Patent ID: 8297294

Claim:
An outdoor shading device, comprising: an umbrella frame comprising a supporting shaft and an awning frame suspendedly supported by said supporting shaft and coupled with said umbrella awning for defining a shading area thereunder; an umbrella awning supported by said umbrella frame to define a shading area under said umbrella awning; an electrical arrangement supported at said umbrella frame for providing an additional umbrella function; and a controller unit, comprising: an operation housing mounted on said supporting frame at a hand reachable location, wherein said operation housing has a first wall surface and a second wall surface; and a detachable electronic arrangement detachably coupling at each of said first and second wall surfaces of said operation housing to operatively link with said electrical arrangement, wherein said detachable electronic arrangement comprises a control panel detachably coupling at said first wall surface of said operation housing to operatively control said electrical arrangement, wherein said detachable electronic arrangement further comprises an electronic appliance holder detachably coupling at said second wall surface of said operation housing for holding at least an electronic appliance thereat, wherein said control panel is adapted for communicatively linking to said electronic appliance to selectively control an operation of said electronic appliance, wherein said electronic appliance holder has a storage side and an opposed holding side arranged in such a manner that when said storage side of said electronic appliance holder is engaged with said operation housing, said holding side of said electronic appliance holder faces outwardly for holding said electronic appliance in position, and when said holding side of said electronic appliance holder is engaged with said operation housing, said storage side of said electronic appliance holder is aligned with said second wall surface to house said electronic appliance holder at said operation housing.