Patent ID: 7108388

Claim:
An outdoors umbrella, comprising: a supporting frame which comprises: a supporting stem; and a parasol frame, which is supported by said supporting stem, comprising a plurality of elongated awning ribs radially extended in a pivotally movable manner and a shading awning substantially supported by said awning ribs to define a shadowing area thereunder; and a lighting arrangement comprising a power supply system and an illuminating system electrically connected to said power supply system, wherein said illuminating system comprises lighting units supported along said awning ribs for illuminating said shadowing area and electric cords electrically connecting said lighting units and extending in said awning ribs, wherein said lighting arrangement further has a plurality of illumination holders provided along said awning ribs to hold said lighting units in position along said awning ribs respectively and a plurality of electric channels along said awning ribs respectively, wherein said electric cords are received and extended along said electric channels respectively, wherein each of said illumination holders has an elongated receiving groove provided on a bottom side of said respective awning rib, wherein said lighting units are received in said receiving grooves respectively, wherein said lighting arrangement further comprises a plurality pairs of electric boundaries each upwardly extended along upper sides of said awning ribs to define said electric channels therebetween respectively, wherein said electric channel communicates with said receiving groove through an interior of each said awning rib.