Patent ID: 7175035

Claim:
An umbrella-type laundry drying apparatus, comprising: a central upright tube; an open-out framework supported on said upright tube and being movable between a swung-open position and a collapsed position; a substantially tubular protective sheath for covering said open-out framework in the collapsed position; a lower sliding sleeve displaceably mounted along said upright tube and an upper sliding sleeve supported on said upright tube; said open-out framework including carrying arms articulated to said lower sliding sleeve, clothesline supported on said carrying arms, and supporting arms articulated on said carrying arms and on said upper sliding sleeve; an actuating mechanism for swinging open said open-out framework into the swung-open position, said actuating mechanism being formed by two of said carrying arms each bearing a handle formed to be covered by said protective sheath when said protective sheath is disposed to cover said open-out framework in the collapsed position thereof.