Patent ID: 7778624

Claim:
An outdoor umbrella, comprising: a supporting frame; a foldable awning frame which comprises a functional umbrella hub suspendedly supported by said supporting frame, a plurality of awning frames radially and outwardly extended from said functional umbrella hub, and an awning supported by said awning arms to define a shading area under said awning, wherein said functional umbrella hub has a speaker compartment and an audio outlet; and an audio system, as a built-in sound system, comprising: a control panel comprising an auxiliary input for inputting an audio signal, said control panel is located at a position consisting of inside said functional umbrella hub and at said supporting frame at a distance greater than the radius of said awning frame from the top of said supporting frame; a speaker unit supported within said speaker compartment of said functional umbrella hub to align with said audio outlet, wherein when said audio signal is input at said control panel, said audio signal is electrically communicated to said speaker unit for generating an audio sound as an additional function for said outdoor umbrella; and a wireless transmission link for wirelessly transmitting said audio signal from said control panel to said speaker unit, wherein said wireless transmission link comprises a wireless transmitter integrated with said control panel and a wireless receiver which is integrated with said speaker unit and is wirelessly communicating with said wireless transmitter to wireless transmit said audio signal from said control panel to said speaker unit.