h a l f b a k e r yYeah, I wish it made more sense too.
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Doublebrella
one berella, two berella, three berella, four, five berella, six berella, seven berella, more | |
With few exceptions, most umbrellas will blow inside out, an
incident
that usually renders them mangled and next to useless. The
supporting
shafts, however, remain perfectly intact, and in the case of the
Doublebrella usable as a vital component.
When Doublebrella blows inside out, one simply
detaches the
crumpled
canopy along with its supporting struts, destroyed by the wind, then deploys the second one, which
has
until now been tightly furled in place on the shaft, waiting
patiently
for such an eventuality.
What I thought this idea would be from the title. +
http://www.blavish....uble%20Umbrella.jpg
[2 fries shy of a happy meal, Apr 05 2009]
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Yeah... but what happens when the second canopy also gets mangled? This is a good idea, don't get me wrong! What I think would better, however, would be an arrangement in which the umbrealla is reversible, so that when it blows inside out, all you have to do is disengage a lock in the top of the umbrella and slide the handle through, so the whole thing inverts. Thus, when it blows inside out, simply slide the handle through and turn it upside down and it works the same. This can be done every time, as many times as necessary. But a have a croissant to enjoy this fine morning, because your idea is a good one! [+] |
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//but what happens when the second canopy also gets mangled?// see subtitle for hint. |
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The double solution works really well, the canopies could be transparent and opaque to provide sun/cloud or open/stealth modes. |
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why the negativity? just curious |
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I was expecting an umbrella that could survive
inversion, maybe with two handles, when I read
the title of this idea. |
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There are many umbrellas that survive inversion... this one gets born again instead. |
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Didn't mean to come across as negative, sorry. It's just that this would only work once before you had to demangle the canopies and reload it. Unless there's more than one backup furled on the shaft, but then the umbrella's going to get heavy and cumbersome, and not very convenient to carry around. It's a great concept, Xen, it really is. It's just not practical. I realize, however, that that's what makes it perfectly Halfbaked, which is why I bunned it. |
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//demangle the canopies// disposable canopies ? |
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