A weight system for supporting a free-standing object comprising first and second upper panels, a least one side panel, a lower panel, and a closure system. The panels are joined to define an upper wall and at least side wall, with the first and second upper panels defining a fill opening in the upper wall and a container defining an interior chamber. The closure system is arranged to allow the container to be configured in a closed configuration in which access to the interior chamber through the fill opening is substantially prevented and an open configuration in which access to the interior chamber through the fill opening is allowed.

An umbrella is formed of an elongated shaft having a first end and an opposite second end and a runner slidably disposed about the elongated shaft. The umbrella includes a rib assembly including a plurality of ribs that are attached to the runner by a plurality of struts that move between open and closed positions. In accordance with the present invention, the elongated shaft has a cross-sectional shape defined by a plurality of curved sections and a plurality of planar sections interspersed between the plurality of curved sections for providing increased torsional strength to the elongated shaft. At least one of the ribs can have a cross-sectional shape defined by a plurality of curved sections and a plurality of planar sections interspersed between the plurality of curved sections for providing increased torsional strength to the at least one rib.

A rotating mechanism of a sunshade is disclosed to overcome the shortcomings of complicated structure, large weight, low stability, large package volume, high cost, and carrying hard in daily using according to the prior art. The rotating mechanism of a sunshade includes a sunshade canopy, a sunshade pole, a cantilever rod and a rotary device; wherein the rotary device is installed on a top end of the sunshade pole, the cantilever rod is detachably fixed to the rotary device, and the sunshade canopy is installed at one end of the cantilever rod; wherein the rotary device drives the sunshade canopy rotating around the sunshade pole via the cantilever rod.

A cantilever umbrella has a pole, a slider, a handle mechanism, a support arm, and an umbrella body. The slider is disposed on the pole. The handle mechanism has a connecting rack, a handle seat, and a handle assembly. The connecting rack is fixed to the slider. The handle seat is an independent component outside the slider and is rotatably mounted to the connecting rack. The handle assembly is disposed to the handle seat and is operable to rotate relative to the handle seat. The support arm is connected to the handle seat. The umbrella body is disposed on the support arm and connected with the handle assembly via a cord. The handle seat and the handle assembly disposed outside the slider simplify the assembling of the cantilever umbrella.

An umbrella having a support arm, a canopy having a support hub defining a first axis, and a pivot joint coupling the support hub to the support structure. The pivot joint is rotatable with respect to the support structure, about a second axis at a fixed angle with respect to the support structure. The pivot joint has a rotatable joint axle rotatably coupled to the support structure, and a tilt joint axle having a first end rotatably coupled to the rotatable joint axle along an interface plane at an angle, and a second end coupled to the support hub, wherein the tilt joint axle defines a longitudinal third axis. The orientation of the canopy can be changed with respect to the support structure by rotating the rotatable joint axle about the second axis.

A sunshade mounting mechanism comprises a first connecting sleeve (3); a second connecting sleeve (4) disposed on the top of the bearing rod (2); a pin shaft (5); the first connecting sleeve (3) is rotatably connected to the second connecting sleeve (4) through the pin shaft (5), and a center line of rotation of the first connecting sleeve (3) intersects with the transverse direction of the main rod (11); the bearing rod (2) has a first through hole (20) for allowing the pin shaft (5) to pass through. In this mounting mechanism, the mounting angle and position of the main rod relative to the bearing rod can be freely adjusted. The pin shaft is allowed to pass through the periphery of the top of the bearing rod on the basis of connecting the first connecting sleeve and the second connecting sleeve. In this way, the connection of the three components, i.e., the first connecting sleeve, the second connecting sleeve and the bearing rod can be achieved by only one pin shaft. The mounting mechanism is simplified, the connection strength can be greatly increased, and the service life is greatly prolonged.

An umbrella with a flexible light strip of the present invention has an umbrella body and a flexible light strip. The flexible light strip comprises a connecting portion, a light tape and a diffused portion; the flexible light strip is connected to the umbrella body via the connecting portion and has a long groove inside the connecting portion; the light tape is disposed in the groove; the diffused portion is connected to the connecting portion and is in a certain shape to diffuse the light of the light tape. The umbrella with a flexible light strip of the present invention realizes atmosphere construction and illumination, the flexible light strip has the long groove inside the connecting portion, and the flexible light tape passes through the groove to realize the lighting of the whole diffused portion, so that the whole flexible light strip emits light in a diffusion manner.

A curved pipe umbrella with a structure for adjusting an inclination angle of an umbrella body includes a curved pipe umbrella column. The curved pipe umbrella column includes a first curved pipe umbrella column and a second curved pipe umbrella column. One end of the second curved pipe umbrella column is embedded into an upper inner cavity of the first curved pipe umbrella column and the other end thereof extends outward to match with the umbrella body. A pole bracket is arranged in the umbrella body and matches with the first curved pipe umbrella column through a sliding seat. The curved pipe umbrella further includes an operating mechanism configured to drive the second curved pipe umbrella column. When the operating mechanism drives the second curved pipe umbrella column to stretch and retract, a sliding seat can move along different positions of the first curved pipe umbrella column.

An angle-adjustable umbrella has a column, a transverse rod, a tilted rod, an umbrella frame and a clutch mechanism. The tilted rod has a first tilted rod and a second tilted rod, and the top end of the first tilted rod is hinged to the top of the column, the bottom end thereof is rotatably connected to a connector on the second tilted rod through a tilted rod joint. The transverse rod has a first transverse rod and a second transverse rod which are connected each other by connecting pieces, and the connecting pieces are coupled to the tilted rod. The bottom end of the transverse rod is connected to a slider joint through the clutch mechanism and the top end thereof is rotatably connected to the upper nest in the umbrella frame.

An umbrella includes a vertical support having a track carried on an outer surface of the vertical support, the track extending longitudinally, and a canopy configured to switch between an open state and a closed state. The umbrella also includes a sliding collar coupled to the vertical support and configured to slidingly engage the vertical support to control an angle of the canopy with respect to the vertical support, a first arm coupled between the sliding collar and the canopy, and a second arm coupled between the vertical support and the first arm. The sliding collar has a housing defining a recess, an activation button slidingly received by the recess of the housing and switching between an extended state and a retracted state, and a locking device carried by the housing. The locking device is configured to pivot about the housing to selectively engage the track in the extended state.