Patent ID: 8038173

Claim:
A telescopic extension for an electric household appliance comprising: a) an inner tube and an outer tube which are slidable one inside the other; b) a sleeve fixed to said outer tube; c) fastening means adapted to lock together said inner tube and said outer tube; d) a slider co-operating with said fastening means via the action of a first spring and a second spring; and e) an actuating handle operationally connected to said slider, wherein said inner tube is provided with a plurality of recesses adapted to receive, at least partially, said fastening means, further wherein: f) said outer tube comprises a tunnel for retaining the slider and for guiding it during displacement; g) said tunnel is formed by suitably shaping said outer tube; h) said sleeve comprises a recessed area for retaining the slider and for guiding the slider during displacement; i) said inner tube has a depression forming a channel which extends longitudinally, recesses for said fastening means being provided on a bottom of the channel; j) said tunnel has two side walls and a ceiling which connects together said two side walls; k) said tunnel comprises at least two windows formed in the ceiling of the tunnel and a central connecting strip which connects the two side walls of the tunnel, said central connecting strip being provided between said two windows; l) said actuating handle comprises two teeth; and m) each of said two teeth pass through a respective window of said two windows, and n) said two teeth engage the slider so that when the actuating handle is translated in a longitudinal direction, the slider is translated in said longitudinal direction.