Trunks and hand-carried luggage – Hand luggage – With handle
Reexamination Certificate
2000-02-25
2001-07-17
Weaver, Sue A. (Department: 3727)
Trunks and hand-carried luggage
Hand luggage
With handle
C190S039000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06260679
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a luggage and more particularly to a bezel assembly or a wheeled luggage in which a bezel recess is integrally formed with a frame having guiding members for guiding and securing handle therein.
2. Description of Related Art
Conventionally, a bezel is an important element of a handle for wheeled luggage. The assembly of bezel into a luggage frame is as follows. First, fixedly attaches a top plate to the top frame of luggage. Then, fixedly attaches bezel to the top plate. Finally, mount support tubes in the bezel. In view of the foregoing, such assembly is time consuming. Further simplification of components is thus desirable.
Furthermore, a typical luggage is a parallelpiped body with molded frame wherein a top plate and a bottom plate are provided on top and bottom panels respectively for providing a sufficient support for the fabric covered thereon. It is found that the longitudinal strength of luggage is weak, while the lateral strength of luggage is further weak. In other words, such typical luggage is not resistant to impact and thus handle with care must be obeyed for prolong its life cycle.
As a result, such luggage is usually carried or towed by traveler for preventing from accidental impact. Such structural weakness is disadvantageous.
Thus, it is desirable to provide an improved bezel for wheeled luggage in order to overcome the above drawbacks of prior art.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to provide an integrally formed bezel assembly for wheeled luggage having guiding members for guiding and securing a handle therein.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a bezel assembly for wheeled luggage wherein guiding members are secured by means of a snapping mechanism, thus simplifying the structure of the bezel assembly and facilitating the assembly.
To achieve the above and other objects, the present invention comprises a bezel recess integrally formed on a top of a plastic luggage frame, two spaced apart openings on the bottom of the bezel recess, and two flexible guiding members for guiding handle wherein each of the guiding members has a top peripheral flange and an integrally formed sleeve being inserted and detachably attaching to the corresponding opening.
The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description taken with the accompanying drawings.
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Chaw Khong Technology Co. Ltd.
Dougherty & Troxell
Weaver Sue A.
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