ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,206, issued on April 14.
"Umbrella pole brace assembly" was invented by Carlos Balderas (Haslet, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An umbrella pole brace assembly includes an umbrella that has a pole and a pivoting mechanism for facilitating a top portion of the pole to be oriented at an angle with a bottom portion of the pole thereby facilitating the umbrella to be retained in a tilted orientation. A pair of half pipes is hingedly coupled together such that the pair of half pipes forms a sleeve which is positionable around the pole of the umbrella for covering the pivoting mechanism. Each of the pair of half pipes includes a rig...