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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2008
Applicant:
Gregory G. Kuelbs, Westlake, TX (US);
Inventor:
Gregory G. Kuelbs, Westlake, TX (US);
Assignee:
World Factory, Inc., Coppell, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A45B 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An umbrella apparatus includes a pole portion, a canopy portion hingedly coupled to the pole portion, the canopy portion having a plurality of support ribs and a plurality of support struts, and at least one lamp module mounted to the canopy portion, each lamp module having a plurality of light emitting diodes, each light emitting diode being aimed in a selected fixed direction, at least one of the light emitting diodes being aimed in a direction that is not normal to the support rib to which the lamp module is mounted.