Patent ID: 7556051

Claim:
A suspension umbrella, comprising: an unright support post; a sliding seat mounted on an upper end of the support post; a control shaft movably mounted on the sliding seat; an umbrella frame mounted on a first end of the control shaft to move with the control shaft and including a shank, a plurality of ribs each pivotally mounted on an upper end of the shank, a plurality of spreaders each having a first end pivotally connected with a respective rib and a runner pivotally connected with a second end of each of the spreaders and movable relative to the shank; a drive cord having a first end secured on the sliding seat and a second end extended through the shank of the umbrella frame and secured to the runner of the umbrella frame to move the runner of the umbrella frame relative to the shank of the umbrella frame and to move the spreaders of the umbrella frame relative to the ribs of the umbrella frame; a limit ring secured on the control shaft to move with the control shaft and movable to rest on the sliding seat; a cable having a first end secured on the limit ring to move with the limit ring and a second end extended into the support post; a weight movably mounted in the support post and attached to the cable to move with the cable wherein the second end of the cable is secured to the weight; a guide roller rotatably mounted on the sliding seat and rested on the cable to guide movement of the cable.