(19)
(11) EP 1 236 414 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
26.03.2003 Bulletin 2003/13

(43) Date of publication A2:
04.09.2002 Bulletin 2002/36

(21) Application number: 02251236.2

(22) Date of filing: 22.02.2002
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A45B 25/00, A45B 25/08
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 23.02.2001 GB 0104545

(71) Applicant: Hoyland Fox Limited
Penistone, Sheffield S36 9NR (GB)

(72) Inventors:
  • Earnshaw, John Michael
    Huddersfield HD8 8XN (GB)
  • Scott, Russell
    Huddersfield HD8 8PE (GB)

(74) Representative: Gibbs, Christopher Stephen 
Haseltine Lake & Co. Imperial House 15-19 Kingsway
London WC2B 6UD
London WC2B 6UD (GB)

   


(54) Latch piece


(57) A cylindrical latch piece 6, 15 for an umbrella frame includes at least one stud 7 which clips into an aperture or notch 2 of the shaft once fully introduced to hold the latch piece securely to the shaft. At the bottom the latch piece has a shoulder 5 over which a detent 13 of the umbrella runner may locate to hold the umbrella frame fully extended. By this means a push-button-type runner can be used on, say, a metal frame. The latch piece can be either an additional part 15 or can itself constitute the upper section 6 of the shaft.






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