9 
           [0076]      FIG. 13  is a top view of embodiment indicating a cutting plane. 
           [0077]      FIG. 14  is a front sectional view of mitigation vessel component A, showing lower part of stick, stick collimation knob, and cooperating elements. 
           [0078]      FIG. 15  is a section view of mitigation vessel component B and folding legs. 
           [0079]      FIG. 16  is an enlarged section view showing top of mitigation vessel component A, stick, stick collimation knob, and cooperating lock elements. 
           [0080]      FIG. 17  is a sectional view of the lower part of mitigation vessel component A showing wicking material, wicking material retainer, and moisture release apertures. 
           [0081]    Sheet 7 of 9 
           [0082]      FIG. 18  is a partial front elevation view showing upper portion of the embodiment&#39;s stick, two opposite linkage element sets of the medially expanding frame, with indications of the complete double canopy, a pair of canopeum extenders, and cooperating radial tunnels. 
           [0083]      FIG. 19  is a an enlarged front elevation view of the stick, along with a pair of radial tunnels, canopeum extender elements, stick, runner B, runner B to pulley shuttle connector, and shuttle bay slot. Two sets of break lines indicate where stick segments have been removed from this view, thereby showing top, medial, and lower end of the stick. Runner B, elements of its locking mechanism, and the shuttle bay slot are indicated. These break lines also indicate locations of corresponding breaks shown in  FIG. 21  and  FIG. 23  of sheet 8/9, and also in  FIG. 25  and  FIG. 27  of sheet 9/9. 
           [0084]    Sheet 8 of 9 
           [0085]      FIG. 20  is a top sectional view showing interior of the embodiment&#39;s stick; comprising pulleys and other elements of the embodiment&#39;s canopeum deployment mechanism. 
           [0086]      FIG. 21  is an elevation showing cutting plane  20 - 20  indicated in the view of  FIG. 20 . 
           [0087]      FIG. 22  is a top view of the embodiment&#39;s stick with arrows indicating cutting plane  23 - 23  for the view shown in  FIG. 23 . 
           [0088]      FIG. 23  is a back view in section of elements comprising the embodiment&#39;s canopeum deployment mechanism. 
           [0089]    Sheet 9 of 9 
           [0090]      FIG. 24  is a top view of the present embodiment&#39;s stick, showing the aligned section cut  25 - 25 . 
           [0091]      FIG. 25  is an aligned left section view of elements comprising the canopeum deployment mechanism. In this view, one example of the plurality of canopeum extenders is shown. 
           [0092]      FIG. 26  is a top view showing cutting plane  27 - 27 . 
           [0093]      FIG. 27  is a front sectional view of stick with elements comprising canopeum deployment mechanism. 
       
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     List of Reference Numerals Utilized in the Drawings 
     Number Element 
       [0000]    
       
           10  complete double canopy 
           20  canopy distal periphery 
           30  upper canopy segment 
           40  lower canopy segment 
           50  pleats 
           60  upper canopy segment to notch attachment element 
           70  lower canopy segment to runner A attachment element 
           80  canopy to frame fastener 
           90  medially expanding frame 
           100  link A 
           102  A interior pivot point 
           104  A medial pivot point 
           106  A distal pivot point 
           110  link B 
           112  B interior pivot point 
           114  B medial pivot point 
           116  B distal pivot point 
           120  link C 
           122  C interior pivot point 
           124  C medial pivot point 
           126  C distal pivot point 
           130  link D 
           132  D interior pivot point 
           134  D medial pivot point 
           136  D distal pivot point 
           140  link E 
           142  E interior pivot point 
           146  E distal pivot point 
           150  link F 
           152  F interior pivot point 
           156  F distal pivot point 
           160  frame distal shield 
           170  frame pivot element 
           171  canopeum 
           172  canopeum extender 
           173  extender redirection element 
           174  canopeum curtain element 
           175  canopeum terminal element 
           176  radial tunnel 
           177  canopeum attachment element 
           178  stick crown aperture 
           179  union 
           180  stick 
           181  union transporter cord A (to bottom of union) 
           182  union transporter cord B (to top of redirection element) 
           184  upper union transport cord attachment site 
           185  lower union transport cord attachment site 
           186  runner B 
           187  runner B to pulley shuttle connector 
           188  upper runner B lock 
           189  lower runner B lock 
           190  knob 
           191  canopeum wall slot 
           192  union compartment 
           193  slotted shuttle bay 
           194  pulley shuttle 
           195  shuttle bay slot 
           196  runner B release element 
           197  redirection transition slot 
           198  upper shuttle moving pulley 
           199  lower shuttle moving pulley 
           200  stick to mitigation vessel seal element 
           201  internal stick wall 
           202  upper inverter pulley 
           203  lower inverter pulley 
           204  shuttle cord apertures 
           210  notch 
           232  upper guide pulley 
           233  lower guide pulley 
           234  vessel handle 
           235  vessel shoulder strap 
           240  runner A 
           260  runner A to link B attachment joint 
           280  upper runner A lock 
           290  runner A release element 
           300  lower runner A lock 
           310  mitigation vessel assembly 
           320  mitigation vessel segment A 
           325  mitigation vessel segment B 
           326  extendable legs 
           330  mitigation vessel segment A portal 
           332  mitigation vessel segment B portal 
           333  vessel A to vessel B attachment mechanism 
           334  vessel A to vessel B release element 
           335  collimation knob retention element 
           340  stick collimation knob 
           350  stick lock knob element 
           360  stick lock vessel element 
           370  wicking material 
           380  wicking material retainer 
           390  moisture release apertures 
           400  table 
           410  table aperture 
       
     
         [0187]    Introduction 
         [0188]    Although the following description provides specific examples, these are not intended to in any way limit application and uses of the invention. There is no intention to be bound by any concept described in the preceding background, summary, or in what follows in the detailed description. It is understood that changes may be made in the way elements of the embodiments described herein operate, may be arranged, may be sized, or may be applied, without compromising the invention&#39;s scope as set forth in the appended claims and their legal equivalents. Improvements in the present embodiment of this invention are also applicable for use in other forms of umbrellas, tents, canopies, and analogous covering structures. Although it comprises a number of conventional elements including some attachment, securing, and locking means, the disclosed set of elements includes an assembly of components not taught in prior art of umbrella construction. 
         [0189]    Operational Overview 
         [0190]    The present embodiment is operated in the following manner. 
         [0191]    I. Ready the System 
         [0192]    Step 1. Place the patio umbrella system horizontally.
       2. Slip off mitigation vessel segment B.   3. Deploy legs of mitigation vessel segment B.   4. Place mitigation vessel segment B in position, either as a free standing support for cooperating umbrella components, or also in conjunction with a table.   5. Pull stick, canopy, frame, and canopeum elements horizontally to their extended configurations relative to mitigation vessel segment A.   6. Place embodiment vertically above mitigation vessel B and table top, if used. Then pass mitigation vessel segment A downward through the table top aperture and insert segment A fully into segment B.       
 
         [0198]    II. Deployment of Canopy and Canopeum
       7. Canopy Deployment: Slide runner A to top of its range on the umbrella stick, the runner automatically secures in place. This action simultaneously deploys the medially expanding frame, and complete double canopy.   8. Canopeum Deployment: Slide runner B vertically to the top of its range, where it automatically is secured in place. This urges elongated flexible extenders that serve to push the canopeum radially outward across the canopy top, past the canopy&#39;s periphery, then downward.       
 
         [0201]    III. Retraction
       9. Canopeum Retraction: Runner B release element is activated and runner B is moved down along the umbrella stick until it automatically secures in place at the bottom of its range. This action returns the canopeum to its resting configuration, in the form of a garland, extending from radial tunnels above umbrella canopy.   10. Canopy Retraction: When retraction of the complete double canopy is desired, runner A release element is activated and runner A is moved down until it automatically is secured at the bottom of its range. This motion simultaneously urges retraction of the medially expanding frame, complete double canopy with pleats, and canopeum system elements to resting sites adjacent to the umbrella stick.       
 
         [0204]    IV. Storage
       11. Stick and cooperating attached elements are urged to their stowed locations within mitigation vessel A.   12. Mitigation vessel component A containing the stick and cooperating elements is raised, removed from mitigation vessel component B, and placed horizontally.   13. Legs are folded and secured.   14. The open end of mitigation vessel B is passed over portions of stick, frame, and canopeum elements that remain partially extended from mitigation vessel A. The end of vessel segment B is secured over the end of mitigation vessel A, thereby completing a full encapsulation of stick, frame, and canopeum elements. Vessel A is automatically secured in place by conventional means, completing the patio umbrella&#39;s return to storage mode.       
 
         [0209]    Operational Details 
         [0210]    A. Basic System Deployment 
         [0211]    At the onset of a precipitation event, or for use in another capacity such as a shield against excessive sunlight, or insect avoidance, deployment of the invention is accomplished in the following manner: 
         [0212]    I. Set-Up 
         [0213]    The fully retracted patio umbrella assembly is placed in a horizontal position and mitigation vessel segment A  320  is secured in place. Urging force is applied to cooperating mitigation vessel segment B  325  which is thereby separated from segment A  320  in a manner analogous to removal of the cap from a pen. Extendable legs  326  of mitigation vessel segment B  325  are deployed. If used in conjunction with a table, vessel segment B  325  is placed and centered beneath table aperture  410 . Extendable legs  326 , attached to moisture mitigation segment B  325 , provide supplementary means useful for stabilizing the entire embodiment, even without cooperation with a table. 
         [0214]    In the next stage of patio umbrella set up, separating force is applied to knob  190 , shown in  FIG. 8 , attached at top end of stick  180 , thereby urging stick  180 , complete double canopy  10 , medially expanding frame  90 , and cooperating elements outward to extended positions relative to portal  330  of mitigation vessel segment A  320 . 
         [0215]    Upon attaining full extent of this withdrawal, as seen in  FIG. 5  and  FIG. 7 , conventional stick lock  350  automatically engages stick lock vessel element  360 , thereby providing means for securing stick collimation knob  340 , stick  180  and cooperating elements in their respective extended configurations relative to mitigation vessel segment A  320 . Means for secured engagement between stick lock  350 , on collimation knob  340 , cooperating with stick lock vessel element  360 , takes the form of circular groove extending around and within upper interior wall of mitigation vessel segment A  320 . Said stick lock elements when engaged are situated beneath collimation knob retention element  335 . 
         [0216]      FIG. 5  and  FIG. 7  show stick  180  and cooperating elements withdrawn from mitigation vessel segment A  320 .  FIG. 8  is an enlarged view showing a pair of linkage elements in medially expanding frame  90 , and cooperating elements, at positions substantially proximate to opposite sides of stick  180 . Frame distal shields  160  at frame links E  140  and F  150  are also indicated. 
         [0217]    After stick  180  is secured in its fully extended position relative to mitigation vessel segment A  320 , said segment A  320  is vertically inserted through table aperture  410  in the top of table  400  and mounted within mitigation vessel segment B  325  prepositioned underneath the table. 
         [0218]    B. Canopy Deployment 
         [0219]    After the embodiment is fixed in its vertical operating position, force is applied to runner A release element  290  thereby freeing runner A  240  so it may be urged upward to its deployed location on umbrella stick  180 . At that site, runner A  240  is secured by means of conventional upper runner lock A  280 . 
         [0220]    In this manner, the following actions are also accomplished.  FIG. 9  shows enlarged views of linkage elements in medially expanding frame  90  partially, and subsequently in  FIG. 10 , fully deployed, as said frame  90  transports complete double canopy  10  in an akimbo manner toward the embodiment&#39;s fully extended configuration. The outer circumference of canopy distal periphery  20  of complete double canopy  10  is supported by frame distal shields  160  that function as termini of medially expanding frame  90 . By means of pleats  50 , complete double canopy  10  is capable of expanding from its retracted extent when vertically situated substantially adjacent to stick  180 , between runner A  240  and notch  210 . Notch  210  contains conventional notch to link A attachment joint  230 , providing means for pivotal connection with frame elements designated link A  100 . In addition, notch  210  contains attachment means for fixed connections with upper canopy segment  30  via upper canopy segment to notch attachment element  60 . Runner A  240 , capable of sliding in a vertical fashion along stick  180  and cooperating with conventional upper runner A lock  280  and conventional lower runner A lock  300 , contains runner A to link B attachment joint  260  providing means for pivotal connection with frame elements designated link B  110 . Additionally, said runner A  240  contains attachment means for providing fixed connections with lower canopy segment  40  via lower canopy segment to runner A attachment element  70 . Arrow lines shown in  FIG. 9  and  FIG. 10  indicate the path followed by center of frame distal shield  160  during expansion and retraction operations of the embodiment. Distal periphery  20  of complete double canopy  10 , when fully deployed adjacent to middle of curved outer surface of frame distal shield  160 , is on a plane substantially lower than the fully deployed elevation of runner A  240  along stick  180 . As a result, the deployed complete double canopy  10  presents a substantially downwardly concave profile. 
         [0221]    C. Canopeum Deployment 
         [0222]    On occasions when deployment of the embodiment&#39;s canopeum insect barrier is desired, runner B  186  is urged upward to its deployed location on the side of stick  180 . At this site runner B is secured in place in place by conventional means, upper runner B lock  188 . 
         [0223]    Concurrent with manipulation of runner B  186 , as specified above, canopeum extenders  172  slide through radial tunnels  176 . This cooperation helps to insure substantially equal-angled radial orientations of said tunnels  176 . 
         [0224]    Canopeum extenders  172  transmit urging forces to canopeum  171 , thereby conducting said canopeum  171  radially from its retracted configuration in the form of a garland draped atop the umbrella&#39;s complete double canopy  10 . The canopeum is thereby urged toward, and then beyond the compass of both medially expanding frame  90  and complete double canopy  10 . Once significant portions of canopeum  171  are moved beyond the perimeter of said complete double canopy  10 , gravitational force, supplemented by inherent stiffness of canopy extenders  172 , urge canopeum deployment to ground level. 
         [0225]    Due to an inverse mechanical advantage provided by elements of the canopeum deployment system, canopeum extenders  172  are able to progress linear distances substantially greater than corresponding vertical deployment distances traversed by runner B  186 . Stretching outward past distal openings of cooperating radial tunnels  176 , said canopeum extenders  172  individually pass through associated canopeum wall slots  191 , negotiating a sequence of apertures in a progression of canopeum curtain elements  174 . Said curtain elements  174  are attached to intermediary sites along interior extents of each canopeum wall slot  191 . Canopeum extenders  172  continue onward until they reach the lower margins of canopeum  171 , where each extender  172  is affixed to a corresponding canopeum terminal element  175 . 
         [0226]    D. Canopeum Retraction 
         [0227]    When circumstances warrant retraction of the canopeum  171 , runner B release element  196  is activated, and downward force applied to runner B  186 . As the runner is moved toward its retracted position along the side of stick  180 , elements of the embodiment&#39;s integrated pulley system associated with runner B by means of runner B to pulley shuttle connector  187 , passing through shuttle bay slot  195 , provide inverse mechanical advantage, thereby multiplying the linear range of the runner B  186  and providing means for urging canopeum extenders  172  and canopeum  171  to move a distance sufficient to place said elements at their respective retracted sites by distal ends of radial tunnels  176 . As canopeum retraction proceeds, distal ends of canopeum extenders  172 , passing through in canopeum curtain elements  174  inside canopeum wall slots  191 , and distally attached to canopeum  171  by means of canopeum terminal elements  175 , promote horizontal gathering of canopeum walls in a series of stepped pleats in a manner similar to what might be seen during retraction operations of theater stage curtains. 
         [0228]    With canopeum  171  retraction accomplished, the assembly of canopeum elements is sufficiently proximate to the top of stick  180  to insure that no portions of the retracted, draped canopeum  171  extends below midpoints of retracted complete double canopy  10  and medially expanding frame  90  elements after said elements are themselves in turn retracted during the operation described below. 
         [0229]    E. Retraction of Canopy and Frame 
         [0230]    After the retraction of canopeum  172 , when folding of medially expanding frame  90  and complete double canopy  10  is also desired; runner A release element  290  is activated, disengaging runner A  240  from upper runner A lock  280 . Said locking and release elements, as well as similar elements associated with runner B  186 , are conventional in nature. Next, runner A  240  is urged down along stick  180  to its retracted location and secured in place by automatic engagement with lower runner A lock  300 . Thereby, said medially expanding frame  90 , complete double canopy  10 , expanding radial tunnels  176 , and canopeum  172  are simultaneously urged to sites adjacent to stick  180 . 
         [0231]    F. Encapsulation of the Stick and Cooperating Elements 
         [0232]    In the concluding phase of the embodiment&#39;s closure, umbrella elements comprising stick  180 , cooperating components, and mitigation vessel segment A  320  are lifted from mitigation vessel segment B  325 , and out through table aperture  410 . These extracted elements are placed horizontally. Next, a grip is established and maintained on mitigation vessel segment A  320 . Force is applied to knob  190  at end of stick  180  thereby inducing separation between stick lock knob element  350  and stick lock vessel element  360 , allowing the lower portion of stick  180  to be inserted further into mitigation vessel segment A  320 . Friction between stick to mitigation vessel seal element  200  and the inside surface of mitigation vessel segment A portal  330  at end of mitigation vessel segment  320  provides sufficient resistance to retain retracted elements in said segment A  320 . Next, segment B, with its extendable legs  326  in stowed positions, is removed from beneath table  400 . 
         [0233]    To complete full encapsulation of elements within the rejoined set of mitigation vessel segments A  320  and B  325 , the mitigation vessel segment B portal  332  is slid over knob  190 , extended portions of stick  180  and other elements protruding from mitigation vessel A portal  330 . Containment of elements comprising the present embodiment is completed as the open portal end of vessel segment B  332  slips past mitigation vessel A portal  330  and is frictionally fastened in place, in a manner similar to replacing the cap on a pen. 
         [0234]    Descriptions of Specific Invented Parts 
         [0235]    A. Complete Double Canopy  10 , with Pleats  50   
         [0236]    As may be seen in  FIG. 11 , the present embodiment&#39;s patio umbrella provides means for establishing substantial separation between upper and lower segments  30 ,  40  of its complete double canopy  10 , whereby said canopy segments extend across, encompass and are attached, by means of a plurality of conventional canopy to frame fasteners  80 , to the embodiment&#39;s medially expanding frame  90 . 
         [0237]    The embodiment consequently provides enhanced stabilization means for supporting and maintaining structural integrity of entire canopy and frame assembly. This sturdiness, induced by reinforcement of the outermost annulus of the embodiment&#39;s covering assembly comprising complete double canopy  10 , with pleats  50  and medially expanding frame  90 , enhances umbrella segments where wind gusts may exert their greatest upward torque. It is there where potential for wind damage to the structural integrity of an umbrella frame is greatest. 
         [0238]    Conventional double canopy umbrella constructions taught in prior art such as those referenced above lack such opportune frame bracing, due to their lack of substantial vertical separation between their upper and lower canopy components across the entire radial extent of the canopy and frame structure. 
         [0239]    The present invention&#39;s complete double canopy  10  with pleats comprises material whose composition and configuration provide means for expansion and contraction as said canopy components are urged between their retracted and deployed extents. Selection of material used to construct said canopy elements is discretionary, contingent on the current state of the art in material composition and capability. Canopy related factors, as well as considerations for other components of the present invention, include availability of material, intended adaptive use, anticipated production costs, and projected market conditions. Relevant factors are evaluated and taken into account during development phases prior to manufacture. 
         [0240]    The complete double canopy  10  with pleats of the present embodiment is composed of water resistant material with capability to expand and contract by a significant factor facilitated by pleating. Upper and lower canopy segments are sufficiently capacious so as to substantially encompass said medially expanding frame  90 . 
         [0241]    Compositions considered for incorporation in the complete double canopy  10  of alternate embodiments may be of material having substantial innate capacity for extendibility. Material selected for construction of complete double canopy  10  has a capability to conform by attachment means in a substantially congruent manner to the outer configuration of linkage elements comprising medially expanding frame  90  as said frame is urged alternatively between retracted and deployed configurations. Expandability of the embodiment&#39;s canopy surface allows extension of said complete double canopy  10  to its full operational coverage. The individual size, number, and distribution of pleats  50  in the present embodiment are factors in the determination of the functional extent of canopy expansion between retracted and deployed configurations. Due to their construction, pleats  50  inherently have certain folding memory capability. 
         [0242]    Manufacture of the embodiment&#39;s complete double canopy  10  includes incorporation of material innately, or as the result of post-production treatment, having significantly high resistance to water absorption. When retracted over contracted medially expanding frame  90  in a position substantially adjacent to the umbrella stick  180 , the present embodiment&#39;s complete double canopy  10  assumes the form of a pleated double ended three dimensional envelope. 
         [0243]    Central margins of the complete double canopy&#39;s upper and lower segments are respectively attached to the umbrella&#39;s notch  210  and runner A  240 . When adjacent to stick  180 , retracted and stowed within moisture mitigation vessel A  320  and B  325 , and then subsequently, after having been extracted but still proximate to stick  190 , prior to assuming fully deployed extension to its in-service configuration, complete double canopy  10  of the present invention maintains the doubly tapered configuration having the generalized shape of two corrugated cones medially joined at their widest circumferences as seen in  FIG. 5 . Benefiting from this doubly tapered shape described above, the present embodiment of the invention provides a closely gathered upper end of both canopy  10  elements and medially expanding frame  90  relative to mitigation vessel A portal  330  and mitigation B portal  332 . 
         [0244]    Likewise, and significantly improved from examples seen in prior art, the inner ends of the invention&#39;s frame and cover structure are directly connected to runner A  240  and therefore at all times is substantially proximate to stick  180  as seen in  FIG. 5  and  FIG. 7 . This improvement, wherein both upper and lower umbrella frame elements remain proximate to stick  180 , provides means for facilitating passage the cooperating complete double canopy  10  as it during alternate circumstances leaves and then, after providing service, subsequently re-enters mitigation vessel segment A  320  and is covered by mitigation vessel segment B  325 . 
         [0245]    In this invention the doubly tapered means of angle of approach during both extraction and return of complete double canopy  10  and medially expanding frame  90  elements relative to mitigation vessel segment A portal  330  of mitigation vessel segment A  320  and mitigation vessel segment B portal  332  provide means for reduce frictional forces between their surfaces by means of providing a relatively small angle of mutual presentation. 
         [0246]    The present invention therefore provides improvements that eliminate awkward approach of frame and canopy structures as they exit or re-enter stick mounted umbrella containers as may be seen in prior art, such as several examples referenced above. Frame and canopy constructions in those previous teachings approximate the conical shape of a badminton shuttle cock, with umbrella frame tips substantially separated from the device&#39;s stick unless tethered with a tie strap or confined by a tip cup when folded, prior to emergence from or re-entry relative to an associated storage container. 
         [0247]    Cooperation between the present embodiment&#39;s complete double canopy  10  and medially expanding frame  90  also provides enhanced umbrella resilience serving to reduce tendencies of frame linkage elements to twist around their major horizontal axes extending radially out from umbrella stick  180 . In addition, the triangular bracing provided by lower canopy segment  40  provides means for increase frame stability. 
         [0248]    Production versions of this embodiment are intended to present options, including provision for canopeum decorative designs, motifs, theme elements, illustrations, and selections of canopeum colors. Construction of canopeum and cooperating elements provide for replacement of a particular canopeum by detachment of canopeum extenders  172  at canopeum terminal elements  174 , and attachment sites of canopeum to upper canopy segment  30 . It is emphasized that due to the present invention&#39;s comprehensive envelopment of its medially expanding frame  90  by complete double canopy  10 , means for substantially augmenting structural integrity of frame  90  is provided as a result of enhanced vertical triangular bracing of frame elements. This improvement is especially useful when patio umbrella frame elements are buffeted by wind gusts and increased tension is therefore applied to, and resisted by, the lower canopy segment  40  of complete double canopy  10 . This resistive capability provided by means of lower canopy segment  40 , inherent in its substantially complete separation from upper canopy segment  30 , exceeds resistive capability of conventional canopy and frame elements when subjected to upwardly directed wind forces. 
         [0249]    B. Medially Expanding Frame 
         [0250]      FIG. 7 ,  FIG. 8 ,  FIG. 9 ,  FIG. 10 ,  FIG. 11  and  FIG. 18  show medially expanding frame  90  of the present embodiment constructed in a manner that allows it to encourage expansion of cooperating complete double canopy  10  with pleats to deploy radially in an akimbo manner from locations immediately adjacent to the umbrella stick  180 . Prior to said expansion, distal frame elements represented by centers of frame distal shields  160  are located substantially equidistant between notch  210  and the lower secured location of retracted runner A  240 . Serving in the manner of protective bumpers, frame distal shields  160  are enlarged, curved termini of both link E  140  and link F  150  providing means for distributing contact forces at sections of canopy distal periphery  20  covering said shields  160  adjacent to distal pivot points of links E  140  and F  150 . Due to their relatively wide profiles said frame distal shields  160  provide means for reducing potential for distal ends of said medially expanding frame  90  to cause puncture wounds to umbrella users when bumped into, or to bystanders of beach umbrellas, a problem substantially exacerbated when conventional umbrellas become airborne, potentially causing eye damage or other bodily injury. The present invention&#39;s medially expanding frame  90  enables concentrated deployment urging forces to be applied at the middle of the double ended cover envelope, in other words at the circumferential region where upper canopy segment  30  and lower canopy segment  40  of the complete double canopy  10  with pleats  10  are co-joined along canopy distal periphery  20 . In this manner, the frame&#39;s construction maximizes deployment forces applied along this circumference thereby providing means for enhancing an umbrella user&#39;s ability to urge and expand upper and lower elements  30 ,  40  of the complete double canopy  10  as they move from their retracted to fully deployed sites relative to said stick  180 . 
         [0251]    As was noted in the detailed description of the embodiment&#39;s complete double canopy  10 , conventional umbrella constructions taught in prior art involving a storage container generally present rib tips that splay outward from the associated stick as said tips approach the container&#39;s orifice during retraction operation. The present invention provides means for improved structural cohesion and organization of canopy and frame elements to alleviate that issue. Stowage within the dedicated mitigation vessel facilitates transporting the umbrella via automobile or manually by means of vessel handle  234  or shoulder strap  235 . 
         [0252]    The present embodiment of the invention includes medially expanding frame  90  consisting of six individual sets of linkages, each set containing of six articulated diagonal crossing members designated as links A to F ( 100  to  150 ). When the present embodiment is viewed from above, the six linkage sets of medially expanding frame  90  are arrayed in a circular pattern radiating from a central vertical axis coincidental with umbrella stick  180 . 
         [0253]    Diagonal crossing members of each set are individually identified as link A  100 , link B  110 , link C  120 , link D  130 , link E  140 , and link F  150  each with specified relative dimensions. These 6 elements, along with cooperating frame pivot elements  170 , substantially comprise the embodiment&#39;s medially expanding frame  90 . Individual links are mutually attached by means of said frame pivot links  170  in a manner allowing their rotational freedom, relative to adjacent linkage elements, thereby providing means for the assembled structure to function as a mechanical linkage of the type commonly known as a lazy tong. 
         [0254]    Each link A 100  element is rotationally attached to notch  210  and each lower link B  110  is attached to runner A  240  by a frame pivot element  170 . The two distally situated frame elements designated link E  140  and link F  150  are not medially attached to each other, but instead are mutually connected at their distal ends by means of a single frame pivot element  170 . The enlarged distal ends of links E  140  and links F  150  each form rounded frame distal shields  160  that provide means for presenting a substantially curved distal terminus to each of the linkage frames rather than essentially pointed frame tips seen in prior art. This addition allows complete double canopy  10  to maintain a distal periphery  20  comprising a substantially curved vertical cross-sectional profile across an array of planes oriented perpendicular to said canopy&#39;s overall horizontal circumference. Specific attachment locations for rotational connections between corresponding frame diagonal links are indicated in  FIG. 9  and  FIG. 10  of drawing 4/9. 
         [0255]    Relative lengths of elongated frame linkage elements and distances between locations where frame pivot elements  170  facilitate rotational connections between individual links are indicated below for this embodiment. Said elements are attached to associated cover with conventional canopy to frame fasteners  80 . Said links are configured with respect to their number, orientation, composition, and dimensions of their elements sufficient to provide means for cooperation during deployment and retraction phases of the umbrella&#39;s frame and complete double canopy  10  with pleats. 
         [0256]    Co-joined pivot points of link E and link F frame elements distal to stick  190  are constrained by means of their dimensions to follow the curvilinear path illustrated in  FIG. 9  and  FIG. 10  of sheet 4/9. 
         [0257]    Individual linkage assemblies in the preferred embodiment&#39;s medially expanding frame  90  each consists of three interconnected pairs of links and cooperating elements. In  FIG. 9  and  FIG. 10 , link A  100  and link B  110  of the interior linkage pair are shown attached respectively to notch  210  and runner A  240 . Link C  120  and link D  130  are attached respectively at their interior ends to the distal ends of link B  110  and link A  100 . Distal ends of link C  120  and link D  130  are attached to interior ends of link F  150  and link E  140  respectively. 
         [0258]    Relative dimensions indicated below determine that the complete double canopy  10  of the present embodiment deploys from its retracted configuration, proximate to stick  180 , in an akimbo manner when upward urging force is applied to runner A  240 . During this operation distal pivot points E  146  of link E  140  and distal pivot point  156  of link F  150  of each linkage set comprising medially expanding frame  90  traverse the trajectory shown in  FIG. 9  and  FIG. 10 . 
         [0259]    The following dimensions represent approximate relative lengths of elongated frame linkage members of the present embodiment, and relative locations of frame pivot elements  170 . Absolute dimensions of links are predicated by overall dimensions of a desired embodiment; as well as by specific properties of linkage material composition. 
         [0260]    Link A 100  has separation between its interior pivot point A  102  and distal pivot point A  106  of 18.57 relative units and a distance from said interior pivot point A  102  to its medial pivot point A  104  of 12.25 units. For link B  110 , corresponding measurements are 17.53 units and 11.27 units respectively. Link A  100  and link B  110  are mutually attached via frame pivot element  170  at their medial pivot points. 
         [0261]    In the central pair, link C  120  has separation between C interior pivot point  122  and C distal pivot point  126  of 12.19 relative units and a distance from said C interior pivot point  122  to C medial pivot point  124  of 6.75 units. Corresponding measurements for link D  130  are 11.32 and 5.88 units respectively. At their interior pivot sites, link C  120  is attached to B distal pivot point  116  of link B  110  by means of a frame pivot element  170 . Link D  130  is similarly attached to the A distal pivot point  106  of link A  100 . Another frame pivot element  170  connects link C  120  to link D  130  at their medial pivot points. 
         [0262]    The outermost pair of links relative to stick  180  in each of the linkages comprising medially expanding frame  90  consists of link E  140  and link F  150 . Distance between E interior pivot point  142  and E distal pivot point  146  is 6.08 units. Corresponding separation of interior and distal pivot points of link F  150  is 4.80 units. The E interior pivot point  142  is pivotally attached to D distal pivot point  136 , and F interior pivot point  152  is connected to C distal pivot point  126  by means of frame pivot element  170 . The E distal pivot point  146  is attached to corresponding F distal pivot point  156  by means of another frame pivot element  170 . 
         [0263]    Providing an additional improvement to the present embodiment, at the site of rotational connection between E distal pivot point  146  and the corresponding F distal pivot point  156 , the substantially curved profile of the embodiment&#39;s frame termini provided by frame distal shields  160  provides means for the outermost ends of both link E  140  and link F  150  of medially expanding frame  90  to present rounded rather than pointed surfaces. This construction provides curved safety means at distal termini of the medially expanding frame  90 , thereby substantially reducing the potential for injuries concomitant with conventional pointed or sharply angled umbrella rib endings. 
         [0264]    It is again to be noted that the presently disclosed invention does not contain an array of elongated distal rib elements that individually protrude substantially beyond distal conjoined links of a frame structure in a manner such as that of extended fingers. The present embodiment therefore is significantly different from prior art of lazy tong frames, and is also unique due to its use of relatively large rounded termini for its distal links. These features differ substantially from conventional lazy tong type umbrella frames in which attached elongated ribs terminate in narrow points supporting a canopy&#39;s periphery. Attributes such as absolute dimensions of components, conventional cross sectional profiles of frame linkage elements, and the manner of mutual attachment between frame and cooperating elements are left to the discretion of one skilled in the art of umbrella construction as being appropriate to a particular version at time of manufacture. 
         [0265]    C. Mitigation Vessel Assembly 
         [0266]    The mitigation vessel assembly  310  of the present embodiment comprises two major components, mitigation vessel segment A  320 , complemented by mitigation vessel segment B  325 . These segments cooperate in a manner similar to that of the body of a pen functioning with its associated cap. In this analogy, when a pen is out of service, the cap can cover and protect functional elements on the pen&#39;s shaft. During active use, it is common practice to place the pen&#39;s cap on the opposite end of the pen body from where the cap is situated for protective service during periods of inactivity. When in use, the cap extends functional length of the instrument and also provides additional leverage thereby helping to facilitate use of that instrument. 
         [0267]    In an analogous way, when the present embodiment is in its storage mode, mitigation vessel A  320  encompasses stick  180  in cooperation with mitigation vessel B  325 ; thereby fully encompassing other umbrella elements. These include complete double canopy  10 , medially expanding frame  90 , radial tunnels  176 , and canopeum  171 . When in the embodiment is in fully deployed configuration, stability is enhanced by additional means for support and stabilization provided by mitigation vessel segment B  325 , which on such occasions is placed at the lower end of segment A  320 . During these periods, extendable legs  326 , affixed to the exterior of mitigation vessel B  325  may be deployed. 
         [0268]    Walls of said mitigation vessel segment A 320  are constructed in a manner so as to be also capable of supporting conventional means of attachment with moisture mitigation vessel segment B  325 . During times of umbrella storage said segment B  325  helps encapsulate elements comprising the upper portion of stick  180  and associated frame, canopy, and canopeum deployment components. 
         [0269]    The manner of canopy deployment and retraction of the present invention previously described in detail provides means for improved and useful protected storage of its complete double canopy  10  with pleats and medially expanding frame  90 . It additionally alleviates adverse effects consequent from having a moist patio umbrella cover and canopeum retracted in a container lacking effective means for encouraging evaporation of enclosed moisture. 
         [0270]    Sheet 6/9 shows cross-sectional views of mitigation vessel segment A  320  and mitigation vessel segment B  325 . Wicking material retainer  380  has the form of a perforated cylinder, providing means for maintaining wicking material  370  in a functional position immediately adjacent to the interior wall surface of each mitigation vessel assembly  310  segment. 
         [0271]    After retracted umbrella elements including complete double canopy  10  with pleats, medially expanding frame  90 , canopeum  171  and other cooperating elements are secured within mitigation vessel segments A  320  and B  325 , said vessels&#39; construction facilitates passage of moisture from the encompassed components and allowing it to exit through a plurality of moisture release apertures  390  in walls of said wicking material retainer  380  into wicking material  370 . The present embodiment&#39;s wicking material  370  comprises microfiber based fabric providing means for moisture transport. As moisture is absorbed, it is transported toward the plurality of apertures in wall of mitigation vessel assembly  310 , then passes outward via said moisture release apertures  390  to the embodiments&#39; ambient environment. 
         [0272]    Amounts of wicking material required, and precise dimensionality of its emplacement, are contingent on factors best known at time of manufacture. Such factors include absorbency specificities of canopy material, its ability to shed moisture, compositional specifications of available wicking material, and the ratio of a particular wicking material&#39;s absorbency to the maximum amount of moisture anticipated to be carried into moisture mitigation vessel  320  by said canopy  10 , frame  90 , and other cooperating elements. Wicking material retainer  380  contains a plurality of moisture release apertures  390 , with sufficient size and separation between each opening so as to insure structural integrity of liner  380 . 
         [0273]    In order to ensure firmly supported articulation between stick  180  and mitigation vessel segment A  320 , stick collimation knob  340  is attached to the lower part of stick  180 . Stick collimation nob  340  provides means for collimating and stabilizing stick  180  during deployment, use, and retraction operations of the present embodiment. Said stick collimation knob  340  provides means for supporting stick  180  as it is vertically centered along the longitudinal axis of the mitigation vessel component A  320 . Conventional stick lock  350  cooperates with the stick collimation knob  340  to secure said knob  340 , stick,  180 , medially expanding frame  90 , complete double cover  10  with pleats, and cooperating elements, including canopeum  172  in position during occasions when stick  180  is fully extended. Stick lock  360  is automatically released in a conventional manner during retraction operations allowing said stick collimation knob  340  and cooperating stick  180  mounted elements to be urged into moisture mitigation vessel  320 . 
         [0274]    D. Canopeum 
         [0275]    The present embodiment&#39;s canopeum comprises a three dimensional cover of insect net material, wall details, a plurality of attachment elements, and various devices that provide means of interaction with other elements of this embodiment. Due to the nature of insect barrier materials, the embodiment&#39;s canopeum  171  is capable of replacement. With a substantially dome shaped configuration, the canopeum presents an oculus at its upper periphery, thereby providing means to substantially encircle other elements at, and circumferential to, the top of the umbrella stick  180 . Canopeum attachment elements  177  at the margins of the oculus enable attachment of said canopeum  171  to the embodiment&#39;s stick  180 , thereby insuring said canopeum  171  maintains a concentric alignment with said stick&#39;s major axis. 
         [0276]    The canopeum contains a plurality of canopeum wall slots  191  extending from its upper region down to canopeum terminal element  175  which reaches ground level at full canopeum  171  deployment. Canopeum wall slots  191  serve as tracks to orient and guide passage of canopeum extenders during deployment and retraction operations. Each of said slots  191  also contains a plurality of canopeum curtain elements  174  through which said canopeum extenders  172  freely traverse. 
         [0277]    During retraction operations, canopeum extender  172  elements, being attached at their distal ends to cooperating canopeum terminal elements  175 , progressively urge said canopeum terminal elements  175  and attached canopeum periphery upward. Connections between canopeum extender  172  elements and canopeum terminal elements  175  are conventional and may be unfastened when canopeum replacement is warranted. 
         [0278]    Due to larger size of canopeum terminal elements  175  relative to apertures of canopeum curtain elements  174 , retraction of the canopeum by means of upward motion of canopeum extenders  172  results in formation of a progressive pattern of large, substantially horizontal, pleats in the rising canopeum wall. This form of gathering canopeum material during retraction operations is analogous to the accumulation of horizontal drapery folds in stage curtains. 
         [0279]    E. Canopeum Deployment Mechanism 
         [0280]    General Description of Functions: 
         [0281]    The canopeum deployment system of the present embodiment provides means for effecting placement of canopeum  171  in a suitable configuration so as to substantially encompass a volume of space thereby providing means for interdicting insect intrusions therein. The system additionally provides means for returning said canopeum  171  to its retracted configuration at the top of complete double canopy  10 . 
         [0282]    These outcomes are accomplished by deployment means whereby urging forces, applied by the umbrella user to runner B  186  are translated by mechanical means of producing inverse mechanical advantage serving to multiply the linear range of runner B  186  by an approximate factor of four. Runner B  186 , when manipulated by the umbrella user, thereby urges deployment of canopeum  171  to its fully extended configuration. 
         [0283]    General Description of Components: 
         [0284]    Elements comprising canopeum deployment mechanisms of the invention&#39;s present embodiment include runner B  186 ; runner B to pulley shuttle connector  187 ; pulley shuttle  194 ; slotted shuttle bay  193 ; union transporter cord A  181 ; union transporter cord B  182 ; upper and lower shuttle pulleys  198 ,  199 ; upper and lower guide pulleys  232 ,  233 ; upper and lower inverter pulleys  202 ,  203 ; union compartment  192 ; union  179 ; extender redirection element  173 ; redirection transition slots  197 ; canopeum extenders  172 ; stick crown apertures  178 ; radial tunnels  176 ; canopeum wall slots  191 ; canopeum curtain elements  174 ; and canopeum terminal elements  175 . 
         [0285]    In this present embodiment, specifically a patio umbrella, said mechanical range multiplication operation is accomplished by a combination of compound pulley systems acting in cooperation with constraints applied to curvilinear paths traced by the canopeum extender  172  elements when urged by union  179 , thereby manifesting a pseudo-pulley arrangement, providing means for additional application of a one to two inverse mechanical advantage with respect to the linear ranges of said union transporter cords A and B,  181  and  182 , relative to the linear ranges of extension applied to canopeum extenders  172 . 
         [0286]    Two mechanical sub-assemblies, one in each of two elongated zones: union compartment  192  and slotted bay  193 , subdividing interior cross-sectional space of stick  180 , each produce ideal mechanical advantages of approximately one to two. Said mechanical sub-assemblies cooperate to multiply the manipulated range of runner B  186  by the desired factor of approximately four; thereby reducing the distance operators must move runner B  186  in order to achieve a suitable canopeum deployment and retraction range—substantially four times the operating range of runner B  186 . 
         [0287]    A compound pulley mechanism comprising two small sheave pulleys mounted in tandem within pulley shuttle  194 ; upper and lower guide pulleys  232 ,  233 ; and upper and lower inverter pulleys  202 ,  203 ; provide the specified mechanical advantage of 1:2 thereby providing means for an initial doubling of the linear range of runner B  186 , and transmitting this enhancement to union  179  via union transporter cords A and B,  181  and  182 . 
         [0288]    The two pulleys mounted in pulley shuttle  194  are designated upper shuttle moving pulley  198  and lower shuttle moving pulley  199 . Pulley shuttle  194  comprises said pulleys  198  and  199  seated in an encompassing frame providing stabilization means for securing cooperation between said pulleys and associated transporter cords A and B  181 ,  182  thereby ensuring said cords maintain proper functioning contact with said pulleys. Other pulleys comprising said mechanisms are afforded benefits of similar conventional securement means. 
         [0289]    The interior of stick  180  is substantially partitioned into two vertically elongated non-circular compartments. The first of these hollows, union compartment  192 , provides a vertical displacement track for union  179  as well as providing containment space for cooperating elements comprising canopeum extenders  172 ; extender redirection element  173 ; and union transporter cords  181  and  182 . Said union compartment  192  additionally provides collimating means for aligning canopeum extenders  172 . 
         [0290]    The second compartment internally subdividing stick  180 , slotted shuttle bay  193  provides comparable functions, with regard to pulley shuttle  194  and its directly cooperating elements. Non-circular cross-sectional profiles of these two compartments provide means for precluding substantial rotation of encompassed elements around their vertical axes of traverse, thereby restricting deleterious effects resulting from twisting and entanglements of said cooperating elements. 
         [0291]    Within stick  180 , an elongated dividing structure, internal stick wall  201 , substantially separates slotted shuttle bay  193  from the larger cross-sectional region of union compartment  192 . This wall of separation provides additional structural reinforcement means for strengthening stick  180 . This particular reinforcement means substantially compensates for reduced structural integrity of stick  180  due to the presence of shuttle bay slot  195 . At locations of upper and lower inverter pulleys  202 ,  203  the internal stick wall  201  is not present, thereby providing means for placement of said pulleys  202  and  203   
         [0292]    Pulley Descriptions: 
         [0293]    When the decision is made to deploy the embodiment&#39;s canopeum, the following sequence takes place: Runner B  186  is manually urged upward from its base location in unison with runner B to pulley shuttle connector  187 . Said connector  187  passes through the wall of stick  180  via elongated shuttle bay slot  195 , and thereby urges pulley shuttle  194 , situated within slotted shuttle bay  193 , to slide upward. Pulley shuttle  194  comprises the tandem set of upper shuttle moving pulley  198  and lower shuttle moving pulley  199 , mounted on pulley shuttle  194  in opposite directions, the former erect, the latter inverted. 
         [0294]    These elements are components of two complementary transport operations, one transmitting an upward force and the other downward force, a combination providing means for moving union  179  in direct response to primary urgings initiated by displacement of runner B  186 . Upper shuttle moving pulley  198  is connected to its cooperating fixed upper guide pulley  232  by means of union transporter cord A  181 . The second pulley component in pulley shuttle  194 , inverted relative to the aforementioned first, engages lower guide pulley  233  by means of union transporter cord B  182 . 
         [0295]    Embodiment pulleys are mounted within close fitting bracket conformations, providing means for insuring proper placement between cords and cooperating pulley grooves. Axes of rotation of the two moving pulleys in pulley shuttle  194  are oriented parallel to the longitudinal axis of runner B to pulley shuttle connector  187 . 
         [0296]    This first mechanical sub-system introduces an initial multiplicative enhancement to linear movements of runner B  186 , thereby providing means for effecting vertical displacements of union  179  substantially twice the linear extents of corresponding displacements of said runner B  186 , as urged by the umbrella operator. 
         [0297]    Two union transporter cords are present, union transporter cord A  181  and union transporter cord B  182 . One end of cord A  181  is anchored to the frame of fixed upper guide pulley  232  at the top of slotted shuttle bay  193 ; the second union transporter cord B  182  has an end secured at lower guide pulley  233  which is attached in fixed position near the lower end of slotted shuttle bay  193 . From each of said anchorages, each of said cords  181  and  182  extends toward its cooperating moving shuttle pulley  198  or  199  on pulley shuttle  194 . Cords  181  and  182  then each makes a half turn around its cooperating moving pulley, thereby reversing direction and extending back toward its cooperating fixed upper or lower guide pulley  232 ,  233 . 
         [0298]    Passing 180 degrees of arc around each of said fixed guide pulleys  232 ,  233 , respective union transporter cords  181 ,  182 , again having reversed their directions of travel, extend toward pulley shuttle  194 . At said shuttle  194 , the cords traverse in opposite directions shuttle cord apertures  204  in shuttle  194 , bypassing adjacent to shuttle pulleys  198 ,  199 . Extending vertically past said pulley shuttle  194 , each union transporter cord  181  and  182  then reaches and turns 180 degrees of arc, halfway around its cooperating upper or lower inverter pulley  202 ,  203 . 
         [0299]    Said inverter pulleys  202  and  203 , having sufficient diameter and axial offset angle, provide means for transitioning placement of union transporter cords  181  and  182  from their vertical alignments with upper and lower guide pulleys  232 ,  233  thereby achieving suitable vertical alignments of said cords at their respective distal attachment sites. Union transporter cord A  181  is attached to the bottom of union  179 ; and union transporter cord B  182  is connected to the top of extender redirection element  173 , which is attached to the top of union  179 . 
         [0300]    The operational outcome of mechanical operations described above is a multiplication of runner B  186 &#39;s operational range by an approximate net factor of two, with this enhancement then directly applied to upward and downward vertical displacements of union  179 . 
         [0301]    This augmentation is in turn is supplemented by range enhancement means associated with the second sub-system of the present embodiment&#39;s canopeum deployment operation. An additional improvement provides a supplemental mechanical range enhancement. This, in combination with the primary pulley sub-system linear advantage described above, provides means for a total multiplication by four, runner B&#39;s fundamental range compared to the effective range of canopeum extenders  172 . This augmentation thereby provides the necessary deployment range of canopeum  171  in order to allow its extension and retraction between the top of canopy  10  and ground level. 
         [0302]    Canopeum Extenders and their Directly Cooperating Parts: 
         [0303]    Canopeum extenders  172  are formed from elongated flexible strips, in the present embodiment similar in composition and physical properties to ties used to bundle electrical wires. Said canopeum extenders  172  comprise material of appropriate composition and dimensions so as to have a flexural modulus consistent with providing requisite compatibility between sufficient stiffness in combination with suitable flexibility for proper functioning of the embodiment&#39;s canopeum deployment system. 
         [0304]    While stiffness of canopeum extenders  172  is consistent with providing means for urging deployment of canopeum  171 , these elements also exhibit flexibility sufficient to negotiate directional reversals, as each traverses its cooperating redirection transition slot  197  within extender redirection element  173  situated at the top of union  179 . 
         [0305]    Each canopeum extender  172  is fixed at one end at an individual anchorage site by the top of union compartment  192 . Said extenders then range downward through union compartment  192  toward cooperating redirection transition slots  197 . Each element of this plurality of redirection transition slots  197  has the form of an inverted “U” shaped aperture having a smooth internal surface so as to reduce friction. Slot elements  197  are arraigned in a stacked formation. Slots  197 , serving as passageways for canopeum extenders  172 , are distributed radially at equal angles; with dimensions and vertical separations sufficient to facilitate passages of canopeum extenders  172 . In so doing, said extenders are reversed with respect to their vertical directions of traverse. 
         [0306]    Subsequent to said extenders&#39; redirection upward within union compartment  192 , walls of said compartment  192  provide collimating and bracing means for reducing any tendency of said canopeum extenders  172  to bend and bow while being urged vertically. Canopeum extenders  172  are aligned near the top of stick  180  by the upper portion of union compartment  192  by means of stick crown apertures  178 . The plurality of canopeum extenders  172  exit stick  180  via radial tunnels  176 , which provide collimating means for said extenders. 
         [0307]    The extenders extensions beyond stick  180  respond to displacements of union  179 . This cooperation provides principal components of what is functionally another “gun” pulley arrangement similar to that previously described relating to displacements of pulley shuttle  194  and cords A and B  181 ,  182  that form basic elements of the sub-system described above. 
         [0308]    With regard to the elements comprising the embodiment&#39;s second sub-system, directly involving operation of union  179 , said redirection transition slots  197  function in a manner analogous to moving pulleys of pulley shuttle  194 . Similarly, canopeum extender elements  172  operate similarly to union transporter cords A and B  181 , 182 . As a result, displacements of union  179  enable a doubling in effective displacements of said extender elements  172  relative to vertical displacements of union  179 . This 200% enhancement of linear range, in combination with the initial doubling of vertical movements of runner B  186 , produces an enhancement in the ranges of canopeum extenders  172 , relative to movements of runner B  186  by a factor substantially equal to four. 
         [0309]    After exiting stick  180  canopeum extenders  172  progressively pass through radial tunnels  176 , canopeum wall slots  191 , canopeum curtain elements  174 , and their distal ends are affixed to canopeum terminal elements  175 . When drawn up in a retracted mode substantially adjacent to the distal ends of radial tunnels  176 , canopeum  171  is organized in a garland-like pattern with at plurality of gatherings by distal ends of radial tunnels  176 . 
         [0310]    Tunnels  176  provide radial alignment means for encouraging well-ordered deployment of canopeum  171  across the umbrella&#39;s upper canopy segment  30  and beyond the canopy&#39;s distal periphery  20 . 
         [0311]    Rigidity of radial tunnels  176  supplement intrinsic stiffness of canopeum extenders  172  as said extenders  172  urge canopy extension. After exiting radial tunnels  176 , canopeum extenders  172  traverse in turn, canopeum wall niches  191  containing canopeum curtain elements  174 ; then reach the base of canopeum  171  where said extenders  172  attach to canopeum terminal elements  175 , thereby providing means for encouraging deployment of canopeum  171  walls to ground level. 
         [0312]    When it is desired to retract the canopeum  171 , runner B release element  196  is activated and runner B  186  is manually urged to the bottom of its range on stick  180 . In this manner, the processes detailed above are reversed, with canopeum curtain elements  174  drawn up in progressive, discrete horizontal sections. Canopeum  171  is thereby restored to its stowed position, draped from distal ends of radial tunnels  176  atop upper canopy segment  30 . 
         [0313]    Statement of Component Composition: 
         [0314]    In the present embodiment on the invention components are composed, to the greatest extent possible given availability and cost, of materials having low coefficients of electrical conductivity thereby providing means for enhanced safety. Overall dimensions of embodiments are fundamentally predicated by the desired extent of coverage. Pleats  50  and material composition of the present embodiment&#39;s complete double canopy  10  provide capability for substantial variations in overall size and specific increased coverage area. These features, in addition to the invention&#39;s dripless performance when retracted, and frame distal shields  160 , and canopeum deployment mechanism provide significant improvements in order to compete in the marketplace. 
         [0315]    Although the complete double canopy  10  with pleats, medially expanding frame  90  with frame distal shields  160 , mitigation vessel segments A and B  320  and  325 , wicking material  370 , wicking material, retainer  380 , radial tunnels  176 , elongated flexible extenders  173 , and cooperating canopeum deployment system elements comprise the essence of the present embodiment of this invention, disclosed elements function in cooperation with a plurality of conventional components known in prior art of umbrella construction. Given the invention&#39;s detailed specification, its manner of fabrication and assembly would be obvious to one skilled in the practice. 
         [0316]    Modifications 
         [0317]    While the preferred embodiment and alternate embodiments of the invention have been described above as a patio type umbrella, it will be recognized and understood that various modifications can be made in the invention, and the associated claims are intended to cover all such modifications which may fall within the spirit and scope of the invention. 
         [0318]    In one example, elastic elements attached to said complete double canopy  10  may provide means for urging its retraction while also allowing expansion due to urging forces acting on it by cooperating frame elements. The complete double canopy may be constructed using material innately capable of expansion and contraction. Material composition of canopy elements including upper  30  and lower canopy segments  40  may be opaque, translucent, or transparent, provide solar protection via broadband electromagnetic wavelength selection, or may incorporate prisms for effecting rainbow colors. Suitable material for use in said canopy  10  includes specialized paper products manufactured by melding plastic between layers of paper. Articles may be suspended within upper and lower segments of the complete double canopy  20 . These objects may comprise mobile items and lights. Light sources, light emitting diode (LED) elements for example, may be mounted within the compass of complete double canopy  10  in a conventional manner thereby providing means for illumination and in addition display of illustrations and textural information. Mechanisms used to secure stick  180  and medially expanding frame  90  in positions relative to other elements of the present invention may vary, including such conventional devices as bayonet type interlocks, and varied methods of securing element to element connection, articulation, and fastening such as those that may gleaned from the conventional art. 
       Alternate Embodiments 
       [0319]    Alternate embodiments of the present invention comprise a variety of element combinations selected from aspects disclosed herein. 
         [0320]    For Example: 
         [0321]    An alternate embodiment comprises a patio type umbrella without radial tunnels  176 , elongated flexible extenders  173 , and canopeum  172  comprised of insect netting, or other elements comprising a canopeum deployment system. 
         [0322]    In an alternate embodiment of the present invention, mitigation vessel component B has a pointed, helical tip providing means for facilitation securement in sand as said embodiment serves as a beach type umbrella. 
         [0323]    In another alternate embodiment of the present invention comprises a patio umbrella, with a complete double canopy and medially expanding frame cooperating without elements of mitigation vessel assembly  310 . 
         [0324]    In still another alternate embodiment, said invention may operate with a mitigating vessel not comprising wicking material  370 , wicking material retainer  380 , and moisture release apertures  390 . 
       RAMIFICATIONS AND SCOPE 
       [0325]    The words “horizontal”, “vertical”, “up”, “down”, “in”, “out”, “top”, “bottom”, upper, lower, “interior”, “exterior”, “distal” and similar expressions are to be interpreted as relative to the embodiments discussed and cooperating components of the invention and are not intended to be otherwise limiting. Embodiments described herein are included for example only. Additional variations of the claimed invention&#39;s concepts will be obvious to those skilled in the art, such as adaptation or inclusion of known alternative devices and materials. 
         [0326]    Although the description above contains much specificity, this should not be construed as limiting the scope of the invention but as merely providing illustrations of some of the present embodiments of this invention. For example the invention may function with or without a canopeum and its cooperating disclosed deployment elements. The invention may also function with or without elements of a mitigation vessel assembly. In addition, medially expanding frame  90 , complete double canopy  10 , and cooperating elements may be composed of alternate materials. Elements of the medially expanding frame  90  may be brought to their deployed and retracted positions along alternate trajectories, rather than that specified in the present example. Dimensions of frame elements, their number, and arrangements within its total composition, as well as variations of lengths and connection positions of links, may be specified by one skilled in the art according to desired usage factors. Such factors include ability to resist, in cooperation with elements of complete double canopy  10 , structural deformations caused by various anticipated levels of wind intensity. Specified dimensions of all other elements can vary; stick  180  may have a conventional telescoping type embodiment, mitigation vessel assembly  310  may or may not be present. 
         [0327]    When present, said mitigation vessel assembly  310  can have other shapes, such as oval, conical, hemispherical, or crafted in a freely creative form. Individual component elements comprising said vessel may have cross-sectional shapes such as rectangular, circular, oval, trapezoidal, triangular, etc., mitigation vessel  310  as well as other suitable surfaces such as the upper and lower surfaces of the complete double canopy  10  may be used for flattened or three dimensional, such as bas-relief, decorative or commercial representations including text, and or illustrations; the medially expanding frame  90  may have varied numbers of individual elements, dimensions and manifestations. Elements connecting linkage elements of the frame may have alternate dimensions, shapes, and compositions, complete double canopy  10  may, in additional embodiments, have other compositions, dimensions, manners of expansion and contraction other than pleats, such as that provided by inherently expandable materials, stated connections for attaching various elements of the invention to cooperating elements can be replaced by other types of connection which enable said elements to be appropriately constrained, or when necessary have means for rotate or translate effectively relative to cooperating elements. Alternate devices may be used for attachment, and connecting various elements. Although our disclosed system functions with a variety of components seen in the prior art, it does not necessarily require all of these. Each element indicated above may also find a useful application in other types of structure differing from those described. 
         [0328]    The description of the present invention has been made for purposes of revealing particularly useful embodiments. It is not intended to limit the invention to only the disclosed forms. The scope of the invention should be determined by the appended claims and their legal equivalents, rather than by the examples given.