Trunks and hand-carried luggage – Trunks – Handles
Reexamination Certificate
2000-05-01
2001-09-18
Weaver, Sue A. (Department: 3727)
Trunks and hand-carried luggage
Trunks
Handles
C190S115000, C016S104000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06290040
ABSTRACT:
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates generally to luggage, and more particularly to a soft handle of luggage.
BACKGROUND ART
As shown in
FIGS. 1 and 2
, a prior art luggage is provided with a soft handle
10
which is formed of a fabric body
11
and a leather jacket
12
fitted over the fabric body
11
. The fabric body
11
is fastened at both ends thereof to a luggage frame
13
by a plurality of rivets
14
.
Such a prior art soft handle
10
as described above is defective in design because the soft handle
10
is apt to deform due to the weight of the articles contained in the luggage. The deformed handle is likely to cause discomfort or even injury to the hand. In addition, the fabric body
11
is fastened to the luggage frame
13
by a plurality of rivets
14
, which undermine the aesthetic effect of the luggage and are apt to rust. Moreover, a trademark label cannot be easily attached to the prior art soft handle
10
.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The primary objective of the present invention is to provide a luggage with a soft handle which is free from the shortcomings of the prior art soft handle described above.
In keeping with the principle of the present invention, the foregoing objective of the present invention is attained by a soft handle which is fastened to a luggage frame and is formed of a soft grip tube, a fabric strap, an arcuate bracing rod, and two fastening bases. The fabric strap is put through the soft grip tube and is supported by the arcuate bracing rod such that both ends of the fabric strap are fastened to the top side of the luggage frame by the two fastening bases.
The features and the advantages of the present invention will be more readily understood upon a thoughtful deliberation of the following detailed description of a preferred embodiment of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4364150 (1982-12-01), Remington
patent: 5440783 (1995-08-01), Allardyce et al.
Harrison & Egbert
Weaver Sue A.
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