Trunks and hand-carried luggage – Hand luggage – With handle
Patent
1995-04-11
1996-01-16
Elkins, Gary E.
Trunks and hand-carried luggage
Hand luggage
With handle
190 18A, 190117, 280 47315, 2806551, A45C 514, A45C 1326
Patent
active
054840465
ABSTRACT:
A luggage case includes a luggage receptacle with an openable lid at the top and a plurality of wheels extendable from the undersurface to support the case in rolling translation along a surface. A handle assembly includes a pair of strut assemblies secured to opposed sides of the receptacle and a handle extending transversely between distal ends of the strut assemblies. The receptacle includes a first pair of channels formed in opposed sides of the receptacle to secure the strut assemblies in a retracted, storage position with the handle abutting one end of the case. A second pair of channels are formed in opposed sides of the receptacle to support the strut assemblies in an erected, operative position to enable pushing, pulling, and steering the case in rolling fashion. The first and second channels formed in each side intersect, and a pivot assembly at the intersection supports the proximal end of each strut assembly. Each pivot assembly includes a first pivot axis for enabling the strut assembly to be rotated between the first and second channels, and a second pivot axis for enabling the strut assembly to be rotated into and out of engagement with the channels.
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Alper Brad
Trevethick Richard
Elkins Gary E.
Zimmerman Harris
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