US 11,910,890 B2
Umbrella system
Willis J. Mullet, Pensacola, FL (US); Jonathan Derrick Dry, Pensacola, FL (US); Richard Scott Hand, Pensacola, FL (US); and Jon Smidt, Pensacola, FL (US)
Assigned to Current Products Corp., Pensacola, FL (US)
Filed by Current Products Corp., Pensacola, FL (US)
Filed on Jul. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/376,346.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/052,778, filed on Jul. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0015513 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. A45B 25/14 (2006.01); A45B 23/00 (2006.01); A45B 25/08 (2006.01)
CPC A45B 25/14 (2013.01) [A45B 23/00 (2013.01); A45B 25/08 (2013.01); A45B 2023/0012 (2013.01); A45B 2200/1063 (2013.01)] 33 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
26. An umbrella system, comprising:
a rotating tube;
the rotating tube extending a length from a top end to a bottom end;
a second tube center tube;
the center tube extending a length from a top end to a bottom end;
wherein the rotating tube is configured to rotate with respect to the center tube;
an umbrella frame;
the umbrella frame positioned adjacent the top end of the rotating tube;
wherein the umbrella frame is configured to move between an open position and a closed position;
a counterbalance assembly;
the counterbalance assembly positioned adjacent the top end of the rotating tube;
the counterbalance assembly configured to provide a counterbalance force to the umbrella frame to assist with opening the umbrella frame a lower hub; the lower hub positioned around the rotating tube; the lower hub connected to the umbrella frame; and at least one cord extending between the counterbalance assembly and the lower hub.