Pole support

A pole support for removably supporting a hollow tubular pole, wherein said hollow tubular pole has a latching recess provided along its length, said pole support comprising:

• a housing defining a socket, the socket being open at its operative upper end for receiving said hollow tubular pole;
• and
• a latch located within the socket and being mounted on a pivot and pivotally movable between a latched position and an unlatched position, the latch comprising a latching arm extending on one side of the pivot and a ballast arm extending on an opposed side of the pivot, and wherein a centre-of-weight of the latch is located off-centre from the pivot in the ballast arm, whereby the ballast arm is configured to normally bias latch into the latched position, and wherein, in use, the latching arm is configured to extend into the latching recess of said hollow tubular pole supported within the socket, and further wherein the latch is configured, during use, to be pivoted from the latched position to the unlatched position by said hollow tubular pole sliding axially into the socket and contacting the latching arm to overcome the biasing force of the ballast arm.