Handle for portable gas cylinder with two click locking assembly
AssigneeAmtrol Licensing Inc.
InventorTiago Oliveira
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Abstract
A handle assembly for a portable gas cylinder includes a first handle portion, a second handle portion and first and second locking members. The first handle portion includes an ergonomically configured upstanding gripping handle and a semi-circular shroud portion configured to couple to a first section of an upper portion of a portable gas cylinder. The second handle portion includes an ergonomically configured upstanding gripping handle and a semi-circular shroud portion configured to couple to a second section of the upper portion of the portable gas cylinder. First and second locking members are configured to selectively locking the first and second handle portions to one another about a periphery of the upper portion of the portable gas cylinder.
Claims12
A handle assembly for a portable gas cylinder comprising:
- a) a first handle portion including an ergonomically configured upstanding gripping handle and a semi-circular shroud portion configured to couple to a first section of an upper portion of a portable gas cylinder;
- b) a second handle portion including an ergonomically configured upstanding gripping handle and a semi-circular shroud portion configured to couple to a second section of the upper portion of the portable gas cylinder;
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- c) first and second locking members for selectively locking the first and second handle portions to one another about a periphery of the upper portion of the portable gas cylinder, wherein the first handle portion includes a male coupling adapted to receive one of the first and second locking members, wherein the male coupling includes a central cavity for receiving one of the first and second locking members, wherein a distal end of each locking member includes protrusions for engaging corresponding indents formed within the central cavity of the male coupling.
A method of attaching a handle assembly to a portable gas cylinder, the method comprising:
- a) encircling a first section of an upper portion of a portable gas cylinder with a first handle portion;
- b) encircling a second section of the upper portion of the portable gas cylinder with a second handle portion;
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- c) securing the first and second handle portion to one another using locking members, wherein the first handle portion includes a male coupling adapted to receive one of the locking members, wherein the male coupling includes a central cavity for receiving one of the locking members, wherein a distal end of each locking member includes protrusions for engaging corresponding indents formed within the central cavity of the male coupling.
A handle assembly for a portable gas cylinder comprising:
- a) a first handle portion including a gripping handle and a semi-circular shroud portion configured to encircle a first section of a portable gas cylinder, wherein an end of the shroud portion of the first handle portion includes a male coupling with a central cavity having indents, and wherein a distal end of the male coupling includes a bulb portion;
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- b) a second handle portion including a gripping handle and a semi-circular shroud portion configured to encircle a second section of the portable gas cylinder, wherein an end of the shroud portion of the second handle portion includes a female coupling having a central channel for receiving the male coupling, wherein the central channel of the female coupling includes a recessed portion corresponding to the bulb portion of the male coupling, wherein in a disengaged position the bulb portion of the male coupling is not engaged with the recessed portion of the female coupling, wherein in an engaged position the bulb portion of the male coupling is engaged with the recessed portion of the female coupling, and wherein a transition between the disengaged position and the engaged position generates a first audible clicking noise;
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- c) a locking member for securing the first and second handle portions to one another, wherein a distal end of the locking member includes lateral protrusions, wherein in an unlocked position the locking member is defined within the central cavity of the male coupling, wherein in a locked position the lateral protrusions of the locking member are engaged with the indents of the male coupling, and wherein a transition between the unlocked position and the locked position generates a second audible clicking noise, wherein the first and second audible clicking noises signal that the first and second handle portions are locked together.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.