Patent ID: 6145523
Filing Date: 2000-11-14
Classification: A45B

Abstract:
A spread position securing device for beach parasols comprising:a shank, a fixing base fixed on an upper portion of said shank, a runner fitted around said shank below said fixing base, said runner slides up and down along said shank, a plurality of ribs having inner ends pivotally connected to said fixing base such that said ribs swing upward and downward with said fixing base as a pivot, a canopy laid on said ribs, a plurality of stretchers having inner ends pivotally connected to said runner and outer ends pivotally connected to intermediate portions of said ribs, each of said stretchers corresponds to one of said ribs, said stretchers spread up and out when said runner slides up along said shank, said stretchers collapse in and down when said runner slides down along said shank; whereinconnection points of said stretchers with said runner are higher than connection points of said stretchers with said ribs when said parasol is expanded to a spread position, a cylindrical sleeve is provided in an inner side of said runner and fitted around said shank to slide up and down together with said runner along said shank, said cylindrical sleeve having an upper end contacting said fixing base when said parasol is in the spread position.