Collapsible umbrella

Claim 1

Collapsible umbrella comprising a stick formed of portions adapted to be telescoped within one another in telescoped condition of the umbrella and to be extended in alignment with one another in de-telescoped condition of the umbrella, a handle located at a normally lower end of said stick, a system of roofsupporting ribs each including an upper rib portion pivotally linked to the normally upper end of said stick at least another lower rib portion telescoping said upper rib portion, and a sleeve secured to the upper end of said lower rib portion for telescopically guiding said lower rib portion along said upper rib portion, a runner displaceable along said stick, a plurality of struts each pivotally linked with said runner and with one of said roof-supporting ribs at said sleeve thereof, means for locking said runner in open and closed condition of the umbrella, flexible roofing material located on the outside of said ribs, said material being secured to said normally upper end of said stick, to the free ends of said ribs and, through said sleeve, to the upper end of said lower telescoping rib portions, and a plurality of rods each extending beneath said roofing material in a direction parallel to and spaced from a roof-supporting rib respectively, each of said rods having an upper end located adjacent the upper end of the respective roof-supporting rib, said rods extending from said upper ends thereof, in the detelescoped condition of the umbrella, a distance substantially equal to half the distance between the normally upper end of the stick and the upper end of the respective lower telescoping rib portion, said rod and said respective roof-supporting rib being separate from one another, said rod being constrained to move substantially in its entirety away from said respective roofsupporting rib, in the telescoped condition of the umbrella so as to provide increased space between said rod and said respective rib for receiving therein a folded portion of said roofing material.