Fold-down handle

Details Fold-down handle Fold-down handle

1993-12-07

1995-04-11

Cuda, Irene

Miscellaneous hardware (e.g., bushing, carpet fastener, caster,

Sash balances

Spring

16126, B45C 1326, B65D 2528

Patent

active

054046173

ABSTRACT:
A fold-down handle for luggage, briefcases, and the like comprises a pair of bracket members adapted to be attached in spaced-apart relation to an article to be carried and a handgrip member extending between and pivotally attached to the bracket members such as to pivot about a pivot axis. The handgrip member and each of the bracket members have abutting end surfaces lying in a plane perpendicular to the pivot axis and peripheral wall surfaces on portions immediately adjacent the end surfaces that are of elliptical cross section about common center axes oblique to the pivot axis. The elliptical peripheral wall surfaces of the end portions intersect the respective end surfaces along circular edges, the centers of which are coincident with the pivot axis. Accordingly, the edges formed at the intersections of the peripheral wall surfaces and end surfaces of the handle member and the respective bracket members coincide with each other in all pivotal positions of the handgrip member.

REFERENCES:
patent: 525848 (1894-09-01), MaCarthy
patent: 1101273 (1914-06-01), Gluckman
patent: 2652909 (1953-09-01), Knell
patent: 3183549 (1965-05-01), Hammesfahr
patent: 4261078 (1981-04-01), Mobley

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