U.S. patent application number 11/283955 was filed with the patent office on 2007-05-24 for assembled secure runner.
Invention is credited to Chin Sung Ko.
Application Number | 20070113878 11/283955 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 38052289 |
Filed Date | 2007-05-24 |
United States Patent
Application |
20070113878 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Ko; Chin Sung |
May 24, 2007 |
Assembled secure runner
Abstract
The invention relates to an assembled secure runner applied on
an umbrella for facilitating safe use. The secure runner includes a
connector and a base, both of which are assembled to complete a
single runner very easily. The runner consisted of the base and the
connector can be separated if there is any fault happened. The
umbrella can be then repaired and can be used after assembling
them. This obtains utility and improvement.
Inventors: |
Ko; Chin Sung; (Ho Mei Town,
TW) |
Correspondence
Address: |
ROSENBERG, KLEIN & LEE
3458 ELLICOTT CENTER DRIVE-SUITE 101
ELLICOTT CITY
MD
21043
US
|
Family ID: |
38052289 |
Appl. No.: |
11/283955 |
Filed: |
November 22, 2005 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
135/38 ;
135/28 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A45B 25/06 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
135/038 ;
135/028 |
International
Class: |
A45B 25/08 20060101
A45B025/08 |
Claims
1. An assembled secure runner including a connector and a base,
wherein the connector has a tube with two side rectangular openings
and a joint bottom connected with the tube, and two side engaging
edges formed under the openings respectively; the base including a
lower ring and an internal projection in central hole, two elastic
slices provided on both sides of the base, each of which is folded
to have a hooking end, the slice being elastic and being able to be
pulled outward for that the hooking end is to engage with the
opening of the tube that the connector and the base are assembled
together firmly to complete a secure runner, which applied on an
umbrella having a shaft with an elastic stop, which has a middle
concave, a lower convex, and a top edge.
2. The assembled secure runner as claimed in claim 1, wherein the
length of the hooking end of the elastic slice is less than the
high of the opening of the tube that exists a space for movement of
the hooking end in the opening.
3. The assembled secure runner as claimed in claim 3, wherein the
internal projection is positioned in the concave of the elastic
stop when the umbrella is stably opened.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] A secure runner applied on an umbrella is popular for many
years, which provides users to operate the umbrella more
conveniently and safely since they are unnecessary to touch an
elastic stop extended from a shaft of the umbrella. For example in
U.S. Pat. No. 5,494,604, it discloses a safety runner, which make
use of a slidable sleeve that has an internal flange at the upper
portion thereof and rides on a runner element embracing the shaft.
By means of a slide motion of the sleeve relative to the runner
element, a resilient bow lever housed in the shaft being depressed
by the internal flange to release the detention of the runner to
close the umbrella in secure. Another conventional structure is
shown in U.S. Pat. No. 5,615,698, which discloses a different
runner with a sleeve to close the umbrella safely.
[0002] The above-mentioned traditional designs although provide
users to close the umbrella safely, but they include the runner and
the sleeve, both of which are not separable after assembly. If
there is any fault in the runner, the runner or the sleeve is
difficult to be repaired that always causes the umbrella broken and
useless forever.
[0003] The present invention is to overcome the drawback of prior
art and to provide an invented umbrella, which includes an
assembled secure runner including a base and a connector being
separable that facilitates the utilization of the umbrella when the
repair is needed. Now, accompanying with the following drawings,
the character of the present invention will be described here and
after.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0004] FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing an assembled
secure runner according to the present invention.
[0005] FIG. 2 is an assembled perspective view of FIG. 1.
[0006] FIG. 3 is a partly cross-sectional plan view of FIG. 1.
[0007] FIG. 4 is a perpendicular cross-sectional plan view of FIG.
3.
[0008] FIG. 5 is a plan view showing the runner of FIG. 3 applied
on an umbrella according to the present invention.
[0009] FIG. 6 is a plan view showing the umbrella being opened
related to FIG. 5.
[0010] FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a movement of operating the
runner to close the umbrella related to FIG. 6.
[0011] FIG. 8 is a perpendicular cross-sectional plan view of FIG.
7.
[0012] FIG. 9 is a plan view showing the umbrella being closing
related to FIG. 7.
[0013] FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a modified umbrella
runner according to the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0014] Please refer to FIG. 1 to 3, the present invention relates
to an assembled secure runner of an umbrella, which includes a
connector (1) and a base (2), wherein the connector (1) has a tube
(11) with two side rectangular openings (13) and a joint bottom
(12) connected with the tube (11). Two side engaging edges (14) are
formed under the openings (13) respectively. The base (2) includes
a lower ring (21) and an internal projection (22) in central hole.
Two elastic slices (23) are provided on both sides of the base (2),
each of which is folded to have a hooking end (24). Because the
slice (23) is elastic, it can be pulled outward for that the
hooking end (24) is easy to engage with the opening (13) of the
tube (11). Then, the connector (1) and the base (2) are assembled
together firmly to complete a secure runner.
[0015] As the runner of the present invention is applied around a
shaft (3) of the umbrella, the elastic slice (23) is engaged with
the engaging edge (14) while the hooking end (24) is received in
the opening (13) with a space at top portion and also a space
exists between the ring (21) and the joint bottom (12), as shown in
FIGS. 3 to 5.
[0016] When to open the umbrella as in FIG. 6, the tube (11)
contacts an upper nest (31) and stops while the ring (21) can still
move upward a distance till to contact the joint bottom (12).
Meanwhile, the hooking end (24) reaches a top position of the
opening (13) and the internal projection (22) in the ring (21) is
just positioned in a concave (41) and engaged by a convex (42) of
an elastic stop (4) provided in the shaft (3) that makes sure the
umbrella being opened in stable.
[0017] Referring to FIGS. 7 and 8, when to close the umbrella,
users can use fingers to pull the ring (21) downward. The internal
projection (22) can press the convex (42) of the elastic stop (4)
to move inward that forces a top edge (43) of the stop (4) to move
inward at the same time. Accordingly, the connector (1) is released
and can be moved downward together with the base (2), as shown in
FIG. 9. The umbrella is thus closed.
[0018] Under above operation, it is found that the user can close
the umbrella very easily and safely by just pulling the ring (21)
of the base (2) downward without touching the elastic stop (4)
directly. If a fault is happened, the runner can be separated
easily by pulling two hooking ends (24) outward and as the elastic
slices (23) get away from the engaging edges (14) of the connector
(1) that the base (2) is apart from the connector (1). Hence, the
fault can be resolved without trouble. This improves the
utilization of the present invention obviously.
[0019] Accordingly, it can be understood that the above-mentioned
embodiments are only exemplary of the present invention. Any
modification with the same or similar merit is still claimed in
this application. Such as shown in FIG. 10, a round joint bottom
(5) can be used to replace the flat joint bottom (21), while a ball
ring (51) is provided related to the shape of the round joint
bottom (5).
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