Trunks and hand-carried luggage – Hand luggage – With handle
Patent
1994-12-22
1996-06-18
Weaver, Sue A.
Trunks and hand-carried luggage
Hand luggage
With handle
190 18A, 190 39, 190127, 16115, 280 37, 280655, A45C 514, A45C 1322, A45C 1326, A45C 1336
Patent
active
055269087
ABSTRACT:
A retractable handle assembly for a suitcase includes a hollow bracket mounted on a top plate of one of the half bodies thereof, a pair of lug portions each formed on one of the distal end portions of the bracket and each having a first bore laterally defined therein, a pair of outer tubes each securely mounted between the lug portion and a bottom plate of the half body and each having a second bore laterally defined therein for aligning with the first bore, a pair of inner tubes each slidably mounted in one of the outer tubes and each having a third bore laterally defined therein for aligning with the second bore, a substantially U-shaped handle portion mounted on the bracket and having two free end portions each fixedly engaged with the upper end of a corresponding one of the inner tubes, a pressing member movably mounted in the hollow bracket and including a knob extending through an opening of the hollow bracket, a biasing member mounted on an underside of the pressing member and including a pair of stubs each respectively extending through the first bore of associated lug portion, the second bore of associated outer tube and the third bore of associated inner tube.
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