h a l f b a k e r yIncidentally, why isn't "spacecraft" another word for "interior design"?
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Powered by 4 x 9v batteries, the auto brolly would be
mechanically opened at the touch of a button. Easy to use for
old ladies or one handed people, fitted with lights for the
dark, also a hands free mobile phone built into the stem. The
battery could also power a quick rotating action for wizzing
of
the water when you need to close the umbrella (or just for
fun).
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Lots of brollies already open at the touch of a button, based on springs. One that *closes* at the touch of a button would be something beautiful to behold. |
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I like the idea of a brolly that could shake itself like a dog to dry off, though. |
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mental image of the brolly cocking a spine at the bottom of a tree and relieving itself |
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My idea was to spin to get rid of excess water then
retract and continue to swirling motion to (furl away) the
secured as is the norm. |
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The handle could also incorporate a digital clock and a
hand warming device. |
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And how about Gene Kelly actually carrying it and you riding on his back. Do-do do do do do, do-do do do, just singing in the rain.................. |
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I have a mental image of PeterSealy accidentally closing his umbrella while still walking along. Now *that* would be something beautiful to behold... in a way. |
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My umbrella opens and closes at the touch of a button, without batteries. The kind is very common here - you can buy these cheaply in drug stores. The "closed" shape isn't fully retracted; the owner still needs to push the folded-up canopy towards the handle in a symbolic gesture of umbrella-seppuku, and I guess that's what recharges the spring mechanism.
Hitting "close" with the wet umbrella still above your head is a fun way of getting completely soaked at the end of a walk through the rain, just when you thought you'd made it. |
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I have several of the automatically opening umbrellae, but haven't seen one that closes at the push of a button, under spring power! |
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