Tent – canopy – umbrella – or cane – Umbrella – Combined
Patent
1998-10-01
2000-08-01
Friedman, Carl D.
Tent, canopy, umbrella, or cane
Umbrella
Combined
135 66, 40317, D3 13, A45B 300, A45B 902
Patent
active
060951680
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a grip for an umbrella cane or a walking stick, with a hollow shaft and a hemispherical free end section.
2. Discussion of the Background
Grips for umbrellas or walking sticks of this type are known for example in the area of advertising articles, in which the free end section carries an ornamental or commonplace article. Thus the grip is either rigid or attached pivotally through 90.degree. on the umbrella or walking stick. The purpose of the ornamental or commonplace article is to impart to the umbrella or walking stick either an extraordinary appearance, in which the ornamental or commonplace article is for example either coloured, or in order to impart to it a certain additional function, for example incorporates a compass or a radio. In addition, the hemispherical end section provides the grip with better and more reliable handling.
There is for example known from EP 0 583 761 A1 a handle for an umbrella or a walking stick of the type already mentioned, in which the ornamental article is a hemispherical cap which may be coloured.
There is known from FR 770 921 an umbrella handle with a shaft and a thickened end section forming the free end of the umbrella, which has a trough-like seat for receiving an ornamental article in the form of a glass lens.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The problem underlying the present invention is not involved with disadvantages of these umbrella or walking stick handles, but results in the object of providing another corresponding handle, which is usable in particular as an incentive in the area of advertising articles, but may also be used by sportsmen.
Proceeding from a grip for an umbrella or walking stick of the type already mentioned, this object is fulfilled according to the invention by a spherical ornamental or commonplace article, which is removably housed in the end section, and is secured by a ring which may be mounted on an upper surrounding edge of the end section and has a smaller inner circumference than the outer circumference of the ornamental or commonplace article.
Thus the spherical article is secured against falling out from its hemispherical seat by the slightly narrower ring. In this respect it is particularly advantageous that the ring is removable, so that it is simply possible to remove the article from its seat and to exchange it for another. With reference to the embodiments given by way of example to be described in the following for the spherical ornamental or commonplace article, it will further become clear that the facility of removing the article in addition involves a large degree of flexibility in fitting the handle according to the invention with the most varied ornamental or commonplace articles. In addition, an article once inserted in the handle may also be temporarily removed for cleaning.
The umbrella cane or walking stick so designed is of particular interest as an incentive in the area of advertising articles, i.e. as a gift to clients or deserving employees, which will be explained in more detail in the following.
Advantageous further developments of the invention are disclosed in the sub-claims.
The range of ornamental or commonplace articles which may be inserted in the handle according to the invention is extremely wide and offers a large scope of possible applications, both in the area of advertising articles and also as "fan" articles or for sportsmen who themselves take part in a ball sport.
There is to be named as a first further development of the handle according to the invention that the ornamental or commonplace article can be a golf ball. The advantages of this further development reside in particular in the fact that the owner of the umbrella or of the walking stick can have a golf ball of his choice made into a component part of the umbrella or of the walking stick. This possibility can for example be of great interest if the owner of the umbrella or walking stick has won a golf tournament and inserts the ball played as a memento
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Friedman Carl D.
Ruediger Berges GmbH
Wilkens Kevin D.
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