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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 1989
Filed:
Nov. 27, 1987
Blair F Baldwin, New York, NY (US);
William C Lamson, Huntington, CT (US);
Bexel Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
An emergency umbrella includes a hollow, tubular handle; a hub formed of an inverted cup-like section slidably contained in the handle between an open position at the upper end of the handle and a stored position at the lower end of the handle, the hub also including a piston secured to the inverted cup-like section; a sleeve slidably mounted on the hub between an upper position and a lower position, the sleeve including a central section slidably mounted on the hub and radially directed strut locking sections hingedly connected to the central section; a plurality of struts connected to the strut locking sections, each strut movable between an upright position substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the handle and a radial position substantially radially outward from the longitudinal axis; and a web of flexible, water-resistant material connected to the struts, such that opening and closing of the struts is accomplished by a snap action of the handle, whereupon the sleeve slides on the piston of the hub.