COLLAPSIBLE UMBRELLA Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: consumer goods. SUBSTANCE: collapsible umbrella has telescopic stick with tip, pusher mounted for reciprocation on stick, lever tie-rod system for cupola comprising spokes connected to tip and pusher, spring arranged inside cavity of telescopic stick and tie-rod mechanism with cable, which is connected with its one end to tie-rod located inside cavity of telescopic stick and with its other end to tip. System of cable deviating members is mounted on pusher and tip, with cable repeatedly running around cable deviating members. System of cable-deviating members is positioned along line extending in parallel with longitudinal axis of umbrella stick. Cable deviating members mounted on pusher are made in the form of blocks, with number of blocks exceeding number of cable deviating members on tip and with diameter of blocks successively increasing as blocks recede from tip. End of stick is initially running around smallest block on pusher and around cable deviating member closest to said block and positioned on tip, with following running at least two times around blocks and cable deviating members. Each time end of stick embraces block with larger diameter and cable deviating member on tip, which is remote from pusher. EFFECT: increased efficiency and enhanced reliability in operation. 2 cl, 3 dwg