Handle for umbrella

Claim 1

In a collapsible umbrella including a handle mounted at one end of a hollow stick comprising a plurality of telescopic sections having cross sections respectively decreasing from the handle, the handle having an axial recess defined by side and bottom walls, a centering stem fixed to the bottom wall and extending axially within the lowermost stick section of the umbrella stick for guiding relative movement therebetween, a sleeve telescopically and fixedly secured about the lowermost stick section and increasing the cross section of the stick section thereat, said sleeve having a slot therealong for removably receiving a lock lever catch therein, said sleeve including an integral flange having a periphery substantially conforming to the axial recess of the handle and reciprocatable therein; limiting stop means operatively connected between said handle and said stick and sleeve flange for limiting flange movement of said flange relative to the handle recess during an extended or retracted position corresponding to respective erected or collapsed conditions of the umbrella; and a main runner slidably mounted on said stick and having catch-lever-andcatch means thereon and including a catch displacably engagable with the slot along said sleeve, said runner having a crosssection receivable in the axial recess of said handle and movable into the axial recess when the umbrella is collapsed.