Patent Publication Number: US-2015059814-A1

Title: Quickly drying umbrella

Description:
FIELD 
     The present disclosure relates to umbrellas and, more particularly, to an umbrella that can dry quickly. 
     BACKGROUND 
     Umbrellas are commonly used to shelter persons from the rain. When a umbrella with water droplets is taken into a room, the water droplets will start falling off the canopy of the umbrella onto the floor or get transferred to the surface that the umbrella is sitting on. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       Many aspects of the present disclosure can be better understood with reference to the following drawings. The elements in the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale, the emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of the present disclosure. Moreover, in the drawings, like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the views, and all the views are schematic. The description is not to be considered as limiting the embodiments described herein. 
         FIG. 1  is an isometric view of an umbrella, in accordance with an exemplary embodiment. 
         FIG. 2  is an exploded isometric view of the umbrella of  FIG. 1  in which a canopy is omitted. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
       FIGS. 1-2  illustrate an exemplary embodiment of an umbrella  100 . The umbrella  100  includes an umbrella handle  10 , a support bar  11 , an umbrella head  12 , a switch  15 , a plurality of umbrella ribs  30 , and a canopy  20 . 
     The umbrella handle  10  can be a hollow cylinder, and can include a bottom cap  60  at one end. A motor  16 , a fan  17 , and a battery  50  can be received in the umbrella handle  10 . When powered by the battery  50 , the motor  16  can drive the fan  17  to rotate. A jack  40  can be arranged in the side surface of the umbrella handle  10 , and the battery  50  can be charged via the jack  40  that can be coupled to an external power source. In the illustrated embodiment, motor  16 , the fan  17 , and the battery  50  can be secured to the bottom cap  60 . 
     The connecting cables  18  can be coupled with the switch  15  and the motor  16 . The support bar  11  can be coupled to the top of the umbrella handle  10 . In the illustrated embodiment, the support bar  11  can be integrally formed with the umbrella handle  10 . The support bar  11  can be hollow and have a diameter less than a diameter of the umbrella handle  10 . The switch  15  and the connecting cables  18  can be received in the support bar  11 . The support bar  11  can define an opening  13  in a lateral surface. The switch  15  can include a button  25  received in the opening  13 . When pressed down, the button  25  can actuate the switch  15  to actuate the motor  16 . 
     The support bar  11  can further define a number of receiving holes  14  near the top. One end of each of the support ribs  30  can be inserted into a corresponding one of the receiving holes  14 . Each support rib  30  can be hollow and communicate with the support bar  11 . The canopy  20  can be coupled to lower portions of the support ribs  30 , and give a person shelter from the sun, rain, or snow. A number of through holes  31  can be defined along a lengthwise direction of each support rib  30 . In the illustrated embodiment, the through holes  31  are defined at opposite sides of each support rib  30  along a lengthwise direction. 
     The umbrella head  12  can be rotatably coupled to the top of the support bar  11 . A fixing rod  19  can protrude from the umbrella head  12 , and can be received in the support bar  11 . The switch  13  can be coupled to the fixing rod  19 . 
     With the above configuration, when the fan  17  is driven by the motor  16  to rotate, continuous air from the support bar  11  flows to the support ribs  30 , and to the canopy  20  via the through holes  31 , thereby quickly drying the canopy  20 . 
     Although the present disclosure has been specifically described on the basis of the exemplary embodiments thereof, the disclosure is not to be construed as being limited thereto. Various changes or modifications may be made to the embodiments without departing from the scope and spirit of the disclosure.