US 12,137,779 B1
3-in-1 connector system for shading structure
Mark J.S. Ma, Walnut, CA (US); and Yungcheng Ma, Walnut, CA (US)
Filed by Mark J.S. Ma, Walnut, CA (US); and Yungcheng Ma, Walnut, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 12, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/741,577.
Int. Cl. A45B 25/10 (2006.01); A45B 23/00 (2006.01)
CPC A45B 25/10 (2013.01) [A45B 23/00 (2013.01); A45B 2023/0012 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A 3-in-1 connector system for a shading structure, comprising,
a base body comprises a central through hole for deposing a main supporting pole and a plurality of retaining members axially arranged around the central through hole and one of the plurality of the retaining members comprises a retaining receiving cavity;
a plurality of joint connectors;
an extension member having at least one second elastic sheets and an extension receiving cavity for receiving and securing one of the plurality of the joint connectors with a lower supporting frame to form a first lock position and a first unlock position; wherein another one of the plurality of the joint connectors is receiving and securing inside the retaining receiving cavity;
one of the plurality of the retaining members comprises a plurality of first elastic sheets configured to perform a second lock position and a second unlock position; wherein
each of the plurality of the joint connectors comprises a hollow main joint body, a front portion integrally extended from the hollow main joint body, and a pair of side joint bodies symmetrically formed on two sides of the front portion, wherein each of the pair of the side joint bodies is slid to be received inside each of a pair of side receiving cavities of one of the plurality of the retaining members.