Patent ID: 7523759

Claim:
A parasol comprising: a sun-blocking screen; a connecting piece that is centrally provided on the sun-blocking screen and from which the screen can assume a collapsed condition and a folded-out condition extending substantially radially outwards; a housing having an open end face defined by an end edge via which the screen is movable into and out of the housing, the sun-blocking screen being received in the collapsed condition in the housing, and being located outside the housing in the folded-out condition; and an operating device configured to bring in a single user operating action the sun-blocking screen from its collapsed condition located inside the housing to its folded-out condition located outside the housing and configured to bring in a single user operating action the sun-blocking screen from its folded-out condition located outside the housing to its collapsed condition located inside the housing, the operating device including: a first cord part with the aid of which the central connecting piece is movable from a first position corresponding to the collapsed condition of the screen to a second position corresponding to the folded-out condition of the screen, the first cord part extending from the central connecting piece to a first guiding element that is connected to the housing and that is situated near the open end face of the housing; and a second cord part with the aid of which the central connecting piece is movable from the second position corresponding to the folded-out condition of the screen to the first position corresponding to the collapsed condition of the screen, the second cord part extending from the central connecting piece to a second guiding element that is connected to the housing and that is situated on a side of the first position that is remote from the end face.