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(11) EP 0 214 354 A1

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(43) Date of publication:
18.03.1987 Bulletin 1987/12

(21) Application number: 85830211.0

(22) Date of filing: 02.08.1985
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4A45B 25/28
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI NL SE

(71) Applicant: Romeo, Francesco
I-89032 Bianco (RC) (IT)

(72) Inventor:
  • Romeo, Francesco
    I-89032 Bianco (RC) (IT)

(74) Representative: Mascioli, Alessandro, Prof.Dr. 
c/o A.N.D.I. Associazione Nazionale degli Inventori Via Urbana, 20
00184 Roma
00184 Roma (IT)


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    (54) A water collector with a universal elastic base for being applied to any umbrella


    (57) A water collector that may be applied to the top of any umbrella, with a universal elastic base, consi­sting in an approximately cylindric structure (1), closed at the lower part (2) thereof and having an upper wall (3), in the shape of a truncated cone, being open for the collection of the water rolling down and provided with two internal cylindric baffles (7 and 8) that will allow the insertion and cause the elastic contraction of the umbrella's top, thus being fixable in two superposed points.




    Description


    [0001] The present invention concerns a water collector prov­ided with a universal base, for an elastic insertion, for the top of any umbrella.

    [0002] It is known that when the rain-wet umbrellas are closed, considerable quantity of water rolls down, in forms of drops, due to the contraction of the umbrel­la's sticks, and this causes dirtening of floors, mo­quettes, carpets, automobile carpets and similar.

    [0003] For overcoming said inconvenience, some umbrellas have been provided with a small cup, out of one piece with the umbrella's top, that will receive the rolling down water drops.

    [0004] It is the aim of the present invention to realize a water collector, separated from the umbrella and that may be applied to the tops of different dimensions of different umbrellas in a quick, easy and efficient way.

    [0005] The aim is reached by means of the collector according to the present invention, consisting in an approxima­tely cylindric shape being closed at the lower part thereof and having an upper wall of truncated cone shape, open for the collection of the rolling down water drops, comprising two internal cylindrical baffles that will allow the insertion and cause the elastic contraction of the umbrella's top, thus being fixable at two superposed points.

    [0006] The evident advantages consist in the possibility of immediately applying and removing the collector from the umbrella and in the possibility of applying said collector to umbrellas of any dimensions.

    [0007] The present invention will be described hereinbelow according to the enclosed drawings, showing one pre­ferred embodiment thereof.

    Figure 1 shows a perspective, transparency view of a water collector with universal elastic base.

    Figure 2 shows a perspective, exploded view of the components.

    figure 3 shows a water collector according to the present invention applied to the top of an umbrella



    [0008] Referring to the details of the figures, the collector consists in the collector structure 1 for the rolling down water drops, being closed in correspondence with the lower cup 2, and having the upper edge 3 thereof of truncated cone shape for the collection of water drops and similar, provided with an inner rest 4 and with small inner projections 5 and 6 for the housing of cylindrical end baffle 7 and of the upper cylin­drical baffle 8 of greater diameter, both comprising small elastic blades 9 out of one piece with the ed­ges and free in correspondence with the central end, suitable for being elastically opened by the inser­tion of the tops with different diameters, with the consequent blocking of the same.

    [0009] The main feature of the present invention consists in that said small blades 9 are out of once piece with the inner edge of structure 1, while the free end there­of is tangent to the central circumfrerence for the housing of the top P of the umbrella so that, even if the dimension of said top, and therefore the diameter of said central circumference will change, said small blades 9 will remain always tangent and elastically close to said top P.

    [0010] In the case of very short tops P, it is evident that the sole contraction of small blades 9 of the upper baffle 8 proves to be sufficient to make the water collector out of one piece with the top which obvious­ly does not reach the end baffle 7.


    Claims

    1. A water collector with universal elastic base for the connection to the top of any umbrella, characterized in a rolling down water drops collection structure (1), closed in correspondence to a lower cup (2) and having an upper edge (3) of truncated cone shape for the collection of the drops and similar, provided with an inner rest (4) and with small inner projec­tions (5 and 6) for the housing of an end cylindrical baffle (7) and of an upper cylindrical baffle (8) of greater diameter, both comprising small elastic bla­des (9) out of one piece at the edges and free in correspondence to the central end, wherein said small blades may be elastically opened by the insertion of tops of different diameters, with the consequent blocking of the same.
     
    2. A water collector according to claim 1, characterized in that said small blades (9) are out of one piece with the inner edge of said structure (1), while the free end thereof is tangent to the central circumfe­rence for the housing of the top (P) of the umbrella, so that even if the dimension of said top, and the­refore the diameter of said central circumference, will change, said small blades (9) will always remain tangent and elastically gripping said top (P).
     




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