Retractable handle assembly with multiple engaging position for wheeled luggage
AssigneeChaw Khong Technology Co., Ltd.
InventorChung Hsien Kuo
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Abstract
A handle assembly for wheeled luggage comprises a handle grip with a push button, a pair of identical outer tubes, a pair of identical inner tubes slidingly engaged with the outer tubes, and a pair of locking mechanisms each having a locking pin connected to an end of an inner tube wherein the disengagement of locking pins from the corresponding slots in a stowed-away position, partially extended position, or fully extended position is carried out by pressing the push button to cause a flexible steel cable in either inner tube connected between the locking pin and the push button to move the locking pin completely within the corresponding slot.
Claims6
A wheeled luggage comprising:
- a handle assembly having a handle grip with a push button, a pair of outer tubes having upper slots, middle slots, and lower slots, and a pair of inner tubes mounted to the handle grip, each inner tube slidingly engaged with one of the pair of outer tubes;
- a bezel on a top of the luggage configured to receive the handle assembly;
- a locking device mounted to a bottom end of each inner tube and including a lock house having a curved portion, a locking block with a locking pin movably mounted in the lock house, and a first spring biasing the locking pin to engage one of the slots in the outer tubes such that the handle assembly is in a stowed-away position, a partially extended position or a fully extended position;
- and,
- a flexible steel cable having a first end operatively connected to the push button and a second end directly attached to the locking pin, the flexible steel cable having a curved portion in contact with the curved portion of the lock house;
- wherein disengagement of the locking pins from the corresponding slots is carried out by pressing the push button thereby causing the flexible steel cables to move the locking pins to move against the bias of the first springs and escape from engagement with the corresponding slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.