Recently this blog received a request for “male umbrellas.” At first I wasn’t sure what the requester meant by male, considering umbrellas have no gender, but I realized that the requester was probably tired of seeing frilly umbrellas with bows among other things–traditionally more feminine items.

I wanted to stay away from masculine stereotypes because, to me, that’s no better than putting a bow on it and calling it a “female umbrella.” So I went with Pacman because he’s a pretty neutral character. (And if it makes the requester feel any better, Pacman is male.)

Now this blog is run by two people, one male and one female. This pattern here is being posted by the female mod. The other mod can probably understand the request better than I can, so he may make a better design later. This is just my interpretation of the request.

TL;DR: This is a Pacman design specifically created for umbrellas, though I suppose it can be used for other things. This was created after a request for “male umbrellas.”