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US 2006/0032718 A1Published application
Luggage
OwnerJoseph Lianginventor
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Abstract
A luggage includes a case body provided with a guiding rail, a slider mounted slidably on the guiding rail, a coupling unit pivoted to the slider, a handle rod connected to the coupling unit, an abutting member having a protrusion and pivoted to the slider for movement between a first angular position, in which the protrusion is free of contact with the guiding rail, and a second angular position, in which the protrusion abuts against the guiding rail when the slider is disposed at a predetermined position and when the handle rod is disposed at an inclined position.
Claims11
A luggage comprising:
- a case body;
- a handle-storing unit including at least a guiding rail that is secured to said case body, and that has opposite front and rear end portions and a bottom wall which is formed with a through-hole defined by a hole-defining wall and disposed adjacent to said front end portion of said guiding rail, said hole-defining wall having an abutting face;
- a slider mounted slidably on said guiding rail, and slidable on said guiding rail between a first position, in which said slider is disposed adjacent to said rear end portion of said guiding rail, and a second position, in which said slider is disposed adjacent to said front end portion of said guiding rail;
- a coupling unit pivoted to said slider;
- a handle unit including at least an elongated handle rod that is coupled to said slider through said coupling unit and that is pivotable relative to said slider when said slider is disposed at said second position;
- an abutting member pivoted to said slider, having an abutting protrusion that protrudes therefrom, and driven by said handle rod through said coupling unit to pivot relative to said slider from a first angular position to a second angular position when said handle rod is pivoted relative to said slider from a non-inclined position to an inclined position relative to said guiding rail, said abutting protrusion being disposed outwardly of said through-hole when said abutting member is disposed at said first angular position and when said slider is disposed at said second position, and extending into said through-hole and being disposed frontwardly of and abutting against said abutting face of said hole-defining wall when said abutting member is disposed at said second angular position and when said slider is disposed at said second position;
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- a retaining unit for retaining said handle rod at a desired angle relative to said guiding rail when said slider is disposed at said second position.
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A handle assembly for a luggage, comprising:
- a handle-storing unit including at least a guiding rail that has opposite front and rear end portions and a bottom wall which is formed with a through-hole defined by a hole-defining wall and disposed adjacent to said front end portion of said guiding rail, said hole-defining wall having an abutting face;
- a slider mounted slidably on said guiding rail, and slidable on said guiding rail between a first position, in which said slider is disposed adjacent to said rear end portion of said guiding rail, and a second position, in which said slider is disposed adjacent to said front end portion of said guiding rail;
- a coupling unit pivoted to said slider;
- a handle unit including at least an elongated handle rod that is coupled to said slider through said coupling unit and that is pivotable relative to said slider when said slider is disposed at said second position;
- an abutting member pivoted to said slider, having an abutting protrusion that protrudes therefrom, and driven by said handle rod through said coupling unit to pivot relative to said slider from a first angular position to a second angular position when said handle rod is pivoted relative to said slider from a non-inclined position to an inclined position relative to said guiding rail, said abutting protrusion being disposed outwardly of said through-hole when said abutting member is disposed at said first angular position and when said slider is disposed at said second position, and extending into said through-hole and being disposed frontwardly of and abutting against said abutting face of said hole-defining wall when said abutting member is disposed at said second angular position and when said slider is disposed at said second position;
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- a retaining unit for retaining said handle rod at a desired angle relative to said guiding rail when said slider is disposed at said second position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.