Patent ID: 7866331

Claim:
A cantilever parasol assembly, having a mast on which a retractable and extendable arm is arranged, this arm having at its free end an attachment, projecting transversely thereto, on which a parasol is arranged by means of a parasol stick and via an articulation means, the parasol having a sliding part that is connected to canopy ribs in articulated manner via support rods, and these canopy ribs are in turn articulated to a crown that is connected to the parasol stick, it being possible to open and close the parasol by a tensor member, which acts on the sliding part, with the sliding part sliding the parasol stick in relation to the attachment when it is opened and hence locking the articulation means, characterized in that the crown of the parasol is arranged at the upper end region of a sleeve-shaped stick part that is slidable over the attachment such that the crown rises above the articulation means when the parasol is opened and is at least approximately adjacent to the arm and wherein, during the opening of the parasol, the sliding part is engaged with a lower end of the sleeve-shaped stick part and the sliding part and sleeve-shaped stick part are raised together without relative movement therebetween as the sleeve-shaped stick part is slid over the attachment.