Tent – canopy – umbrella – or cane – Umbrella – Inflatable
Reexamination Certificate
2000-06-16
2001-11-20
Stephan, Beth A. (Department: 3635)
Tent, canopy, umbrella, or cane
Umbrella
Inflatable
C135S022000, C052S002130, C052S002180
Reexamination Certificate
active
06318390
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an umbrella and more particularly pertains to a new inflatable umbrella for providing an umbrella that can be carried in one's pocket or purse.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of an umbrella is known in the prior art. More specifically, an umbrella heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,889,700; 3,954,117; 4,643,210; 5,040,555; U.S. Pat. Nos. Des. 247,328; and 266,456.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new inflatable umbrella. The inventive device includes a flexible and foldable sheet of material having a central portion and a perimeter; and also includes a hub air chamber being securely attached to the central portion; and further includes a plurality of flexible rib-like air chambers connected to the hub air chamber and extending radially from the hub air chamber and being securely attached to the sheet of material with each of the rib-like air chambers having a first end and a second end which is securely connected to the hub air chamber; and also includes a flexible annular air chamber being connected to the first ends of the rib-like air chambers and being securely attached along the perimeter of the flexible sheet of material; and further includes a handle air chamber being integrally connected to the hub air chamber and depending therefrom; and an inflating and deflating assembly for inflating and deflating the air chambers.
In these respects, the inflatable umbrella according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of providing an umbrella that can be carried in one's pocket or purse.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of umbrella now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new inflatable umbrella construction wherein the same can be utilized for providing an umbrella that can be carried in one's pocket or purse.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new inflatable umbrella which has many of the advantages of the umbrella mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new inflatable umbrella which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art umbrella, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a flexible and foldable sheet of material having a central portion and a perimeter; and also includes a hub air chamber being securely attached to the central portion; and further includes a plurality of flexible rib-like air chambers connected to the hub air chamber and extending radially from the hub air chamber and being securely attached to the sheet of material with each of the rib-like air chambers having a first end and a second end which is securely connected to the hub air chamber; and also includes a flexible annular air chamber being connected to the first ends of the rib-like air chambers and being securely attached along the perimeter of the flexible sheet of material; and further includes a handle air chamber being integrally connected to the hub air chamber and depending therefrom; and an inflating and deflating assembly for inflating and deflating the air chambers.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new inflatable umbrella which has many of the advantages of the umbrella mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new inflatable umbrella which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art umbrella, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new inflatable umbrella which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new inflatable umbrella which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new inflatable umbrella which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such inflatable umbrella economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new inflatable umbrella which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new inflatable umbrella for providing an umbrella that can be carried in one's pocket or purse.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new inflatable umbrella which includes a flexible and foldable sheet of material having a central portion and a perimeter; and also includes a hub air chamber being securely attached to the central portion; and further includes a plurality of flexible rib-like air chambers connected to the hub air chamber and extending radially from the hub air chamber and being securely attached to the sheet of material with each of the rib-like air chambers having a first end and a second end which is securely connected to the hub air chamber; and also includes a flexible annular air chamber being connected to the first ends of the rib-like air chambers and being securely attached along the perimeter of the flexible sheet of material; and further includes a handle air chamber being integrally connect
Glessner Brian E.
Stephan Beth A.
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