DE9100964U1 - Umbrella handle, top or slider - Google Patents

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UMBRELLA HANDLE, TOP OR SLIDER

The innovation concerns an umbrella handle, top or slider, provided with a sign, for example in the form of a lettering, trademark, model name, label, decoration, etc.

It is common knowledge to spray, glue, nail or rivet trademarks, model names or decorations onto the handle, top or slider of a portable umbrella or onto the top or slider of a stationary umbrella using a uniform material.

When the material is molded onto the umbrella, the handle, top or slider is logically always assigned to a specific umbrella model or umbrella equipment, and if the same handle, top or slider design is also to be part of another model or equipment, a separate component is required for each of these other models or equipment, each with a different label, model or brand name, etc. It is clear that this causes a correspondingly diverse production and provision or storage of the components in question and a corresponding increase in the production costs of the umbrella. Of course, this effort can be reduced by using glued-on labels. However, since these are constantly in contact with the umbrella user's hand and the adhesion is temperature-sensitive, they are easily scratched and removable or look dirty, which gives the umbrella an unsightly appearance. This can of course be avoided if the signage is nailed or riveted to the umbrella handle, top or slider in the form of a stable structure. However, nailing essentially requires a wooden structure and is not possible with handles, tops or sliders that are mostly made of plastic. The

Riveting the signage is often impossible due to the shape of the handle, top or slider and is also complicated.

The innovation is based on the task of remedying this situation and simplifying the labelling of the umbrella handle, top or slider so that it can be attached easily and efficiently and even if one and the same handle, top or slider design is used multiple times in conjunction with different labelling, only the production and storage of a basic pattern is required.

This task is solved in an innovative way by the fact that the signage can be fixed to the handle, top or slider using a detachable clip connection. In this way, a basic pattern of a handle, top or slider can be used for any number of umbrella models, brand presentations or umbrella features. The variants are created simply by using different signs, brand names, model names or decorative elements, whereby these are simply and efficiently taken from a modular system and clipped onto the handle, top or slider. The signage and variation achieved in this way is simple, efficient and of solid durability, attractive and easy to remove.

A particularly advantageous embodiment of the innovation results from the fact that the clip connection is fixed to the sign in the form of pins and these can be inserted into corner holes in the handle, top or slider.

Multiple fixing of at least one sign and one additional decorative part can be achieved by having the pins pass through the through holes of a frame or decorative panel and fix them in place.

According to an advantageous further development of the innovation, it can be provided that the detachable clip connection consists of

loose pins that engage in holes in the handle, top or slider.

A particularly elegant and gentle arrangement of the signage can be achieved by recessing the signage and/or frame or decorative plate into a recess in the handle, top or slider.

A particularly flat and seamless fixation of the signage in the handle, top or slider design is achieved according to a further development of the innovation in that the detachable clip connection is formed by slanted tongues or sawtooth edges of the signage in conjunction with slanted locking edges of a recess that recesses the signage.

The innovation is explained in more detail below using the examples shown in the drawing. They show:

Fig.1 the elevation of a bowl-shaped umbrella handle,

Fig.2 the plan of this handle from its underside with the exploded sketch of a frame or decorative plate,

Fig.3 the plan of the handle underside with attached frame or decorative plate and the exploded sketch of a sign,

Fig.4 the elevation of the handle with the frame or decorative plate mounted,

Fig.5 the floor plan of the handle underside with combined mounted frame or decorative plate and signage,

Fig.6 the elevation of the handle in the assembled state according to Fig.5, Fig.7 the plan of the open handle top,

Fig.8 the perspective view of an umbrella slider with another embodiment of the innovative clip fastening of a sign,

Fig.9 the elevation of another handle design with clipped-on labels,

Fig.1C the plan of the handle underside with an exploded sketch of the labels,

Fig.11 the outline of the handle according to Fig.10, but with clipped-on labels,

Fig.12 the plan of the handle from the open top,

Fig.13 the elevation of an umbrella top with clipped-on signage,

Fig.14 the floor plan of the top with an exploded sketch of the signage,

Fig.15 the same top floor plan, but with clipped-on signage and

Fig.16 the plan of the top from its open underside.

According to the embodiment shown in Fig. 1-7, a bowl-shaped umbrella handle 1 is provided on its underside 1a with a sign in the form of a trademark font 2. This can be inserted into insertion holes Tb, 1b in the handle 1 by means of a pair of plug pins 2a, 2a located on the underside of the font 2. In combination with the font 2, one can, for example, also attach an additional sign structure in the form of a frame or decorative plate ²¹ detachably to the handle by means of this pair of plug pins 2a, 2a. In this case, the plug pins 2a, 2a also loosely grip through a correspondingly adapted pair of through holes 2'a, 2a' on their way into the insertion holes 1b', 1b ¹ in the handle 1. By anchoring the plug pins 2a, 2a in it, the font 2 also holds the frame or decorative plate 21 in place at the same time. Decorative plate 2 ¹ solid fixed.

The frame or decorative plate 2 ¹ can also be attached to the handle 1 with additional, but loose, plug-in or adhesive pins 20 to increase the decorative effect. These pins then loosely pass through through holes 2"a in the frame or decorative plate 2 ¹ and insert into insertion holes 1b ¹ in the handle 1. The heads 20' of the plug-in or adhesive pins 20 visible from the outside can also be formed from the same material as the frame or decorative plate 2' to simply decorate the entire design. The signage or typeface 2 on its own or together with the frame or decorative plate 2' can be embedded in a recess V in the handle 1.

If the pins 2 or 20 cannot be used, for example due to the handle 1 or a top 1° or a slider 1°° having a wall thickness that is too small, the clip connection can also be designed very flat in the form of slanted tongues or sawtooth edges 200 in conjunction with locking edges V that snap into place. The latter are formed on a recess V of the slider 1°° or top 1° (or the handle D) that receives the sign 2 in a countersunk manner, and the tongues or sawtooth edges 200 are on the two ends of the sign 2. In order to insert, hook and clip them in, the sign 2, which is made of flexible material, must be grasped at the two tongue ends and slightly bent transversely against spring pressure, as can be seen, for example, in Fig. 14 in Connection with this clip variant on an umbrella top 1°. After inserting the slightly curved sign 2 and thus slightly shortened plate structure into the recess V, the two tongue ends are released again, whereupon they then return to the stretched position in a springy manner and hook into the locking edges V of the recess V. The tongues or sawtooth edges 200,200 and locking edges V,V, which are coordinated in their locking structure, are most clearly visible in Fig. 13 and 14. The clip connection possible here, for example of a model or brand-specific sign 2, allows a super-flat, removable inlay that flows smoothly with the handle, top or slider design, even with very thin-walled components.

The examples show fixed and solid, fixable and removable signs in the form of stable plate-shaped structures made of metal or plastic etc. in single and multiple arrangements as well as with additional decorations and the use of the trademarks "Knirps ® ","Golf ® "or ¹¹ Polo (ß) " (each a registered trademark of Knirps International) as signage elements. These can of course also represent any other typeface or number images, deagns or ornaments or the initials of the umbrella buyer or umbrella user, whereby all of these signage variants can be clipped on in the same way using the innovative clip connection.

REFERENCE SYMBOL LIST

1 Umbrella-^Grxf f 1a Bottom 1b Insertion holes 1b' Insertion holes

1° Umbrella top Umbrella slider

2 Signage 2' Frame or decorative plate 2a Pins 2a Through holes 2"a Through holes

20 plug-in or retaining pins 20' heads 200 tongues or sawtooth edges

V Deepening

V locking edges

Claims (6)

PROTECTION CLAIMS 1. Umbrella handle, top or slider, provided with a sign, for example in the form of a lettering, trademark, model name, label, decoration etc., characterized in that the sign (2,2·) can be fixed to the handle (d), top (1°) or slider (1 ° °) by means of a detachable clip connection (2a, 20, 200, 1b, 1b ¹ ,V). 2. Umbrella handle, top or slider according to claim 1, characterized in that the clip connection is fixed to the sign (2) in the form of pins (2a) and these can be inserted into insertion holes (1b) of the handle (1), the top (1°) or the slider (1°°). 3. Umbrella handle, top or slider according to claim 2, characterized in that the pins (2a) pass through through holes (2'a; 2"a) of a frame or decorative plate (2 ¹ ) and secure it in place. 4. Umbrella handle, top or slider according to claim 1, characterized in that the detachable clip connection consists of loose plug pins (20) which engage in the insertion holes (1b) of the handle (1), the top (1°) or the slider (1 ^oo ). 5. Umbrella handle, top or slider according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the label (2) and/or frame or decorative plate (2') is recessed in a recess (V) of the handle (1), the top (1°) or the slider (1 ⁰⁰ ). 6. Umbrella handle, top or slider according to claim !, characterized in that the detachable clip connection is formed by slanting tongues or sawtooth edges (200) of the sign (2) in conjunction with these snap-locking slanting locking edges (V) of a sign (2) countersunk receiving recess (V).