US 11,723,445 B2
Locking system for the rotating foot of a mast, particularly for a free arm standing parasol
Robert Ulrich Siegenthaler, Bulach (CH)
Assigned to Glatz AG
Filed by Glatz AG, Frauenfeld (CH)
Filed on Apr. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/244,266.
Claims priority of application No. 202020102422.1 (DE), filed on Apr. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0337944 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. A45B 23/00 (2006.01)
CPC A45B 23/00 (2013.01) [A45B 2023/0043 (2013.01); A45B 2023/0075 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A locking system for a rotating foot of a mast, particularly of a mast for a free arm standing parasol, wherein the mast is rotatable about an axis of rotation (A) defined by the rotating foot and comprises a surrounded mast region, and wherein the locking system comprises an operating lever for releasing or locking of the rotating foot which is arranged on the mast at a comfort height (H) of 0.5 to 1.5 m above the rotating foot, wherein the operating lever is movable between a folded-out position and a downwardly folded-in position and thereby cooperates via a lifting bar with stationary engaging elements of the rotating foot, wherein the lifting bar is raised in the release position and lowered in the locking position,
characterized in that,
the lifting bar is arranged at a distance from the axis of rotation and externally of the surrounded mast region, and the operating lever in its folded-in position is received in a lateral mast groove.