US2005279390A1PendingUtilityA1

Umbrella with hologram

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Individually held — no corporate assignee on recordPriority: Jun 18, 2004Filed: Jun 18, 2004Published: Dec 22, 2005
Est. expiryJun 18, 2024(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Thomas R. OmsteadAlina Gover
A45B 3/04
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Abstract

An umbrella includes a shaft and a canopy coupled to the shaft and including a hologram. The hologram includes a reflective hologram or a transmissive hologram. The hologram can be viewed from underneath the canopy or from above the canopy. The umbrella includes a light source for illuminating the hologram. The light source is located inside of the shaft. The shaft includes a reflector for reflecting light from the light source to illuminate the hologram. The reflector includes a reflective cone. The light source includes an incoherent light source, e.g., an LED and/or a coherent light source, e.g., a laser. The hologram includes a reflective hologram that is viewable from underneath the canopy and/or a transmissive hologram that is viewable from above or beneath the canopy. The umbrella includes a microprocessor control system form controlling the light source.

Claims

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1 . An umbrella comprising: 
 a shaft;    a canopy coupled to the shaft; and    a hologram coupled to the canopy.    
   
   
       2 . The umbrella of  claim 1 , wherein the hologram comprises a reflective hologram.  
   
   
       3 . The umbrella of  claim 1 , wherein the hologram comprises a transmissive hologram.  
   
   
       4 . The umbrella of  claim 1 , wherein the hologram can be viewed from underneath the canopy.  
   
   
       5 . The umbrella of  claim 1 , wherein the hologram can be viewed from above the canopy.  
   
   
       6 . The umbrella of  claim 1  further comprising a light source for illuminating the hologram.  
   
   
       7 . The umbrella of  claim 6 , wherein the light source is located inside of the shaft.  
   
   
       8 . The umbrella of  claim 7 , wherein the shaft further comprises a reflector for reflecting light from the light source to illuminate the hologram.  
   
   
       9 . The umbrella of  claim 8 , wherein the reflector comprises a reflective cone.  
   
   
       10 . The umbrella of  claim 6 , wherein the light source comprises an incoherent light source.  
   
   
       11 . The umbrella of  claim 10 , wherein the incoherent light source comprises a LED.  
   
   
       12 . The umbrella of  claim 10 , wherein the hologram comprises a reflective hologram that is viewable from underneath the canopy.  
   
   
       13 . The umbrella of  claim 6 , wherein the light source comprises a coherent light source.  
   
   
       14 . The apparatus of  claim 13 , wherein the coherent light source comprises a laser.  
   
   
       15 . The apparatus of  claim 13 , wherein the hologram comprises a transmissive hologram.  
   
   
       16 . The apparatus of  claim 15 , wherein the hologram is viewable from underneath the canopy.  
   
   
       17 . The apparatus of  claim 15 , wherein the hologram is viewable from above the canopy.  
   
   
       18 . The apparatus of  claim 6 , further comprising a microprocessor control system for controlling the light source.  
   
   
       19 . The apparatus of  claim 18 , wherein the microprocessor control system controls timing of the light source.  
   
   
       20 . The apparatus of  claim 18 , wherein the microprocessor control system controls color of the light source.  
   
   
       21 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the hologram is attached to a surface of the canopy.  
   
   
       22 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the hologram is formed in the canopy.  
   
   
       23 . An umbrella comprising: 
 a shaft;    a canopy coupled the shaft;    a hologram coupled to the canopy;    a light source coupled to the shaft; and    a reflector coupled to the shaft for transmitting light from the light source to illuminate the hologram.    
   
   
       24 . The umbrella of  claim 23 , wherein the reflector is coupled to a portion of the shaft underneath the canopy.  
   
   
       25 . The umbrella of  claim 23 , wherein the reflector is coupled to a portion of the shaft above the canopy.  
   
   
       26 . An umbrella comprising: 
 a hollow shaft;    a canopy coupled the shaft;    a transmissive hologram woven into the canopy;    a coherent light source inside of the shaft configured to transmit coherent light through the inside of the shaft;    a reflector coupled to a portion of the shaft beneath the canopy to transmit the coherent light from the shaft to the hologram to illuminate the hologram.

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