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US 6,314,613 B1Granted
Suitcase handle fixture construction
AssigneeSunco Luggage Co., Ltd.
InventorOsamu Kuwayama
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Abstract
A retractable handle that can be freely moved in and out the storage tubes that are attached to the suitcase wall and in that the length of the tubes are shortened to a certain length determined by the length measurements of the suitcase wall. The length of the storage tubes is set between ⅔ and ⅓ of the length measurements of the suitcase wall. The synthetic resin suitcase wall and the mark that determines the position of the lower fixation part of the storage tubes are produced at the same time.
Claims3
A suitcase handle fixture construction comprising:
- a suitcase having a wall with a length dimension and a width dimension, said wall having a mark molded thereon so as to protrude therefrom, said mark having a generally rectangular shape, said mark positioned between ⅓ and ⅔ of said length dimension from an upper end of said wall;
- a lower fixture part affixed to said mark on said wall, said lower fixture part having a first insert hole and a second insert hole formed therein;
- an upper fixture part positioned at said upper end of said wall, said upper fixture part having a first insert hole and a second insert hole formed therein and facing said lower fixture part;
- a first storage tube affixed within said first insert hole of said lower fixture part and within said first insert hole of said upper fixture part;
- a second storage tube affixed within said second insert hole of said lower fixture part and within said second insert hole of said upper fixture part, each of said first and second storage tubes having a length which is between ⅓ and ⅔ of one of said length dimension and said width dimension, said upper fixture part and said lower fixture part and said first and second storage tubes positioned interior of said suitcase;
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- a retractable handle having a first rod slidably received within said first storage tube and a second rod slidably received within said second storage tube, said retractable handle having a cross bar connected to and extending between a top end of said first and second rods, said retractable handle movable between a position in which said cross bar is adjacent said top end of said wall and a position in which said cross bar is located outwardly of said top end of said wall.
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