摘要 |
A collapsible umbrella which is detachably mounted to the shoulders of a garment so as to be supported above the head of a wearer of the garment, in the opened position of the umbrella. A pair of semi-rigid strut members are pivotally mounted each to a tip of an opposed umbrella rib and to a hinged bracket fastened to an external top shoulder section of a garment with a pair of flexible tension members, one fastened to the top of a forward umbrella rib and the other to a top of a rear umbrella rib each fastened respectively to a forward and a rear section of the garment. The ribs are each pivotally joined by individual semi-rigid stretcher members to a tubular handle that is slidably mounted over a central post to the top of which the ribs are all pined such that sliding of the handle towards the top of the central post extends the umbrella ribs. A flexible covering is fastened to the ribs and the post top, with vent holes located in the upper portion of the covering that are covered by a flexible flap section fixed to the post top.
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