Patent ID: 7806130

Claim:
An umbrella comprising: a shaft; a pair of spaced locking sleeves fixed to the shaft and each having at least one longitudinally extending finger lying against the shaft and formed with a transverse groove in turn forming a respective lock seat; an array of ribs pivotal on the shaft between an open position projecting outward from the shaft and a closed position extending along the shaft; a canopy spanned over the ribs; a slider shiftable on the shaft between a pair of end positions each juxtaposed with a respective one of the seats lock; spreader struts engaged between the slider and the ribs for shifting the ribs and canopy into the open position in one of the end positions of the slider and into the closed position in the other end position of the slider; at least two locking elements on the slider; and a handle shiftable on the slider on movement of the slider into the one end position into engagement with one of the locking elements to push the one locking element into engagement with one of the seats and on movement of the slider into the other end position to push the other locking element into engagement with the other of the seats.