Trunks and hand-carried luggage – Supporting devices – Wheeled
Patent
1994-07-29
1996-06-11
Weaver, Sue A.
Trunks and hand-carried luggage
Supporting devices
Wheeled
190 39, 190115, 190127, 16115, 280 37, A45C 514, A45C 1326, A45C 1336
Patent
active
055247377
ABSTRACT:
A retractable handle and wheel assembly includes a flat handle mounting frame and a circularly arched wheel mounting frame joined together and mounted on the back and bottom panel of a collapsible travel bag. Two wheel holders are respectively fastened to the wheel mounting frame each wheel holder having a wheel coupling portion fitted over a respective recessed hole on the wheel mounting frame to hold a respective wheel by a bearing and a channel bar bearing block fixedly fastened to the handle mounting frame to hold a respective channel bar, with a retractable handle sliding in an out of the channel bars, the retractable handle having two rubber blocks at two adjacent ends for positioning the handle at either end of each channel bar to hold the handle in the collapsed or extended out position.
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