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(11) EP 0 409 639 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
08.01.1992 Bulletin 1992/02

(43) Date of publication A2:
23.01.1991 Bulletin 1991/04

(21) Application number: 90307941.6

(22) Date of filing: 20.07.1990
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: A45B 25/02
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE DE DK ES FR GR IT LU NL

(30) Priority: 21.07.1989 GB 8916696

(71) Applicant: FOX DESIGN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Chelmsford, Essex CM3 5HQ (GB)

(72) Inventors:
  • Fox, Clifford Royston
    Chelmsford, Essex (GB)
  • Purssord,Reginald George
    Nr.Christchurch, Dorset BH23 5RB (GB)

(74) Representative: Crouch, David John et al
Bromhead & Co. 19 Buckingham Street
London WC2N 6EF
London WC2N 6EF (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) A canopy


    (57) A canopy comprising a plurality of ribs (10) extending from a hub (12) of the canopy and a membrane (14) attached to those ribs (10). The ribs (10) extend radially outwardly from the hub (12) when the canopy is in use so that the membrane (14) is stretched outwardly from the hub (12). The ribs (10) are held securely in their radially extending positions, against collapse towards one another, at their inner ends to avoid the need for a central pole and rib-supporting struts such as are present in a conventional umbrella.







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