Telescoping supports

Claim 1

A DISAPPEARING SUPPORT MEMBER FOR A CLOTHESLINE COMPRISING A FIRST TUBULAR MEMBER ARRANGED TO BE EMBEDDED BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND WITH ITS UPPER OPENING AT ABOUT GROUND LEVEL, A PLURALITY OF TUBULAR TELESCOPING MEMBERS OF SIMILAR BUT PROGRESSIVELY SMALLER CROSS-SECTIONAL DIMENSION AND EACH SHORTER IN LENGTH THAN SAID FIRST TUBULAR MEMBER, SAID PLURALITY OF TUBULAR MEMBERS BEING TELESCOPED IN SAID FIRST TUBULAR MEMBER, SUPPORT MEANS ADJACENT TO AND SPACED ABOVE THE LOWER END OF SAID FIRST TUBULAR MEMBER ARRANGED TO SUPPORT SAID PLURALITY OF TUBULAR MEMBER ARRANGED TO SUPPORT SAID PLURALITY OF TUBULAR MEMBERS ABOVE THE LOWER END THEREOF, EACH MEMBERS TO PREVENT RELATIVE TWISTING AND TO ALLOW AXIAL SLIDING MOVEMENT THEREBETWEEN, A SPRING LOCK ARRANGED INTERNALLY AND AT THE LOWER END OF EACH OF SAID PLURALITY, MEANS ON THE UPPER END OF EACH MEMBER OUTSIDE ANOTHER MEMBER COOPERATIVE WITH SAID SPRING LOCK FOR LOCKING RESPECTIVE TUBULAR MEMBERS IN EXTENDED POSITION, CLOTHESLINE FASTENING MEANS PIVOTED TO THE TOP OF THE INNERMOST TUBULAR MEMBER AND ARRANGED TO BE MOVED FROM AN OPERATIVE POSITION OUTSIDE THE WALL OF SAID TUBULAR MEMBER AND TO AN INOPERATIVE POSITION INTERNALLY OF THE WALL OF SAID TUBULAR MEMBER, INWARDLY EXTENDING STOP MEANS ON THE LOWER PORTION OF EACH TUBULAR MEMBER FOR SUPPORTING THE TUBULAR MEMBER INSIDE AND EACH ARRANGED TO SUPPORT THE INNER TUBULAR MEMBER IN TELESCOPED POSITION IN SAID FIRST MEMBER, AND A CAP COVERING THE OPENING OF SAID FIRST TUBULAR MEMBER.