Umbrella with two belts
An umbrella having a telescopic shaft having one end carrying a handle and an opposite end carrying a canopy is held in a harness having upper and lower belts fittable on a user. The handle is secured to the lower belt. A strap around the upper belt carries a clip having a base plate and a counter plate flanking the strap, a pivot pin passing through the strap between the base plate and counter plate, and four fingers projecting from the base plate and releasably gripping the umbrella shaft.
1. In combination:
an umbrella having a telescopic shaft having one end carrying a handle and an opposite end carrying a canopy;
two belts fittable on a user;
means for securing the handle to one of the belts;
a strap around the other of the belts; and
a clip having a base plate and a counter plate flanking and fixed to the strap and four fingers projecting from the base plate and releasably gripping the umbrella shaft.
2. The combination according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the belts is provided with a closure for closing the belt into an annulus.
3. The combination according to claim 2 , wherein at least one of the belts supports a load carried on the body of the user.
4. The combination according to claim 3 , wherein the load is a bag.
5. The combination according to claim 1 , wherein the strap has a hook-and-loop fastener.
6. The combination according to claim 1 wherein the clip includes a pivot pin passing through the strap and seated in the counter plate.
7. The combination according to claim 1 wherein the handle has a belt loop through which one of the belts passes.
8. In combination,
an umbrella having
an axially telescopic shaft having opposite ends,
a handle at one of the ends, and
an openable and closable canopy at the other of the ends, and
a belt harness fittable to a wearer of the combination and having
an upper belt;
a base plate;
a counter plate;
a strap for releasably securing the plates on the upper belt and passing between the plates,
a pin passing through the plates and through the strap and fixing the plates to the strap;
elastic fingers on the base plate and capable of gripping the shaft between its ends,
a lower belt, and
means releasably securing the handle to the lower belt.
9. The combination defined in claim 8 wherein the lower belt is a waist belt encircling a waist region of the wearer.
10. The combination defined in claim 9 wherein the means releasably securing the handle to the lower belt is a loop on the handle and through which the lower belt passes.
11. The combination defined in claim 9 wherein the upper belt is attached to and extends vertically upward from the waist belt and over a shoulder of the wearer.
12. The combination defined in claim 8 wherein the means for securing the support to the upper belt includes a strap wrappable around the upper belt and a hook-and-loop fastener for closing the strap around the upper belt.
13. The combination defined in claim 8 wherein the harness is part of a backpack.
14. In combination:
an umbrella having a telescopic shaft having one end carrying a handle and an opposite end carrying a canopy;
upper and lower belts fittable on a user;
means for securing the handle to the lower belt;
a strap around the upper belt; and
a clip having
a base plate and a counter plate flanking the strap,
a pivot pin passing through the strap between the base plate and counter plate, and
four fingers projecting from the base plate and releasably gripping the umbrella shaft.