Patent ID: 6966667

Claim:
An outdoors umbrella, comprising: a supporting frame which comprises: a supporting stem; and a parasol frame, which is supported by said supporting stem, comprising a plurality of elongated awning ribs radially extended in a pivotally movable manner and a shading awning substantially supported by said awning ribs to define a shadowing area thereunder; and a lighting arrangement comprising a plurality of illumination holders provided along said awning ribs respectively, a power supply system mounted on said supporting frame, and a chain illuminating system, which is electrically connected to said power supply system, comprising a plurality of chain lighting units alignedly held by said illumination holders along said awning ribs for illuminating said shadowing area, wherein each of said illumination holders has an elongated receiving groove provided on a bottom side of said respective awning rib to alignedly receive said chain lighting units, wherein said lighting arrangement further has an electric channel provided on a top side of each of said awning rib to communicate with said respective receiving groove through an interior of said respective awning rib, and a light holder slidably inserted into said respective electric channel, wherein said chain lighting units are spacedly mounted to said light holder such that said light holder is adapted to hold said chain lighting units in position along said respective awning rib and to enclose said respective electric channel to protect said chain lighting units within said receiving groove.