Portable sun and weather shelter
View Patent ↗A portable sun and weather shelter is provided. The shelter comprises an umbrella foldable between open and closed positions. The umbrella has a center post, a canopy, and a frame to fold the canopy up and down. A pair of wings are attached to the perimeter edge of the canopy and can be extended outwardly beyond the canopy.
1. A portable shelter, comprising:
an umbrella foldable between open and closed positions, the umbrella including a pole and a canopy, a collar slidably positioned on the pole, and a plurality of frames connected to the collar and to the canopy;
the canopy including a plurality of outer edges forming a polygon, including first, second, third, fourth and fifth outer edges;
a left flap permanently attached to the first and second outer edges of the canopy;
a right flap permanently attached to the fourth and fifth outer edges of the canopy, with the third outer edge between the second and fourth outer edges, the left flap spaced apart from the right flap, and with the third and any other outer edges of the polygon being free edges.
2. The portable shelter of claim 1 wherein the outer edges of the polygon are of equal length.
3. The portable shelter of claim 1 and with the left and right flaps extending from the canopy substantially to the ground when the canopy is set on the ground with the second outer edge of the canopy substantially in contact with the ground, and with the pole at an acute angle to the ground.
4. A portable shelter, comprising:
an umbrella foldable between open and closed positions, the umbrella including a pole and a canopy, a collar slidably positioned on the pole, and first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth frames connected to the collar and to the canopy;
the portable shelter having only a first flap and a second flap, with the first flap permanently attached to a perimeter of the canopy between the first and the third frames and the second flap permanently attached to a perimeter of the canopy between the sixth and the eighth frames, the first and second flaps each having only three sides; and
with the first and second flaps extending from the canopy substantially to the ground when the canopy is set on the ground with the pole at an acute angle to the ground.
5. The portable shelter of claim 4 with the canopy having an outer free edge between the eighth frame and the first frame, and between the third and fourth frames, the fourth and fifth frames, and the fifth and sixth frames.
6. The portable shelter of claim 4 wherein the canopy has eight sides.
7. The portable shelter of claim 4 with the first and second flaps each having a substantially horizontal lower edge when the pole is at an acute angle to the ground.
8. The portable shelter of claim 4 with the first and second flaps extending from the canopy substantially to the ground when the canopy is set on the ground with the outer free edge of the canopy between the eighth and first frames in contact with the ground, and with the pole at an acute angle to the ground.
9. A portable shelter, comprising:
an umbrella including a pole and a canopy, a collar slidably positioned on the pole, and a plurality of frames connected to the collar and to the canopy;
the canopy including a plurality of outer edges forming a polygon having multiple sides including first, second and third sides;
a first flap attached to the first side of the polygon;
a second flap attached to the third side of the polygon, with the third side of the polygon not adjoining the first side of the polygon, so that the first flap is spaced apart from the second flap,
the first and second flaps each having only three sides;
the first and second flaps hanging down from the canopy substantially only to the ground when the shelter is set on the ground, and the second side of the polygon adjacent to the ground, when the canopy is set on the ground with the pole at an acute angle to the ground.
10. A portable shelter, comprising:
an umbrella foldable between open and closed positions, the umbrella including a pole and a canopy, a collar slidably positioned on the pole, and a plurality of frames connected to the collar and to the canopy;
the canopy including a plurality of outer edges forming a polygon, including first, second, third, fourth and fifth outer edges;
a left flap attached to the first and second outer edges of the canopy;
a right flap attached to the fourth and fifth outer edges of the canopy, with the third outer edge between the second and fourth outer edges, and the left flap spaced apart from the right flap; and
the left and right flaps extending from the canopy substantially to the ground when the canopy is set on the ground with the second outer edge of the canopy substantially in contact with the ground, and with the pole at an acute angle to the ground.
11. A portable shelter, comprising:
an umbrella foldable between open and closed positions, the umbrella including a pole and a canopy, a collar slidably positioned on the pole, and first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth frames connected to the collar and to the canopy;
a first flap attached to a perimeter of the canopy between the first and the third frames;
a second flap attached to a perimeter of the canopy between the sixth and the eighth frames;
the first and second flaps extending from the canopy substantially to the ground when the canopy is set on the ground with the pole at an acute angle to the ground and with the outer free edge of the canopy between the eighth and first frames substantially in contact with the ground.