Lock mechanism of a pull handle assembly for a wheeled suitcase

Details Lock mechanism of a pull handle assembly for a wheeled suitcase Lock mechanism of a pull handle assembly for a wheeled suitcase

1996-02-16

1998-10-06

Weaver, Sue A.

Trunks and hand-carried luggage

Hand luggage

With handle

190 18A, 190 39, 16115, A45C 1322, A45C 1326, A45C 514

Patent

active

058163743

ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to a lock mechanism of a pull handle assembly for locking a pull handle of the pull handle assembly. The pull handle assembly of a wheeled suitcase comprises a head set mounted on an upper end of the suitcase, two elongated tubes vertically mounted under the head set, a U-shaped pull handle having a gripping handle and two rod members telescopingly mounted within the two tubes, each of the two rod members comprising a hole installed near the gripping handle, and a lock mechanism installed in the head set comprising two locking members installed between the two rod members for latching the two holes of the rod members and a rotatable switch for releasing the two locking members from the two holes of the rod members, the rotatable switch comprising a chip rotatably fixed between the two locking members, said chip comprising two holes and one chip handle, each of the two locking members comprising a button slidingly engaged in one of the two holes of the chip wherein the two buttons of the two locking members are moved by the two holes of the chip when the chip is rotated by pulling the chip handle.

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