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US 12,396,531 · App. 17/738,669 · Granted Aug 26, 2025

Visor device and assembly for an umbrella

Inventor: William R Schermerhorn (Greensboro, NC)
A45B15/00A45B23/00A45B2023/0012A45B2023/0093A45B2025/186A45B2200/1072
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Patent No.
US 12,396,531
App. No.
17/738,669
Granted
Aug 26, 2025
Kind
B1
Abstract

Umbrella devices, assemblies, and systems are shown and described. In one embodiment an umbrella visor includes an upper frame; a lower frame; a pair of distal hinges connecting the upper and lower frames; and an enclosure.

Claims (13)

1. An umbrella assembly comprising:

an umbrella including a canopy supported by a plurality of ribs;

a visor assembly adapted to be removably attached to said canopy with a fastener protruding through an aperture defined through the visor assembly, said visor assembly including a front panel and a pair of opposing side panels; and

an internal rib assembly positioned within said visor assembly and including an upper frame and a lower frame, wherein said upper frame is hingedly connected about said lower frame, wherein said upper frame includes an upper front member and at least one upper offset member and said lower frame includes a lower front member and at least one lower offset member, wherein said internal rib assembly further includes an upper first offset member, a lower first offset member, and a first distal hinge pivotally securing said upper first offset member about said lower first offset member, wherein said internal rib assembly includes an upper second offset member, a lower second offset member, and a second distal hinge pivotally securing said upper second offset member about said lower second offset member; and

wherein said visor assembly is configured to be deployed in at least two configurations: a first configuration in which the visor assembly depends from a proximate end of at least one rib of the plurality of ribs supporting the canopy, and a second configuration wherein the visor assembly defines a smaller overall size to facilitate storage, the visor assembly additionally being telescopic to permit a height of said visor assembly to be altered for effective shading.

2. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein said visor assembly has a plurality of member tunnels adapted to secure said internal rib assembly.

3. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein said visor assembly has an enclosure.

4. An umbrella visor comprising:

an upper front member and an upper offset member pivotally aligned about an upper proximate hinge;

a lower front member and a lower offset member pivotally aligned about a lower proximate hinge; and

a distal hinge pivotally connecting said upper offset member and said lower offset member, and

wherein said umbrella visor is configured to be deployed in at least two configurations: a first configuration in which a visor assembly depends from a proximate end of a rib supporting the canopy via a fastener protruding through an aperture defined in the visor assembly, and a second configuration wherein the visor assembly defines a smaller overall size to facilitate storage, the visor assembly additionally being telescopic to permit a height of said visor to be altered for effective shading, and

wherein said umbrella visor is adapted to hinge and align about itself in a storage position.

Continuity (1)
Provisional Application 63189360 · May 17, 2021
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