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US 6,301,746 B1Granted
Telescoping handle assembly for luggage and other luggable items
AssigneeAndiamo, Inc.
InventorsJay Evan Myers, Francis Dudley, David Laurence Stocks
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Abstract
A telescoping handle assembly for luggage or other luggable items. A telescoping handle assembly is provided that includes a primary handle and a secondary handle. The secondary handle provides at least one gripping surface that, when deployed, may extend in a direction generally parallel to a direction that a traveler may move when transporting an item attached to the secondary handle from one location to another.
Claims6
A luggage item comprising
- a container substantially in the shape of a rectangle including a back side and bottom surface,
- a wheel assembly mounted substantially at the interface of the back side and bottom surface of the container, and
- a telescoping handle assembly coupled to the container, the telescoping handle assembly including first and second telescoping posts extendible from the top surface of the container, and a cross member comprising a control bar coupled at and extending between the distal ends of the telescoping posts, the handle assembly further including a single unitary U-shaped handle coupled to and pivotal about the control bar to a storage position when the posts are collapsed within the container, and the U-shaped handle having substantially perpendicular first and second gripping surfaces for providing ergonomic gripping surfaces, and the U-shaped handle further being pivotal into any one of a plurality of selectable engageable fixed positions, to enable comfortable gripping by the hand of a user of the container for enabling the container to be moved via the wheel assembly.
A luggage item comprising
- a container substantially in the shape of a rectangle including a back side and bottom surface,
- a wheel assembly mounted substantially at the interface of the back side and bottom surface of the container, and
- a telescoping handle assembly coupled to the container, the telescoping handle assembly including first and second telescoping posts each comprising a plurality of telescoping tubes extendible from an area substantially at the back side and top surface of the container, and a cross member comprising a control bar coupled at and extending between the distal ends of the telescoping posts, the handle assembly further including a single unitary U-shaped handle coupled to and pivotal about the control bar to a storage position when the posts are collapsed within the back side of the container, and the U-shaped handle having substantially perpendicular first and second gripping surfaces for providing ergonomic gripping surfaces, and the U-shaped handle further being pivotal into any one of a plurality of selectable engageable fixed positions, to enable comfortable gripping by the hand of a user of the container for enabling the container to be moved via the wheel assembly, and
- the first gripping surface of the U-shaped handle comprises a housing portion rotatably mounted over the cross member, and the second gripping surface comprises a potion of the U-shaped handle perpendicular to the housing portion, and the handle and cross member have cooperating members whereby lateral movement of the control bar locks and unlocks the U-shaped handle with respect to the control bar to allow the handle to be pivoted and locked into any one of the plurality of selectable engageable fixed positions.
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