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  Umbrella bag storage deviceUSPTO Application #: 20080093512Title: Umbrella bag storage device Abstract: An umbrella bag storage device includes a device body 1 in which an umbrella bag 30 is loaded. A tongue member 19, which opens an opening 31 of the umbrella bag 30, and a tip contacting member 17 are attached to a rotating plate 15 in a turnable manner. When a tip of a folding umbrella 40 is brought into contact with the tip contacting member 17, whereby the tip contacting member 17 turns to cause the tongue member 19 to open the opening 31 of the umbrella bag 30. A long hole 17c and a protruding section of a first spindle 14 are engaged such that the tip contacting member 17 and the tongue piece 19 are capable of advancing/retracting. In addition, a torsion spring 21 urges the tip contacting member 17 and the tongue member 19 to the front toward the umbrella bag 30. When a folding umbrella is stored in an umbrella bag, the user's hand, which has been inserted inside of the device, is prevented from being trapped and pinched by the bag opening member. (end of abstract) Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP - Washington, DC, US Inventors: Motonari Niikura, Toshiyuki Murakami USPTO Applicaton #: 20080093512 - Class: 248099000 (USPTO) Related Patent Categories: Supports, Bag Holders, Mouth Holding Frames The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20080093512. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to an umbrella bag storage device for storing an umbrella that is wet due to rain within an umbrella bag. The umbrella bag storage device may be installed, for example, in the entrance of a hotel or a shop. BACKGROUND ART [0002] Devices for storing an umbrella that is wet due to rain within an umbrella bag are known such as that disclosed in, for example, Patent Document 1 (refer to JP-A-9-272519). This device has a generally box-shaped device body that stores a number of umbrella bags. An insertion hole is provided in an upper section of the device body with a guide member that guides umbrellas when they are inserted. A bag opening member that enters into an opening of an umbrella bag and holds open the opening is provided at a lower side of the insertion hole. The bag opening member operates in association with the insertion of the umbrella into the insertion hole. DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION [0003] When an umbrella is inserted into the umbrella bag storage device, in the case of a normal umbrella, the handle is held to insert the umbrella into the insertion hole, and thus the user's hand does not enter inside the device. However, when a folding umbrella is inserted into the umbrella bag storage device and stored inside an umbrella bag, because the handle of a folding umbrella is short, the user's hand enters into the insertion hole, and there is a danger that the hand will be trapped and pinched by the bag opening member. As a result, an umbrella bag storage device is required that prevents a user's hand that has been inserted inside the device from being trapped and pinched by the bag opening member when a folding umbrella is stored in an umbrella bag. [0004] The invention has been devised in light of the above-described problems, and it is an object thereof to provide an umbrella bag storage device that prevents a user's hand that has been inserted inside the device from being trapped and pinched by a bag opening member when a folding umbrella is stored in an umbrella bag. [0005] An umbrella bag storage device of the invention includes: a device body that is loaded with an umbrella bag; and a bag opening member that opens up an opening of the umbrella bag and that is turnably provided inside of the device body. A tip end of an umbrella is brought into contact with the bag opening member to turn the bag opening member such that the opening of the umbrella bag is opened. In this umbrella bag storage device, the bag opening member can advance and retract, and is urged in a forward direction. [0006] Moreover, the umbrella bag storage device of the invention may be structured such that a long hole that extends in an advance-retract direction is formed in one of the bag opening member and a rotating plate that is engaged with the bag opening member, and a protrusion is formed in the other one of the bag opening member and the rotating plate. The protrusion is moveably engaged in the long hole such that the bag opening member can advance and retract with respect to the rotating plate. In addition, the bag opening member may be normally urged in the forward direction by a spring. [0007] The umbrella bag storage device of the invention has a structure in which the bag opening member is urged to the front toward the umbrella bag such that the opening of the umbrella bag is reliably held open. In addition, the bag opening member is capable of advancing/retracting. As a result, when a folding umbrella is being stored in the umbrella bag, the user's hand that has been inserted inside the device can be prevented from being trapped and pinched by the bag opening member. Furthermore, the umbrella bag storage device adopts a structure in which the bag opening member is caused to advance/retract as a result of engagement of the long hole and the protruding member, and the bag opening member is normally urged to the front by the spring. Accordingly, a simple and inexpensive structure can be used to achieve the advance/retract operation of the bag opening member and urge the bag opening member to the front. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0008] FIG. 1 is a front view of an umbrella bag storage device of an embodiment; [0009] FIG. 2 is a plan view of an upper end of the umbrella bag storage device shown in FIG. 1; [0010] FIG. 3 is an expanded plan view of FIG. 2; [0011] FIG. 4 is a longitudinal section side view of a section of the umbrella bag storage device shown in FIG. 1; [0012] FIG. 5 is a side view showing an attachment location of a bag opening member in the umbrella bag storage device shown in FIG. 1; [0013] FIGS. 6(a) to 6(c) are explanatory figures that illustrate a storage operation that is performed when a folding umbrella is stored in an umbrella bag in the umbrella bag storage device of the embodiment; [0014] FIGS. 7(a) to 7(d) are explanatory figures that illustrate the movements of the bag opening member and a hand when the folding umbrella is stored in the umbrella bag in the umbrella bag storage device of the embodiment; and [0015] FIGS. 8(a) to 8(c) are explanatory figures that illustrate the movements of a hand and a bag opening member when a folding umbrella is stored in an umbrella bag in an umbrella bag storage device that does not include a slide mechanism. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION [0016] An umbrella bag storage device of the invention will be explained with reference to an embodiment illustrated in the drawings. [0017] As shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, the umbrella bag storage device of the invention includes a generally box shaped device body 1 that extends vertically. The device body 1 is provided on top of a bottom panel 2. The device body 1 has side panels 3 on all four sides, and the side panel 3 on the front surface extends as far as a point slightly below the middle of the device body 1. A front cover 4, that has a rectangular shape when viewed from the front, is attached in the vicinity of an upper edge of the front surface. A removal hole 5 is formed between the side panel 3 on the front surface and the front cover 4. A folding umbrella 40, which has been stored in an umbrella bag 30, can be removed from the removal hole 5. In addition, a rear cover 6 is attached to a rear section of an upper surface of the device body 1, and an inclining surface 6a is formed in a front section of the rear cover 6 and inclines diagonally downward toward the front. [0018] An upper edge of the front cover 4, as shown in FIG. 4, forms an inclining surface 4a that curves toward the inside with its front end extending diagonally downward to the right. A gate plate 7 that has an angle of inclination that is roughly the same as that of the inclining surface 4a is disposed beneath the inclining surface 4a. The gate plate 7 and the facing rear cover inclining surface 6a form a taper. Moreover, a pair of taper plates 8, 8 are attached at either side of the region between the facing gate plate 7 and the rear cover inclining surface 6a. The front cover inclining surface 4a, the gate plate 7, the rear cover inclining surface 6a and the pair of taper plates 8, 8 together structure a guide member. The opening surrounded by these members forms an insertion hole 9. [0019] As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a pair of pole-like hangers 10, 10 that suspend and hold the umbrella bag 30 are provided to the front and rear sides of the upper section of the device body 1. A fixed support plate 11 is attached to one end of each pole-like hanger 10, 10, and the other end of each pole-like hanger 10, 10 is attached to fixed members in the vicinity of the side panel 3 on the rear surface, not shown in the figures. Pairs of small holes of the umbrella bags 30, not shown in the figures, are inserted on the hangers 10, 10, whereby a plurality of the umbrella bags 30, which are made of synthetic resin or the like, are suspended from and held by the hangers 10, 10. The umbrella bags 30 are normally urged to move toward the front by a tabular urging spring 12. Continue reading... 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