Editing Umbrella (section)

== Modern use ==
[[File:Raingo, automatic umbrella rental in Taipei.jpg|thumb|Umbrellas for rent in the Taipei subway system]]
[[File:Imperialpalace-umbrellas-dec-2014.ogv|thumb|A stream of people and umbrellas inside the [[Tokyo Imperial Palace]] on a rainy autumn day]]
[[File:Selce (Croatia) - suncobrani na plaži.jpg|thumb|Beach parasols in [[Selce, Croatia]]]]
National Umbrella Day is held on 10 February each year around the world.<ref>{{cite web|title=National Umbrella Day|url=http://thedaysoftheyear.com/celebrate-umbrella-day/|work=thedaysoftheyear.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120154401/http://thedaysoftheyear.com/celebrate-umbrella-day/|archive-date=20 November 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

The pocket (foldable) umbrella was invented in Uraiújfalu ([[Hungary]]) by the Balogh brothers, whose patent request was admitted in 1923 by the Royal Notary Public of Szombathely. Later on their patent was also approved in Austria, Germany, Belgium, France, Poland, Great Britain and the United States.<ref>[https://www.origo.hu/tudomany/20190605-vas-megyebol-indult-vilaghodito-utjara-a-kenyelmesen-hordozhato-praktikus-eszkoz.html Tudta-e, hogy magyar találmány az összecsukható esernyő?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605200426/https://www.origo.hu/tudomany/20190605-vas-megyebol-indult-vilaghodito-utjara-a-kenyelmesen-hordozhato-praktikus-eszkoz.html |date=5 June 2019 }} (Did you know that the foldable pocket umbrella is a Hungarian invention?)</ref>

In 1928, Hans Haupt's pocket umbrellas appeared.<ref name="Knirps History">{{citation | url = http://www.knirps.com/en/history | title = History | publisher = Knirps | access-date = 16 April 2011 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110423151314/http://www.knirps.com/en/history | archive-date = 23 April 2011 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> In Vienna in 1928, [[Slawa Duldig|Slawa Horowitz]], a student studying sculpture at the [[Academy of Fine Arts Vienna|Akademie der Bildenden Kunste Wien]] (Academy of Fine Arts), developed a prototype for an improved compact foldable umbrella for which she received a patent on 19 September 1929. The umbrella was called "Flirt" and manufactured by the Austrian company "[[Brüder Wüster]]" and their German associates "[[Kortenbach & Rauh]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://from.ph/10102 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150414045739/http://from.ph/10102 |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 April 2015 |title=Prototype umbrella |access-date=14 April 2015 |publisher=Powerhouse Museum, Australia }}</ref> In Germany, the small foldable umbrellas were produced by the company "Knirps", which became a synonym in the German language for small foldable umbrellas in general.
In 1969, Bradford E Phillips, the owner of [[totes|Totes Incorporated]] of [[Loveland, Ohio]], obtained a patent for his "working folding umbrella".<ref name="totes-isotoner.com">{{citation |url =http://www.totes-isotoner.com/category/customer+service/about+us.do?nType=3 |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20100301054640/http://www.totes-isotoner.com/category/customer+service/about+us.do?nType=3 |url-status =dead |archive-date =2010-03-01 |title =About Us |publisher =Totes-Isotoner Corporation }}</ref>

Umbrellas have also been fashioned into [[Umbrella Hat|hats]] as early as 1880 and at least as recently as 1987.<ref name=patent>{{cite web |url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US4760610 |title=1987 U.S. Patent Patent number: 4760610, Patent by Bing T. Wu for Umbrella Hat |access-date=10 October 2013}}</ref>

Golf umbrellas, one of the largest sizes in common use, are typically around {{convert|62|in|cm|0}} across but can range anywhere from {{convert|60|to|70|in|cm}}.<ref name="wg">{{cite web |publisher= Wisegeek.com |year= 2013 |title= What is a golf umbrella? Conjecture Corporation, 2013 |access-date= 23 September 2013 |url= http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-golf-umbrella.htm |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130927215300/http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-golf-umbrella.htm |archive-date= 27 September 2013 |df= dmy-all }}</ref>

[[File:Shibuya Fashion Street Snap (2017-09-16 20.22.46 by Dick Thomas Johnson).jpg|thumb|A transparent umbrella]]
Transparent umbrellas, often made with plastic or composite materials, were invented in 1958 by Mitsuo Sudou. The transparent umbrellas were popularized as fashion items during the [[1964 Tokyo Olympics]]. The production had since been relocated to China and other Asian countries and has become ubiquitous on Japanese streets due to its affordability, aesthetics, and ease of access.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2019/10/06/lifestyle/white-rose-blossoms-rain/ |title=The white rose that blossoms in the rain |work=The Japan Times |date=6 October 2019 |first=Alex |last=K.T. Martin }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iromegane.com/post/history-of-plastic-umbrella-in-japan |title=History of Plastic Umbrella in Japan |website=Iromegane |date=17 October 2011 |first=Juju |last=Kurihara }}</ref>

Umbrellas are now a consumer product with a large global market. As of 2008, most umbrellas worldwide are made in China, mostly in the [[Guangdong]], [[Fujian]] and [[Zhejiang]] provinces. The city of [[Shangyu]] alone had more than a thousand umbrella factories. In the US alone, about 33 million umbrellas, worth $348 million, are sold each year.<ref name="Orlean" />

Umbrellas continue to be actively developed. In the US, so many umbrella-related patents are being filed that the [[U.S. Patent Office]] employs four full-time examiners to assess them. As of 2008, the office registered 3000 active patents on umbrella-related inventions. Nonetheless, Totes, the largest American umbrella producer, has stopped accepting unsolicited proposals. Its director of umbrella development was reported as saying that while umbrellas are so ordinary that everyone thinks about them, "it's difficult to come up with an umbrella idea that hasn’t already been done."<ref name="Orlean">{{cite news |url=http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/02/11/080211fa_fact_orlean?printable=true |title=Thinking in the Rain: An artist takes on the umbrella |last=Orlean |first=Susan |date=11 February 2008 |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |access-date=24 April 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100429015301/http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/02/11/080211fa_fact_orlean?printable=true |archive-date=29 April 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
[[File:SENZ umbrella testing.jpg|thumb|Testing a Senz storm umbrella in [[Rotterdam]], using a high-powered fan]]
While the predominant canopy shape of an umbrella is round, canopy shapes have been streamlined to improve aerodynamic response to wind. Examples include the stealth-shaped canopy of Rizotti<ref>{{cite web |url=http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html&r=5&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=5642747&OS=5642747&RS=5642747|title=United States Patent: 5642747 - Hand-held aerodynamic umbrella |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170430130721/http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=5&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=5642747&OS=5642747&RS=5642747 |archive-date=30 April 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref> (1996), scoop-shaped canopy of Lisciandro<ref>{{cite web |url=http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?DB=worldwide.espacenet.com&II=0&ND=3&adjacent=true&locale=en_EP&FT=D&date=20080710&CC=US&NR=2008163911A1&KC=A1 |title=Espacenet – Bibliographic data |work=worldwide.espacenet.com |access-date=10 November 2013 |archive-date=10 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110144514/http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?DB=worldwide.espacenet.com&II=0&ND=3&adjacent=true&locale=en_EP&FT=D&date=20080710&CC=US&NR=2008163911A1&KC=A1 |url-status=live }}</ref> (2004), and teardrop-shaped canopies of Hollinger<ref>{{cite web |url=http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?DB=worldwide.espacenet.com&II=0&ND=3&adjacent=true&locale=en_EP&FT=D&date=20060720&CC=WO&NR=2006076270A2&KC=A2 |title=Espacenet – Bibliographic data |work=worldwide.espacenet.com |access-date=10 November 2013 |archive-date=10 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110144427/http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?DB=worldwide.espacenet.com&II=0&ND=3&adjacent=true&locale=en_EP&FT=D&date=20060720&CC=WO&NR=2006076270A2&KC=A2 |url-status=live }}</ref> (2004).

In 2005 Gerwin Hoogendoorn,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8EWhcKpcPY Dutch Designs at 100% Tokyo Design Expo on YouTube] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120011449/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8EWhcKpcPY |date=20 November 2015 }}, ''Asia Brief'', New Tang Dynasty Television, 5 November 2008 (featuring Gerwin Hoogendoorn)</ref> a [[Dutch people|Dutch]] industrial design student of the [[Delft University of Technology]]<ref name="tudelft">{{cite web |title=Dossier SENZ umbrella|publisher= Delft University of Technology |url=http://tudelft.nl/en/current/dossiers/archive/senz-umbrella|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110626140442/http://tudelft.nl/en/current/dossiers/archive/senz-umbrella |archive-date=26 June 2011}}</ref> in the Netherlands, invented an aerodynamically streamlined storm umbrella (similar in shape to a [[stealth aircraft]])<ref name="gmasenz">{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=2930817 |title=Senz umbrella tested by the hosts of Good Morning America |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805044350/https://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=2930817 |archive-date=5 August 2011|date= 7 March 2007}}</ref><ref name="timessenz">{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/weather/article1470696.ece |title=An umbrella to defeat the wind|work=[[The Times]]|date= 5 March 2007}}</ref> which can withstand [[wind force]] 10 (winds of up to 100&nbsp;km/h or 70 mph)<ref name="timessenz" /><ref name="ng201111">{{cite web |title=Contemporary parasol designs |url=http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/11/visions-now-next#/next |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729012739/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/11/visions-now-next#/next |archive-date=29 July 2013 |access-date=10 October 2013 |publisher=[[National Geographic]] |df=dmy-all}}</ref> and will not turn inside-out like a normal umbrella<ref name="tudelft" /> as well as being equipped with so-called "eye savers" which protect others from being accidentally wounded by the tips.<ref name="tudelft" /> Hoogendoorn's storm umbrella was nominated for and won several design awards,<ref>{{in lang|nl}} [http://vorige.nrc.nl/kunst/article1936400.ece/Opnieuw_designprijs_voor_Delftse_stormparaplu ''Opnieuw designprijs voor Delftse stormparaplu''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110626035009/http://vorige.nrc.nl/kunst/article1936400.ece/Opnieuw_designprijs_voor_Delftse_stormparaplu |date=26 June 2011 }}, [[NRC Handelsblad]], 21 July 2008</ref> and was featured on [[Good Morning America]].<ref name="gmasenz" /> The umbrella is sold in Europe as the Senz umbrella and is sold under license by [[Totes Isotoner|Totes]] in the United States.<ref>[http://tudelft.nl/en/current/dossiers/archive/senz-umbrella/senz-development/ Senz development] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110626140545/http://tudelft.nl/en/current/dossiers/archive/senz-umbrella/senz-development |date=26 June 2011 }}, Delft University of Technology, spring 2008 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20110703011037/http://www.nieuw.tudelft.nl/en/current/dossiers/archive/senz-umbrella/senz-development WebCite mirror])</ref>

Alan Kaufman's "Nubrella" and Greg Brebner's "Blunt" are other contemporary designs.<ref name="ng201111"/>