Trunks and hand-carried luggage – Supporting devices – Wheeled
Reexamination Certificate
2001-01-24
2002-06-18
Young, Lee (Department: 3727)
Trunks and hand-carried luggage
Supporting devices
Wheeled
Reexamination Certificate
active
06405842
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is generally relative to a luggage, and more particularly to an automatic extending and collapsing aid standing for a luggage.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In the field of conventional luggage, there is a kind of design of luggage, which can expense the volume of the luggage. After expensing the luggage, or putting an extra article on the luggage, the location of the center of gravity of-the luggage will different from the location of the original design, which cause the possibility of tipping the luggage forwards. Conventional solution for above problem is provided an extendable aid standing at the bottom end of the luggage. Please refer to
FIG. 1
, the luggage
80
provided a standing seat
81
at the front side of the bottom end of the luggage
80
. An expandable aid standing
82
pivoted at the seat
81
, which can pull out and push into the seat
81
by hand. If there is a dangerous of tipping the luggage
80
forwards, user can pull out the aid standing
82
by hand for increasing the distance between the standing
82
and the wheels
83
of the luggage
80
, i.e. increasing the area for supporting the luggage
80
, to prevent tipping the luggage
80
forwards. The structure of above aid standing
82
is operated by hand which provided an inconvenient using solution to users.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The primary objective of the present invention is to provide an extendable aid standing which can automatic extending the aid standing while there is a dangerous of tipping the luggage forwards.
In keeping with the principle of the present invention, the foregoing objective of present invention is attained an expandable aid standing, which comprises a main member, fixing at the bottom end of a luggage; a rotated member, which with on end pivoted at the main member for turning within a predetermined range; a pressed member, which with one end pivoted at the bottom end of the main member for moving inwards to or outwards from the main member, and when the pressed member moved, it will drive the rotated member to turn; and a elastic means, which with one end against at the main member, the other end against at the pressed member, whereby actuating the presses member to move outwards from the main member for driving the rotated member to turn inwards to the luggage; and while a pressure exerted on the pressed to overcome the elastic means, the pressed member will move inwards to the main member and drives the rotated to rotate an angle to orient to the front side of the luggage for preventing tipping.
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Browdy and Neimark , P.L.L.C.
Mai Tri M.
Young Lee
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