Connecting member for a clothes airer

A connecting member (6,7) for connecting a plurality of frame elements (2,3,4,5). The connecting member has a core section (13) having a width and two supporting members (14,15) for supporting frame elements extending in different directions from the connecting member. The connecting member has at least one additional member for supporting a further frame element. The or each additional supporting member (16,17) is pivotally connected to the core section and moveable between a first position in which the additional supporting member lies within the width of the core section and a second position in which a frame element supported by the additional support will extend in a direction generally perpendicular to a frame element supported by a supporting element of the core section.