Patent ID: 8297295

Claim:
A miniature umbrella and personal storage case combination device comprising (a) a hollow, elongated, cylindrical housing having an open top end and a bottom end tapering to a point forming a centrally disposed opening, the bottom end defining personal item retaining space inseparable from the housing and formed to retain store and permit a personal item to protrude through the opening, (b) a collapsible, foldable miniature umbrella having a foldable canopy and a plurality of telescoping, hollow, support poles attached at one end to the canopy, the umbrella being sized and formed to fit within the housing in its folded and collapsed position with the other end of the support poles attached at the bottom of the housing such that in use the support poles extend through the open top end of the housing and the canopy expands to an outwardly expanded position without the need to reorient the umbrella so that the umbrella covers the device user's head and shoulders when held in an upright and overhead position, and (c) spring-loaded push button means formed and located in the housing for automatically extending and expanding the umbrella from its position within the housing to its extended and expanded position outside the housing.