Patent ID: 6619448
Filing Date: 2003-09-16
Classification: A45C

Abstract:
A retractable handle for a suitcase, said retractable handle comprising:a pair of ducts for securing to the suitcase, a pair of barrels secured in said ducts respectively, said barrels each including a bore formed therein, and a cut-off portion formed therein and communicating with said bore of said barrel for forming a pair of opposite fences thereon, a pair of tubes slidably received in said bores of said barrels respectively, and each including an upper end and a lower end, and each including a longitudinal direction, a lock device including a housing attached to said lower end of a first tube of said tubes, said housing including a pair of longitudinal depressions formed therein for slidably receiving said fences of said barrel and for guiding said housing of said lock device to move up and down along said barrel, and said lock device including engaging means for selectively engaging with said barrel to secure said first tube to said barrel, a block slidably received in said upper end of said first tube and coupled to said housing of said lock device for actuating said lock device, and movable in a moving direction parallel to or along said longitudinal direction of said tube, and including an inclined surface formed therein, a hand grip including a channel formed therein, and including an end portion having a sleeve provided thereon, said sleeve being perpendicular to said hand grip and secured onto said upper end of said first tube and parallel to said first tube, and said sleeve including a chamber formed therein and perpendicular to and communicating with said channel of said hand grip, a follower slieably received in said channel of said hand grip, and movable in a direction perpendicular to said longitudinal direction of said tube and movable toward and away from said block, and including a first end having an inclined surface formed therein for engaging with said inclined surface of said block, and for moving said block away from said sleeve and in a direction toward said lock device to actuate said lock device when said follower moves toward said block, and means for moving said follower toward said block to force said block to move along said tube and to actuate said lock device.