It’s absolutely bananas that this would come up now, because I’m almost finished designing one in FreeCAD lol. Is it in the zeitgeist right now or something? Is it because the most recent No Kings had a yellow umbrella theme?

Mind you, I’m very untalented at CAD, just doing it for funsies and to learn the Assembly workbench. I will upload it to ManyFold when it’s done and tested though if anyone’s interested.

I’m hoping it’ll be sturdy enough to survive blunt impacts, and able to slow down some weaker munitions, but it’s gonna be on the heavy side. Expecting it to cost roughly $100 worth of parts. You could definitely build it WAY cheaper but I’m going all high quality.

Shield from rain

The umbrella from Kings Avatar.

Found the middle management testing out their interview question about creativity.

i’d probably just copy the penguin

Thermal mask against FPV drones.

And a cool sword, that’d be sick.

Somehow rain never hits you from the side even when it’s windy or your running really fast.

I’d put the unlimited budget to work miniaturizing a drone fleet powerful enough to maintain position / reliably follow the user thru storm winds that hold a large umbrella-style cover over you.

I never use umbrellas cuz I feel like they’re annoying to carry and you still get wet, but if it just reliably kept me dry with no extra work on my part I’d be more interested.

It has a stash of termites inside that can be injected into wooden structures for very slow infiltration of wooden doors and structures.

My umbrella will be super light. It will connect on my back and blocks rain whichever the direction it’s coming from. Think Dr Oct but only one limb holding an umbrella.

Found OP

weather forecast

Integrated fleshlight in the handle. Screen on the underside of the umbrella for videos. Bullet resistant outer shell that expands into a small tent.

Reflective inner surface that can double as a solar cooker.

Cover the entire thing in Molle