Patent ID: 7562667

Claim:
An outdoor umbrella, comprising: an umbrella awning; an umbrella frame comprising a main supporting stem, an awning frame supporting said umbrella awning to define a shielding zone under said umbrella awning, and a connecting arm pivotally extended from a top portion of said main supporting stem to said awning frame to substantially support said awning frame, wherein said connecting arm has two longitudinal mounting slots at two sides thereof; a lighting system which comprises one or more illuminating units mounted on said awning frame for providing illumination to said shielding zone; and a solar power supply arrangement comprising a solar collecting device having a collecting surface mounted on said umbrella frame at a position above said shielding zone for exposing in sunlight to collect solar energy, wherein said solar collecting device is electrically connected to said lighting system for converting said solar energy into electrical energy so as to provide said electrical energy to said lighting system, wherein said solar collecting device comprises two sliding guiders extended downwardly to be slidably mounted along said two mounting slots of said connecting arm to securely mount said solar collecting device along said connecting arm that said collecting surface of said solar collecting device is inclinedly orientated for facing towards sunlight to collect said solar energy.