Safety umbrella with water collecting and drainage mechanism

Abstract

A safety umbrella comprising fluorescent fabric panels, of which, at least one panel is transparent, a skeleton, a shaft assembly, and a cover assembly. Interconnecting the skeleton to the shaft assembly is a runner, which allows a user to open and close the umbrella and elongated sleeves upon stretchers to prevent pinching or trapping the fingers of the users thereof. A telescopic cover assembly collects water when the umbrella is closed, and the telescopic cylindrical are in the extended position engaged contiguously to each other's cooperating upper and lower flanges resulting in a substantially water-tight disposition. A removable cap mounted to a sleeve member that includes a thorough passage allows for the ready drainage of the water collected by the canopy, reducing the probability of water damage or accidents to the user or others, resulting from slippage upon water.

1 . An umbrella, comprising:
 A) an elongated shaft having first and second ends;   B) an elongated sleeve member having third and fourth ends, said third end coaxially mounted to said first end and said sleeve member extending coaxially therefrom, said sleeve member includes a first peripheral flange extending radially outwardly from said third end and said sleeve member including a central longitudinally extending through opening having a first predetermined internal diameter that is larger than the external diameter of said shaft and further including stopper means for keeping said shaft in a substantially coaxial arrangement within said sleeve member, so that a continuous passage is defined between said shaft and said sleeve member;   C) a skeleton assembly including first and second hub members, said first hub member being rigidly mounted to said shaft at a first predetermined distance from said first end and substantially adjacent to said third end, said first hub member including a plurality of rib members pivotally mounted thereon, each of said rib members including connector joints and blunt tips, said second hub member slidably mounted to said shaft between said first hub member and said second end, said second hub member further including a plurality of pivotally mounted hub connectors radially and outwardly extending therefrom and pivotally connected to said connector joints;   D) a canopy mounted to and over said rib members;   E) an elongated collapsible telescopic assembly having fifth and sixth ends that is selectively placed in retracted and extended portions and including a plurality of coaxially disposed telescopic cylindrical members with decreasing internal diameters and selectively retractable and expandable between two extreme positions said fifth end defined by the cylindrical member with the smallest diameter that is slightly larger than the diameter of said sleeve for the former housing the latter and each of said telescopic cylindrical members including an upper peripheral and inwardly extending flange to prevent further movement of said cylindrical member with the smallest diameter towards said second end and the rest of said cylindrical members cooperate to engage said upper and lower flanges in the extended position to collect water from said canopy and direct said water towards said passage; and   F) cap means removably mounted to said fourth end.   
     
     
         2 . The umbrella set forth in  claim 1 , wherein said sleeve member includes at least one spacer means to keep said sleeve member coaxially mounted over a portion of said elongated shaft and said spacer means further includes at least one through opening. 
     
     
         3 . The umbrella set forth in  claim 2 , further including releasably locking means for keeping said inwardly extending flange of said cylindrical members in a substantially watertight engagement with said outwardly extending flange of adjacent smaller cylindrical members. 
     
     
         4 . The umbrella set forth in  claim 3 , wherein said canopy is fluorescent in color. 
     
     
         5 . The umbrella set forth in  claim 4 , wherein said canopy includes at least a portion that is transparent. 
     
     
         6 . The umbrella set forth in  claim 5  wherein the outermost f said cylindrical member includes a reflecting film.