Donald R Becker, 73Ocala, FL

5441064, Aug 15, 1995

Sep 20, 1994

8/309138

Donald M. Becker - Highland Park IL
Russell E. Hattis - Highland Park IL

A45B 300

135 16

An umbrella is provided a pair of legging-storage pockets on diametrically opposite sides of the center of the umbrella canopy to aid in balancing the weight of the pockets and their contents on opposite sides of the canopy center. Each of the pockets has a closeable entry opening communicating with the pocket interior and through which opening a legging body can be passed into and out of the pocket interior. A pair of folded open-ended tubular legging bodies of flexible, liquid-tight sheet material are normally stored in these pockets. Each of the tubular bodies has an open bottom with a loop-forming stirrup adapted to loop around one of the user's shoes and be pulled adjacent to the heel of the user's shoe, where it makes little or no contact with the ground to minimize wear thereof. Securing means, which are preferably a Velcro. RTM. strip and complementary patch are provided at an outer portion of each legging-forming tubular body, to retain the outer portion of the body upon the user's leg, preferably just above the user's knee.