Patent ID: 7261112

Claim:
An automatic multi-sectional collapsible umbrella comprising: a cover; a shaft having a plurality of telescoping sections; a notch; a runner; an auxiliary runner; a locating tube having a first end connected to the notch, the shaft having an end inserted into an interior of the locating tube through a second end of the locating tube, wherein the end of the shaft inserted into the interior of the locating tube has a smallest outer diameter of the shaft and is connected to the notch; a plurality of main ribs spaced around the notch and supporting the cover, each of the plurality of main ribs has one end pivotally connected to the notch; a plurality of main stretchers supporting the plurality of mail ribs, each of the plurality of stretchers has one end pivotally connected to the auxiliary runner; a plurality of stretching ribs pivotally connected to between the runner and the plurality of stretchers; a first compression spring is located on an exterior of the locating tube between the runner and the auxiliary runner; and a second compression spring located in the shaft wherein the runner and auxiliary runner are located around the locating tube.