Extendable tow handle for a luggage article
AssigneeSamsonite IP Holdings S.a r.l.
InventorReinhard Meersschaert
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Abstract
An extendable tow handle for a luggage article is provided. The tow handle may include at least one tube structure each including first and second tubes, a rotational mechanism, and a hand grip coupled to one of the first and second tubes for gripping the tow handle by a user. The first tube may be slidably received within the second tube and selectively rotatable thereto. The rotational mechanism may be operable to rotate the first tube relative to the second tube. Rotation of the first tube relative to the second tube may cause at least a portion of the first tube to couple with a portion of the second tube to selectively frictionally lock axial movement of the first tube relative to the second tube.
Claims16
An extendable tow handle for a luggage article, the tow handle attached to the luggage article, the tow handle comprising:
- at least one tube structure each including first and second tubes, the first and second tubes slidably received within and selectively rotatable relative one another;
- a rotational mechanism operable to rotate the first tube relative to the second tube or the second tube relative to the first tube;
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- a hand grip coupled to one of the first and second tubes for gripping the tow handle by a user;
- wherein the first and second tubes are arranged such that rotation of the first tube relative to the second tube or the second tube relative to the first tube causes at least a portion of the first tube to couple with a portion of the second tube to selectively frictionally lock axial movement of the first tube relative to the second tube;
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- wherein rotation of at least a portion of the hand grip causes the rotational mechanism to position the at least one tube structure in either the sliding or locking arrangement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.