IMPROVEEMNTS IN OR RELATING TO HANDLES OR GRIPS OF UMBRELLAS AND MORE PARTICULAR IN RESPECT OF ARRANGEMENTS FOR HOLDING AND RELEASING THE FREE ENDS OF THE MAJOR RIBS OF AN UMBRELLA.

摘要

An improved handle or grip of an umbrella having, means for holding and releasing the free ends of the major ribs of an umbrella, the said handle or grip comprising a body which is adapted shape and size to be held in one hand, a tubular member one end of which is rigidlly secured to said body by means of rivets or pins, an internal collar or projection provided at the middle portion of the said member, two hollow spaces formed with in said member one above and the other below said collar or projection, a spindle having a flange at one end and an axial bore at the other, said flanged end of the spindle held co-axially to said body, a com pression spring mounted around said spindle such that one end of said spring always rests against said flange of the spindle and the other end thereof always abuts against the lower wall of said internal collar or projection wherein one end of the central post or stem of the umbrella is adapted to pass through the opening provided by said internal col lar or projection in a slide-fit manner and is rigidly secured within said axial bore of fthe spindle by means of pins or rivets; the said hollow space above the said internal collar or projection of the said tubular member being adapted to receive, accom modate and retain the free ends of the major ribs of the umbrella when its canopy is folded while within tha other hollow space below the said inter nal collar or projection being accommodated the said spindle along with the said compresion spring