US 12,065,848 B2
Umbrella assembly and umbrella stability assembly
Ning Xue, Newtown, CT (US)
Assigned to ShelterLogic Corp., Watertown, CT (US)
Filed by ShelterLogic Corp., Watertown, CT (US)
Filed on May 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/745,967.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/190,279, filed on May 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0372782 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. E04H 15/22 (2006.01); A45B 23/00 (2006.01); E04H 12/22 (2006.01)
CPC E04H 12/2223 (2013.01) [A45B 23/00 (2013.01); E04H 12/2246 (2013.01); A45B 2023/0012 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
12. An umbrella stability assembly for use with a canopy, wherein the umbrella stability assembly comprises a shaft and wherein the canopy is coupled to one end of the shaft, and an auger coupled to an other end of the shaft; wherein the umbrella stability assembly comprises:
a collar/hub nonslideably coupled to the shaft and spaced from the auger;
a plurality of legs, each of the plurality of legs having a first end and a second end;
wherein the first end of each of the plurality of legs is coupled to the collar/hub, the second end of each of the plurality of legs extends towards the auger, and the collar/hub remains in a fixed position with respect to the central shaft when the second end of each leg extends outwardly from the central shaft to a deployed position and returns downwardly towards the shaft from its deployed position to a stowed position; and
a flexible material having an opening through which the shaft extends and wherein the second end of each leg is coupled to the flexible material.