Illumination – With cane – baton – umbrella or club
Reexamination Certificate
1999-06-25
2001-08-07
Sember, Thomas M. (Department: 2875)
Illumination
With cane, baton, umbrella or club
C362S800000, C135S910000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06270230
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
The present invention relates to an umbrella, and more particularly to an umbrella with visual alert device for enhancing the visibility of the user during raining night.
BACKGROUND OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
The design of umbrella is not only limited to block out rain, but also can be used to block out sun light radiation. Normally, the umbrella is used during daytime to either block out the sun light radiation during sunny weather condition or block out rain during raining weather condition. During nighttime, the umbrella is only used to block out rain during raining weather condition. During raining weather condition, the visibility is very poor, especially during heavy down pouring. The problem with low visibility is magnify at nighttime when the degree of brightness is much lower than daytime.
For those who need to travel on the street during nighttime raining condition, not only do they have to battle with cold and wet weather, but also the road is full of hazardous condition. It is extremely difficult for a driver in a vehicle to see the pedestrian walking across the street under raining weather condition during nighttime. This is especially true for umbrella which has dark color. Even if the umbrella is in shining color such as yellow or bright red, during nighttime raining condition, the vision of the driver is still relatively low in compare to daytime sunny weather condition. Although most drivers are much more cautious under such hazardous condition, but accidents happened during nighttime raining weather condition are still at an alarming rate.
SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
The main objective of the present invention is to provide an umbrella with alert device which is especially design to enhance the visibility of the user during nighttime raining condition, so that the user can be more easily located by the drivers on the road, so as to avoid accident.
Another objective of the present invention is to provide an umbrella with alert device, which is easy to manufacture in relatively low cast and can better decorate the outlook of the umbrella.
Accordingly, in order to accomplish the above objectives, the present invention provides an umbrella with alert device which comprises a circular umbrella cover made of waterproof fabric or plastic material, an umbrella frame for supporting the umbrella cover to form an umbrella body, and an alert device for providing visual warning signal to others on the road. The umbrella cover comprises a plurality of gores sewing edge to edge to form a circular configuration. The umbrella frame comprises a rod, a plurality of ribs each having a first end intervally jointed at an upper portion of said rod and a second end extended outwardly and downwardly to form a tip for supporting the umbrella cover by fastening the gores thereof on the ribs, a runner slidably mounted on said rod, a plurality of stretchers each having a first end pivotally jointed at the runner and a second end pivotally jointed at a middle position of the respective rib, and a controlling means for operating the umbrella frame to stretch out to open the umbrella or to fold up to close the umbrella.
The alert device comprises a battery receiver mounted below the umbrella cover, a battery stored within the battery receiver for providing power supply, a plurality of LEDs which are electrically connected with each other and the battery by electrical wires and spacedly disposed around an outer edges of the gores, a transparent strip water-sealedly welded on the outer edges of the panels by ultrasonic welding or sewed on the outer edges of the gores to cover the LEDs and the electrical wires, and a power switch electrically connected to the battery for controlling on and off of the alert device.
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Chan Raymond Y.
David and Raymond Patent Group
Sember Thomas M.
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