Abstract: A safety umbrella runner includes: a runner tube slidably held on a central shaft of the umbrella; a ferrule integrally circumferentially formed on the runner tube for pivotally securing a plurality of stretcher ribs of a rib assembly, which is provided for fastening an umbrella cloth on the rib assembly, by a fastening wire wound on the ferrule with the wire ends twisted and knotted in a socket formed on the inner ferrule; and a safety cover having a protective cap lockable on the ferrule for sheltering the wire ends in the socket of the ferrule, and having a pendent cover resiliently formed on a lower portion of the protective cap for sheltering a spring catch resiliently protruded from the central shaft for preventing injury to the user's finger as pricked by the spring catch.

Abstract: Apparatus for the fixation and support of the rims of bath and shower tubs relative to a wall of a construction in a manner decoupled from structure-borne noise. The apparatus includes a fixing element secured to the wall and has a support surface for a rim of a tub. A fixing screw is screwed into the fixing element and a first insulating material is arranged between the wall and the tub rim. A second insulating material is arranged between the support surface and the tub rim while a third insulating material is secured to an end of the fixing screw and contacts against the inner side of the tub rim.