Patent ID: 6941959

Claim:
An umbrella comprising: a shaft having a handle connected to a first end thereof, a runner movably mounted to the shaft; a first cap and a second cap connected to a second end of the shaft, the first cap located closer than the second cap to the second end of the shaft; a plurality of first ribs each having a first end pivotally connected to the second end cap and each first rib having a joint connected thereto, each joint having a first passage and a second passage, the first rib extending through the first passage, a plurality of second ribs each having a first end thereof pivotally connected to the first cap and a second end of each of the second ribs movably extending through the second passage, a main panel attached to the first ribs and having a hole with a center at the shaft, a section of the second end of each of the second ribs being overlapped on the main panel and a sub-panel attached to the second ribs and covering the hole in the main panel, and a plurality of stretchers pivotally connected between the runner and the joints, each of the joints including two lugs between which an end of a corresponding one of the plurality of stretchers is pivotally connected.