Tent – canopy – umbrella – or cane – Umbrella – Cover or lining feature
Reexamination Certificate
2000-04-19
2001-10-16
Stephan, Beth A. (Department: 3635)
Tent, canopy, umbrella, or cane
Umbrella
Cover or lining feature
C135S033500, C135S027000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06302125
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
U.S. Patent application entitled “Simplified Flat Top Umbrella” as filed on: Dec. 2, 1998 with a serial number of: 09/204,755 (hereinafter called “the prior application”) was also invented by the same inventors of this application, and is opened to extend the ribs to lift the top rib
2
and the outer rib
3
to form a generally horizontal canopy and the outer portion
32
of the outer rib
3
is pulled inwardly by the pulling rib
5
and the stretcher rib
4
to form a skirt portion generally perpendicular to the horizontal canopy in order to provide a flat top umbrella, which may be used for decorative or advertising purpose, for instance, to simulate the bottle cap C as shown in
FIG. 1
attached to this application.
However, the prior application did not disclose the umbrella cloth suitably provided for making an article such as the bottle cap C as shown in
FIG. 1
having the advertising feature printed on the fat top surface T and having ruffles R circumferentially formed on a perimeter of the outer skirt portion.
For making an umbrella for simulating the bottle cap C as shown in
FIG. 1
, a method for making the conventional umbrella cloth may be taken into consideration by sewing S a plurality of triangular gores G to form the canopy of the umbrella U as shown in FIG.
2
. Still, there is lacking of the ruffles R (
FIG. 1
) disposed around the perimeter of the canopy. For further making such ruffles R, it will require complex and cost-increasing production steps. Moreover, for sewing S all the gores G by threads along every two neighboring gores in order to assemble an umbrella canopy, it will also increase the production cost.
It is therefore invented by the present inventors for making a flat top umbrella having the canopy formed by an one-piece umbrella cloth.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The object of the present invention is to provide a simplified flat top umbrella for simulating a bottle cap of drink or beverage including: a rib assembly pivotally secured to a central shaft having at least a top rib and an outer rib operatively extended to form a horizontal rib frame having an outer rib portion generally perpendicular to the horizontal rib frame; and an one-piece umbrella cloth secured to the horizontal rib frame for forming a flat top surface for printing decorative or advertising features thereon such as a logo of a drink or beverage and having a skirt portion of the umbrella cloth secured to the outer rib portion by forming a plurality of radial ruffles and ridged rumples radially formed on a periphery of the skirt portion for vividly simulating the ruffles as circumferentially formed on a perimeter of a bottle cap such as cap of drink or beverage bottle.
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Chang Jung-Jen
Lin Chung-Kuang
Dougherty & Troxell
Fu Tai Umbrella Works Ltd.
Stephan Beth A.
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