(19)
(11) EP 1 538 254 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
04.04.2007 Bulletin 2007/14

(43) Date of publication A2:
08.06.2005 Bulletin 2005/23

(21) Application number: 04257462.4

(22) Date of filing: 01.12.2004
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
D06F 57/04(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA HR LV MK YU

(30) Priority: 02.12.2003 GB 0327873

(71) Applicant: Vale Mill (Rochdale) Ltd
Lancashire OL16 1TA (GB)

(72) Inventors:
  • Dan Trowsdale
    Pudsey, Leeds LS28 8NZ (GB)
  • Paul Wigzell
    Weir, Bacup, Lancashire OL 13 8QJ (GB)

(74) Representative: McCallum, Graeme David et al
Lloyd Wise, McNeight & Lawrence Commonwealth House 1-19 New Oxford Street
London WC1A 1LW
London WC1A 1LW (GB)

   


(54) A support for a clothes drier


(57) A support (3) for a telescopic clothes drier (1), the support comprising an inner tubular support member (7) and an outer tubular support member (5), the outer tubular support member (5) being slidably fitted over said inner tubular support member (7), first latch means (11) for releasably securing a first end of the outer tubular support member to a predetermined position on the inner tubular support member during deployment, retention means (25) for hingeably retaining respective first ends (21,23) of a plurality of arms (17,19) for carrying clothes line and retention latch means for releasably securing the retention means to a predetermined position along one of said inner or outer support members.







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