JP2002282028A - Stretchable cover for umbrella - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve problems wherein even though a cover is attached to a folding umbrella, as the umbrella body and the cover for the umbrella are formed into separated bodies, after use, it is troublesome to cover the cover on the surroundings of the wet and folded umbrella and additionally, the cover gets separated and is often immediately lost. SOLUTION: The stretchable cover for the umbrella constituted by providing a flexible cover both ends of which are opened, a slide guiding cylinder both ends of which are opened and a handy holding part is provided. Namely, a constitution wherein one end of the flexible cover is fixed on one end of the slide guiding cylinder and the other end is fixed on the handy holding part and the surroundings of the folded umbrella is formed so as to be wrapped by the cover and the slide guiding cylinder and when the umbrella is opened and closed, removable operation of the cover is performed in such a way that the cover is interlocked to the slide guiding cylinder to be moved to the peripheral face of the umbrella and when the umbrella is used, the slide guiding cylinder is fitted and held on the handy holding part, is provided. The stretchable cover for the umbrella in which the problem related to carry the cover for the umbrella is solved by integrating the folding umbrella and the cover and the removable operation for the cover is made convenient, is provided.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telescopic umbrella cover for a folded umbrella for covering a folded umbrella fabric.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In particular, a folding umbrella always comes with an umbrella cover and is sold as a pair. However, since the umbrella body and the cover are formed separately, the operation of putting the cover around the wet and folded umbrella after use during rainfall is cumbersome, and the separate umbrella cover is further away. Are often lost immediately. Therefore, if you lose the umbrella cover that came with the umbrella or do not carry a separate umbrella cover, bring your own folded umbrella after use to a vehicle or building and wear your clothes. It is well known that wet floors are wetted and floors are wetted, and on rainy days, polyethylene bags are provided at entrances to buildings to play a role of waterproofing wet umbrellas. However, used polyethylene bags, such as umbrellas wrapped in polyethylene bags and carried or bagged, waste resources and contribute to increased waste.

[0003] Therefore, there have been known a large number of known documents which describe means for forming an umbrella cover for the purpose of solving the above-mentioned problem of a wet umbrella after use. An outline of a typical known technique will be described. First, a plurality of connecting cylinders having different diameters of the cylindrical body are sequentially fitted concentrically, and an elastic tubular band is formed by interposing a locking means at an end of each connecting cylinder to form an umbrella cover. There is something to do. That is, when the umbrella is closed, the connecting tube is stretched to cover the entire surface of the umbrella fabric, and when the umbrella is used, the connecting tube is attached to the long umbrella-type stone butt as the shortest state. Many known technologies have been around for a long time.
No. 1018, No. 52-25329, No. 53-3
No. 0965 and the like. Japanese Patent No. 2676418 is known as an example of a product. The umbrella cover disclosed in each of the above-mentioned documents is suitable for use as a mounting portion of the umbrella cover in a long umbrella type in which a so-called shingle portion in the form of a middle rod protruding at the top of a western umbrella has a long protruding portion. Therefore, there are many known documents similar to the above. However, structurally, since the connecting cylinder is constituted by a plurality of cylindrical bodies processed using a rigid resin material or the like, the implementation cost is high. In addition, Shokai 5
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 3-47957 also discloses a known technique in which an umbrella cover made of a connecting cylinder having a similar configuration to that described above is applied to a folding umbrella. Is not suitable for a folding umbrella.

[0004] Next, as a disclosed technology of an umbrella cover to be applied to a folding umbrella, there are the following known documents. First, the hand is processed into a hollow cavity in relation to the hand arranged at the base of the center rod, and when the umbrella is opened, the umbrella cover is stored inside the cavity, or when the umbrella is closed after using the umbrella, Many similar documents are shown in the following known documents, in which the umbrella is taken out of the storage portion and covered with the folded umbrella fabric. Those are the actual Kaisho 5
Nos. 8-77519, 60-103317, 61-52914, 57-37406, 7-289331, and the like.
Japanese Patent No. 37406 discloses a configuration in which the storage tube of the umbrella cover is used as a hand and is of a sliding type, and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 58-38505 discloses a configuration in which the storage tube of the umbrella cover is slidably mounted on a center rod. Embodiments and Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. 52-138961 each show a configuration example in which the hand of a folding umbrella is also used as a storage case. Further, configurations using a bellows-shaped umbrella cover are disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 54-105763, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 3-96821, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-500033, and the like.

[0005]

The present invention relates to an umbrella cover of a foldable umbrella (hereinafter, the foldable umbrella may be simply referred to as a foldable umbrella in the present invention). . In particular, folding umbrellas always come with a cover and are sold as a pair. However, since the cover is formed separately from the umbrella body, after using the umbrella, the operation of putting the cover around the wet and folded umbrella is cumbersome, and the separate cover becomes separated There are major inconveniences that can be lost quickly. By the way, the umbrella cover related to the folding umbrella in the above-mentioned known document is mainly configured such that the cover is always stored in a part of the umbrella body and is carried together so that the body of the folding umbrella and the cover do not separate. It is about a proposal. That is, since the invention is not aimed at improving the inconvenience of handling the umbrella cover and the operability at the time of attaching and detaching the cover, in particular, the problem of the cover in the folding umbrella is not disclosed in any of the conventional techniques including the above-mentioned known document. There is no solution.

[0006]

Therefore, a telescopic umbrella cover according to the present invention is a flexible cover having both ends formed with an opening (hereinafter, in the present patent application, the flexible cover is simply referred to as a cover). ), And a sliding guide tube to which the cover is fixedly guided for sliding, and a hand / holding portion for fitting and holding the sliding guide tube when the umbrella is opened. is there. That is, one end of the flexible cover is fixed to one end of the sliding guide tube and the other end to the hand / holding portion, and the folded umbrella is formed so as to be wrapped around the cover and the sliding guide tube to open and close the umbrella. Move the cover so that it is interlocked with the sliding guide tube, and perform the operation of attaching and detaching the cover to the folding umbrella, so that when the umbrella is used, the sliding guide tube is fitted and held in the hand and holding portion. Constitute. With the above configuration, the cover can always be integrated with the umbrella body and attached, and without compromising the compactness of the size and weight of the folding umbrella, at low cost,
In addition, the cover can be easily attached / detached only by the sliding operation of the guide tube, and the problem of the separate cover of the conventional folding umbrella and the problem of the cover attaching / detaching operation can be eliminated at once. It is an invention aimed at.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In the present patent application, the names (terms) of the components in the same drawing numbers are described in the drawings together with the drawing symbols in order to make the main components easy to understand. Parts having the same function will be described with the same names and reference numerals. First, description will be made sequentially from FIG. 1 showing a perspective view from the front of a folding umbrella to which the telescopic umbrella cover of the present invention is applied. FIG. 1 is a perspective view in which a telescopic umbrella cover is applied to a foldable umbrella 1.
1 shows the appearance of a general folding umbrella configured with a stone butt 4, a center rod 5, a hand and holding part 6, a metal fitting 7, a tuft 8, and the like.
When the telescopic umbrella cover 9 is applied, the cover 9 also serves as a band, so that the umbrella band is not required. General component terms are based on materials from the Japan Ocean Umbrella Promotion Council). Therefore, the lower part in FIG. 1 is the telescopic umbrella cover 9 according to the present invention, which is partially cut away. They are flexible covers 10
And a sliding guide cylinder 11 for fixing one end of the opening of the cover to one end of which both ends are open and guiding the sliding, and three members including a hand and holding portion 6. . Further, the hand / holding portion 6 is provided with a fitting / holding portion for fixing the other end of the flexible cover 10 and moving and holding the sliding guide tube 11 when the umbrella is used.

Next, FIG. 2 is a reference drawing for explaining in detail an essential part of the structure of the telescopic umbrella cover 9 in an enlarged manner. First, FIG. 2A shows a state in which the folding umbrella 1 constituted by the present telescopic cover 9 is carried, and in FIG.
The telescopic umbrella cover 9 is cut away (similar drawing notation may be applied to the main components in the present patent application). The tip dowel 15 and the like are shown. The essential points of the configuration of the telescopic umbrella cover 9 are shown in FIGS. 2 (a), 2 (b), and 2 (c).
2 and FIG. 2D, it will be sufficiently clear. FIG. 2 (b) is the same as FIG.
Telescopic umbrella cover 9 in the lower part of the umbrella in the open state shown by.
2C is an enlarged view, and FIG. 2C shows a state in which the sliding guide tube 11 is moved to the hand and holding portion 6 and is fitted and held.
FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a state in which a lock mechanism of a convex portion provided at a corresponding portion of each of the two members in a portion A surrounded by a circle in FIG. FIG. 2D shows the flexible cover 1 shown in FIG. 2B in a state in which the sliding guide tube 11 is fitted and held in the hand and holding portion 6 as in FIG. 2B.
In a state where the folded portion 14 of 0 is pushed in the housing direction 21 and housed inside the sliding guide tube 11 and the hand / holding portion 6, a part of the telescoping umbrella cover 9 is shown broken.

2A. FIG. 2A shows the portable umbrella 1 folded and the telescopic umbrella cover 9 covered with the portable umbrella. now,
In order to open the umbrella in FIG. 2A, for example, the user holds the hand / holding unit 6 with the right hand, and holds the sliding guide tube 11 with the left hand, and moves the sliding guide tube 11 in the O direction indicated by the black arrow. Go to
As shown by double black arrows O in FIGS. 2B and 2D, the lower end of the opening of the sliding guide cylinder 11 is provided on the hand / holding portion 6, as shown in FIG. Move to the position where it is locked to. 2 (b) and FIG. 2 (d),
As shown in FIG. 2 (b), a portion A in a circle in FIG. 2 (b) is shown in an enlarged manner. The engaging portion of the two members is machined in such a manner that the lower end and the convex portion 19 provided on the inner peripheral portion are fitted and locked with a relatively good feel and locked and stably locked.

As will be more apparent from the following description with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4, one end of the opening of the flexible cover 10 in the first embodiment of the telescopic umbrella cover 9 is shown in FIG.
The sliding guide tube 11 is fixed to the fixing portion 12 at the upper end in FIGS. 2B and 2D (see FIGS. 3B and 3C). Therefore, when the sliding guide cylinder 11 is moved in the direction indicated by the black arrow O from the state of FIG. 2A, the inner peripheral portion of the sliding guide cylinder 11 is smoothly slid on the outer peripheral surface of the flexible cover 10. At the same time, the flexible cover 10 is folded back so as to sequentially protrude from the upper end of the sliding guide tube 11 (see FIGS. 4B and 4C) due to the frictional resistance during sliding. . That is, FIG. 2B shows a state in which the flexible cover 10 is folded back 14 and the cross section has two layers. When the flexible cover 10 is formed with stitches, the cover is turned upside down at the turn-back portion 14 in FIG. 2B, and the stitches 16 appear on the front side. The first embodiment of the present invention has a configuration in which the telescopic umbrella cover 9 is opened as shown in FIG. 2B or FIG. 1, and the handheld holding portion 6 is held and carried. The folded back portion 14 of the flexible cover 10 in FIG. 2B of the first embodiment does not cause any trouble at the time of carrying the umbrella open. The folded back portion 14 of the flexible cover 10 can be easily pushed in the storage direction 21 shown in FIG.
The folded umbrella 1 may be opened and carried as a form stored as shown in FIG.

The construction details of the telescoping umbrella cover 9 will become more apparent with the description of FIG. FIG.
It is a figure for explaining the detailed composition of each part of expansion-and-contraction type cover 9 which subdivided and showed composition content of the above-mentioned each principal part further. First, among the members constituting the telescopic cover 9 of the present invention, all the components described below other than the flexible cover 10 are manufactured at low cost by molding a plastic material such as ABS resin or polypropylene (PP). Can be mass-produced. FIG. 3A is a perspective view showing the details of the relationship between the sliding guide cylinder 11 and the flexible cover 10 arranged in the vertical direction. The sliding guide cylinder 11, which is partially cut away, has upper and lower ends opened as shown in the drawing. In this embodiment, a stepped portion 22 is provided at the upper end, and the sliding guide tube 11 is provided at the lower end in FIG.
(C) is provided with the above-mentioned convex portion 19 and is processed. By the way, when referring to the relationship with the dimensions of one embodiment, the folding umbrella shown in FIG. 1 is 55 cm of a two-stage folding umbrella.
In the embodiment applied to the mold, the inner diameter D of the sliding guide cylinder 11 shown in FIG.
The thickness t of the cylinder is 1 mm, and the diameter D2 of the large-diameter portion 23 of the opening of the flexible cover 10 is approximately 50 mm. In this case, the total length of the folding umbrella 1 in FIG.
It is.

By the way, as a method of fixing the flexible cover 10 to the sliding guide cylinder 11, first, the large diameter portion 23 of the opening of the flexible cover 10 in FIG.
3A, and the end of the flexible cover 10 is bent outward with respect to the stepped portion 22 of the sliding guide cylinder 11 as shown in the lower part of FIG. Then, the end of the portion B indicated by a circle in the drawing is connected to the stepped portion 2 of the sliding guide cylinder 11.
In order to fix to the step 2, an annular large-diameter part 24 is machined so that the inside diameter is adjusted to the outside diameter of the stepped part 22, and the large-diameter opening 23 is formed in the stepped part 22 from the outer periphery as shown in FIG. Ring 24
Crimping so as to sandwich it. At this time, pressure may be applied to the annular body 24 using an elastic member.
In the first embodiment shown below, the flexible cover 10 is
This is an embodiment in which it is fixed as shown in FIG. FIG.
As shown in (c), both may be directly fixed 12 using an adhesive tape or an adhesive.

On the other hand, the opening small diameter portion 25 of the flexible cover 10
3d is a middle rod 5 as shown in FIG. 3 (d) and FIG. 3 (f).
3D, is fixed to the groove portion 27 of the flange 26 of the male screw 17 at the end of the male screw 17 with the tying string 28 as shown as the cover fixing portion 13 in FIG.
3 (e) is screwed into the female screw 29 of the hand / holding portion 6, which is partially broken in FIG.
With the above simple steps, the telescopic umbrella cover 9 described in FIG. 2 is completed. FIGS. 3F and 3G show that the small opening portion 25 of the flexible cover 10 is attached to the hand / holding portion 6 by the stepped portion 3.
This is another embodiment of the method of directly fixing by providing 1. In this embodiment, for example, the opening small diameter portion 25 is put on the stepped portion 31 by using the annular body 30 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3H, the cover 13 is fixed by pressing the cover from the outer peripheral portion of the small opening portion 25 to the hand / holding portion 6 with an annular body 30. By the way, the flexible cover 10 used in the present invention is made of a water-repellent fabric material generally used as an umbrella fabric for western umbrellas, or a waterproof, cotton, polyester, polyethylene, nylon, vinyl (polyvinyl chloride) material. ) May be sewn using an umbrella cloth material, or may be formed into a bag shape as shown in FIG. 3 by heat sealing, ultrasonic sealing, or hot melt bonding.

FIG. 4 shows a step-by-step illustration of a specific situation when the telescopic umbrella cover 9 described above with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 is opened. The situation at the time of opening the umbrella seems to be clear from the illustration in FIG. 4, but FIG.
FIG. 2B shows a state in which the folding umbrella 1 to which the flexible cover 10 is applied as in the perspective view already shown in FIG.
4 (b) is a state in which the hand / holding portion 6 is gripped with the right hand and the sliding guide tube 11 is gripped with the left hand in the direction of the black arrow O from the state of FIG. 4 (a). As described above, in this case, the contact resistance with respect to the inner and outer peripheries of the flexible cover 10 is smaller than the contact resistance with respect to the periphery of the folded umbrella.
Since the contact resistance with the inner peripheral portion of the sliding guide tube 11 is small, the inner peripheral portion of the sliding guide tube 11 is smoothly slid on the outer peripheral surface of the flexible cover 10 and the flexible cover 10 is The telescoping umbrella cover 9 is formed into a two-layer folded back 14 (see FIG. 2B). FIG. 4 (c)
4B, the sliding guide tube 11 is further moved from the state shown in FIG. 4B to the position indicated by the double black arrow O, and the lower end of the sliding guide tube 11 is locked by the hand / holding portion 6 so as to be fitted and held. It is in a state where it has been performed (see FIG. 2C). Next, from the state of the left and right gripping hands in 4 (c), the left hand is moved to the tip of the folding umbrella and gripped again, and the center rod 5 of the folding umbrella is pulled out with both hands in the left and right direction to start opening the umbrella. FIG. 4D shows the state. FIG.
From the state of (d), it is sufficient to open the umbrella by the same operation as a general folding umbrella, and FIG. 1 shows the opened state.
It is a perspective view of. As shown in FIG. 4 (e), the telescoping umbrella cover 9 in the present configuration may be carried by attaching the bunch 8 to the top of the folding umbrella at the top end of the folding umbrella and using the metal fitting 7 at the top. It is good.

FIG. 5 illustrates a preferred example of a procedure for closing the umbrella cover 2 on the folded umbrella fabric 2 in a stepwise manner. The umbrella section to which the telescopic umbrella cover 9 is applied is based on the same configuration as the general folding umbrella 1, and the opening and closing operation of the umbrella section is exactly the same as the general folding umbrella. FIG. 5 (a) shows the closed umbrella state by changing the arrow in the drawing of FIG. 4 (d) to the opposite direction and changing it to the direction C of the white arrow, and shows the folded umbrella fabric 2 after use. Is narrowed down to the right. FIG. 5A of the foldable umbrella 1 to which the telescopic umbrella cover 9 is applied, as shown in FIG. 5 shows the progress of closing the umbrella by gripping the tip of the folded umbrella fabric 2 with the left hand and pulling it up in the C direction indicated by the white arrow.

In the transition process from FIG. 5 (a) to FIG. 5 (b),
FIG. 2C shows the sliding guide tube 11 and the hand / holding portion 6 described above.
There are two cases depending on which holding force is superior to the holding force of the extension mechanism of the middle rod 5 (the large pipe and the middle pipe of the middle rod 5). The case shown in FIG. 5 (b) relates to an example where the holding force of the latter is stronger than the holding force of the former. In this case, when the sliding guide tube 11 is gripped and pulled up, first, the fitting and holding is performed first. 5 (b) shows a state in which the folded portion 14 of the flexible cover 10 in FIG. 5 (a) is extended to be returned to its original position. Therefore, the sliding guide cylinder 11 is moved from the state of FIG.
In the case of further pulling up in the direction, the inner peripheral portion of the sliding guide tube 11 is slidably moved to the outer peripheral portion of the folded umbrella cloth 2 and the center rod 5 is sequentially shortened, so that the inner rod 5 shown in FIG. Situation
Further, the sliding guide cylinder 11 has been moved to a predetermined position of the ram 4 in the form when the folding umbrella 1 is carried in FIG. 5D. When the holding force of the fitting and holding portion between the sliding guide tube 11 and the hand / holding portion 6 is weaker than the holding force of the telescopic portion of the center rod 5, the sliding guide tube 11 moves and Stick 5
Are sequentially shortened and moved to a position where the hand / holding portion 6 is locked to the dowel 15. At the same time, the flexible cover 10 is locked by the dowel 15 and pushed into the sliding guide tube 11. Therefore, by further pulling up the sliding guide cylinder 11 in the direction of the shingle 4 of the umbrella cloth 2, the same result as that shown in each figure of FIG. 5 is obtained. As described above, the cover covering operation at the time of closing the flexible cover 10 can be performed only by the simple moving operation of the sliding guide cylinder 11.

The flexible cover 10 illustrated and described above includes:
In particular, in connection with moving the sliding guide cylinder 11 to the hand / holding portion 6 to open the umbrella, the flexible cover 10 is folded back as described above with reference to FIG.
The embodiment has been described. However, it is also possible to adopt a configuration in which the flexible cover 10 at the time of opening the umbrella is opened (in a state of being pushed) inside the sliding guide tube 11 as the sliding guide tube 11 moves. The second example of the telescopic umbrella cover 9 in which the flexible cover 10 is housed in the hand / holding portion 6 to open the umbrella
An example will be described. FIG. 6A shows a state in which the opening large-diameter portion 23 of the flexible cover 10 is fixed to the lower end of the sliding guide tube 11 (see FIG.
(An end opposite to the fixed end in the embodiment of (1)).
FIGS. 6 (b) and 6 (c) show a state in which a telescopic umbrella cover 9 is mounted around the folded umbrella fabric 2 in the same manner as in the first embodiment. In FIG. 6B configured as described above, particularly when the inner diameter D1 of the sliding guide cylinder 11 in FIG. 3A is configured to have an appropriate diameter with respect to the folded umbrella diameter. As the sliding guide cylinder 11 moves in the O direction of the black arrow, the flexible cover 10 is slightly wrinkled at the lower end side of the sliding guide cylinder 11 as shown in FIG. When the sliding guide tube 11 is further moved in the direction of the hand and holding portion 6 as shown in FIG. 6C, the flexible cover 10 is pushed into the sliding guide tube 11 due to frictional resistance. Becomes Then, as shown in FIG. 6C, a part of the flexible cover 10 sometimes protrudes from the other end of the sliding guide tube 11.
Form.

Therefore, the flexible cover 10 is provided with the sliding guide cylinder 1.
The phenomenon of protrusion 33 during the movement of 1 can be prevented by configuring the inside of the sliding guide tube 11 as follows. FIG. 6D shows a locking shelf 3 for preventing the flexible cover 10 from protruding from the inner peripheral portion of the upper end of the sliding guide cylinder 11.
This is an embodiment in which the number 4 is provided. FIG. 6D is a cross-sectional view showing the relationship between the umbrella fabric 2, the flexible cover 10, the sliding guide tube 11, and the locking shelf 34.
4 shows a state in which it is locked at 4 and turned back 14.
Next, FIG. 6 (e) shows an annular body for fixing the flexible cover 10 to the inner peripheral portion of the upper end of the sliding guide cylinder 11 and a shelf provided with a locking shelf 34 for preventing protrusion. This is an embodiment in which an annular body 35 is used. FIG. 6F shows an AA cross section of the sliding guide cylinder 11 at the time of sliding movement in FIG. FIG. 6 (g) shows an annular body 36 with a pad provided with a pad 37 for preventing protrusion, together with an annular body for fixing the flexible cover 10 similarly to the configuration of FIG. 6 (e). Configuration. FIG. 6H shows a BB cross section of the sliding guide cylinder 11 during sliding movement. As shown in FIG. 6 (h), the periphery of the umbrella fabric 2 folded at the tip of the pad 37 is pressed as shown in FIG. 6 (h), and the flexible cover 10 acts so as to be sandwiched inside the sliding guide tube 11. Extrusion is prevented.

FIG. 7 (i) shows a telescopic umbrella cover 9 constructed by applying the embodiment described above with reference to FIGS. 6 (d) to 6 (h), wherein FIG. 7 (j) shows a state in which it is fitted and held in FIG.
In (i), a second embodiment is shown in which a part of a state in which the flexible cover 10 is housed in the inside of the sliding guide tube 11 and in the hand and holding part 6 is cut away. FIG. 7 (k) is a front perspective view of the folding umbrella 1 to which the second embodiment of the telescopic umbrella cover 9 is applied when the umbrella is used. By the way, the relationship of the fitting configuration of the sliding guide tube 11 to the hand and holding portion 6 is such that the inner peripheral portion of the sliding guide tube 11 is fitted to the outer peripheral portion of the hand and holding portion 6. Examples have been shown. FIG. 8 shows the relationship between the hand / holding portion 6 and the fitting and holding of the sliding guide tube 11. In this embodiment, the fitting state of the two members is set in the opposite relationship to the above embodiment. is there. That is, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8, a part of the right side of FIG. The convex portion 18 is machined at the open end, and the end portion of the sliding guide cylinder 11 and the convex portion 19 are formed.
Are configured to be fitted and held, and can achieve the same purpose as in the above embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 2 (a) and the like, the folding umbrella 1 to which the telescopic umbrella cover 9 described above is applied has a sliding guide cylinder 11 with an end on the side of the ram 4 as a portable mode. The embodiment in which the portion is left open has been described. Therefore, in the event of rainfall, when the portable umbrella fabric 2 is covered with the telescopic retractable umbrella cover 9 over the wet and folded umbrella fabric 2, the wet umbrella fabric is carried when the stone foot 4 is directed downward and the umbrella 8 is carried. It has been confirmed that the droplets from 2 do not fall from the opening end of the sliding guide cylinder 11. That is, in this case, in the folding umbrella, the wet umbrella fabric 2 is folded as a multilayer folded form,
Drops adhering to the surface of the umbrella remain between the folded umbrella cloth and the inside of the flexible cover 10 and do not fall from the end of the sliding guide tube 11. Therefore, when the folding umbrella with the retractable umbrella cover 9 after use is closed and carried in the form shown in FIG. 5D, or when carried in a bag or bag, other things are dropped. There is no danger of getting wet. However, if the water-repellent function is not sufficient and contains a large amount of drops and there is a risk of dropping, carry the hand and holding unit 6 downward,
As described above with reference to FIG. 4 (e), it is perfect to carry the tuft 8 at the top of the umbrella and suspend it.

However, if necessary, the present retractable umbrella cover 9 can be configured to completely seal the folded umbrella 1 after use. 9 and 10 show a typical embodiment in which a lid is provided at the open end of the sliding guide tube 11 in relation to the structure of the telescopic umbrella cover 9. First, each figure in FIG.
9 (a), 9 (b) and 9 (c) will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 (a), 9 (b) and 9 (c). FIG. 9A shows a state where the opening / closing lid 38 is closed.
FIG. 9B shows a state in which the lid is opened, with a part of each being cut away. The opening / closing lid 38 has a bent portion 39 and an opening / closing flange 40.
As shown in FIG. 9 (c), an enlarged cross section of the opening / closing lid C is provided with a locking mechanism for a projection for the opening / closing lid at each of the end of the sliding guide cylinder 11 and the inner end of the opening / closing lid 38. It is provided with. Incidentally, the constituent means in the opening / closing lid 38 has a sliding guide cylinder 11 and the opening / closing lid portion in the same form as those recently implemented in a container with an opening / closing lid in a container for cosmetics or food. Integral molding is possible with plastic. When the bent portion is formed by integral molding, as shown in FIG. 9 (b), when a cut is formed in a part of the inside of the opening / closing cover 38 and there is a possibility that rainwater leaks from the portion, the opening / closing cover 38 is used. 9D, a water absorbing member 43 such as a sponge or a thin rubber cap 44 shown in FIG.
The lid may be configured to serve the purpose of storing water. FIG. 9E is an external perspective view of the folding umbrella 1 configured as the telescopic umbrella cover 9 with the opening / closing lid 38 as described above. When the telescoping umbrella cover 9 is provided with an opening / closing lid 38, the sliding guide tube 11 is fitted and held in the hand / holding portion 6 in the form shown in FIG. The umbrella is in use.

FIGS. 10 (a) and 10 (b) show another configuration example in which the telescopic umbrella cover 9 is provided with a lid. In this configuration with a lid, a lid 45 having a female screw 46 formed inside is attached to the top of the umbrella with a fixing screw 47 so as to be rotatable as shown in FIG. In this embodiment, a male screw 48 is provided, and both screws are tightened when the umbrella is closed to form a capsule-like hermetic seal. Also, as the opening / closing lid,
As shown in (c), the opening / closing lid may be made of rubber,
The rubber cover 49 is provided with a flange 40 and a bent portion 50 on the outer peripheral portion, and a member processed in a form having a convex portion 42 and a bent support portion 51 on the open end of the sliding guide tube 11 is combined. The end of the moving guide cylinder 11 may be configured as an opening / closing lid with a rubber lid 49.

[0023]

As described above, in a folding umbrella with a cover attached to a folding umbrella and purchased as a pair, since the umbrella body and the cover are formed as separate bodies, the cover is separated and is lost immediately. In many cases, the trouble of attaching and detaching the cover to the surface of the folded umbrella wet after use of the folding umbrella is experienced. When this telescopic umbrella cover 9 is applied to a folding umbrella, there are many features described below. (1) The cover can always be attached to the folding umbrella body,
The problem of portability can be solved without the cover being separated. (2) The cover can be attached and detached by a simple operation of merely moving the sliding guide cylinder 11 to the folded umbrella peripheral surface, and handling is very convenient. (3) When the umbrella is used, the sliding guide tube and the flexible cover are held close to the hand, so that the telescopic umbrella cover does not get wet at all. (4) Since the configuration is simple, implementation at low cost is possible, and the present invention is particularly suitable for a folding umbrella that requires compactness without impairing the compactness of the size and weight of the folding umbrella. (5) The present invention can be applied not only to the two-stage, three-stage and four-stage folding umbrellas but also to automatic folding umbrellas.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a folding umbrella with a telescopic umbrella cover.

FIG. 2 shows a configuration of each part of the first embodiment of the telescopic umbrella cover.

FIG. 3 shows a configuration of each part of the embodiment in the telescopic umbrella cover.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a situation when the telescopic umbrella cover is opened.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a situation when the telescopic umbrella cover is closed.

FIG. 6 is a view illustrating a configuration of each part of a second embodiment of the telescopic umbrella cover.

FIG. 7 is a view showing the configuration of each part of a second embodiment of the telescopic umbrella cover.

FIG. 8 is a configuration of another embodiment of the sliding guide tube and the hand / holding portion.

FIG. 9 is an embodiment of a telescopic umbrella cover in which an opening / closing lid is provided on a sliding guide cylinder.

FIG. 10 shows another embodiment of a telescoping umbrella cover having a cover lid on the top of a western umbrella.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Folding western umbrella, 2 ... Umbrella fabric, 3 ... Outdoor, 4 ... Ishibashi, 5
... Center rod, 6 ... Hand and holding part, 7 ... Hardware, 8 ... Tuft, 9 ... Telescopic umbrella cover, 10 ... Flexible cover, 11 ... Sliding guide cylinder, 12 ... Fixed, 13 ... Cover fixing part, 14 … Turn back,
15 ... dowel, 16 ... seam, 17 ... male screw at hand, 18 ...
Convex part, 19: Convex part, 20: Locking part, 21: Storage direction, 2
2 ... stepped portion, 23 ... large diameter portion of opening, 24 ... annular body, 25 ...
Opening small diameter part, 26 ... flange, 27 ... groove part, 28 ... tying string, 29 ... hand screw, 30 ... annular body, 31 ... stepped part,
32: wrinkle distortion, 33: protrusion, 34: locking shelf, 35
... Ring body with shelf, 36 ... Ring body with pad, 37 ... Pat,
38: open / close lid, 39: bent portion, 40: flange, 41: convex portion,
42 ... convex part, 43 ... water absorbing member, 44 ... rubber cap, 4
5 Lid, 46 female screw, 47 fixing screw, 48 male screw, 49 rubber lid, 50 bending part, 51 bending support part.

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A flexible cover having both ends formed in an opening shape and having a waterproof function, a sliding guide cylinder having both ends configured to slide and guide the flexible cover when the umbrella is opened and closed, A telescopic umbrella cover comprising a hand and holding portion for fitting and holding the sliding guide tube when the umbrella is opened. 2. One end of a flexible cover having both ends formed in an opening shape and having a waterproof function is fixed to one end of a sliding guide cylinder having both ends formed with an opening, and the other end of the flexible cover is at hand. The umbrella cloth is wrapped around the folded umbrella cloth with the flexible cover and the sliding guide tube, and the sliding guide tube is held and held at the time of using the umbrella. The telescopic umbrella cover is configured to be moved to the part, fitted and held, and opened. 3. A butt in a sliding guide cylinder in which both ends are formed in an open shape and an end of a flexible cover having a waterproof function has a large-diameter opening and a small-diameter opening, and both ends are open. An opening large-diameter portion of the flexible cover is fixed to an end on the side (an end far from the hand / holding portion), and the opening small-diameter portion of the flexible cover is fixed to the hand / holding portion;
In the arrangement position of the sliding guide tube in the above configuration, first, the umbrella fabric in a folded state is wrapped around the flexible cover, and further, the flexible cover is surrounded by the sliding guide tube, The periphery of the umbrella cloth at the position where the sliding guide tube is disposed is covered with two layers of the flexible cover and the sliding guide tube, and the sliding guide tube is moved to the hand / holding portion. In accordance with the operation, the flexible cover is formed so as to be sequentially protruded from the opening of the sliding guide cylinder in the direction of the stone pushing, and the hand / holding portion of the sliding guide cylinder is provided. The telescoping umbrella cover is configured to be opened by the sliding guide cylinder being fitted and held in the hand / holding portion by a moving operation to the umbrella. 4. A sliding guide tube having an open end at both ends is provided with a convex portion at an inner peripheral portion thereof, and an outer peripheral portion of said hand / holding portion so as to correspond to the convex portion provided at said sliding guide tube. When the sliding guide tube is moved to a predetermined position of the hand / holding portion when an umbrella is used, the protrusion provided on the sliding guide tube and the hand / holding portion is fitted. So that the opening end of the sliding guide tube is locked by a locking portion provided on the hand / holding portion so that the sliding guide tube is fitted and held in the hand / holding portion. The telescopic umbrella cover according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the umbrella cover is configured. 5. The sliding guide cylinder having open ends at both ends, wherein an opening / closing lid is provided at an end on the side of a ram (far from the hand / holding portion). Telescopic umbrella cover.