Abstract: A telescopic handle construction for an umbrella having an arrangement of a shaft support for the umbrella shaft. An outer handle with a sleeve internally fixed on the elongated handle. The sleeve and elongated handle telescopically collapse over the shaft adapter guided by movement of a pin fixed to the shaft adapter and engaging a Z-shaped slot in the sleeve. The elongated handle locks in a closed or opened position by engagement of the pin in one of two constricted ends on the Z-shaped slot.