Patent ID: 6026543
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: A45C,B62B,Y10T

Abstract:
An expandable pull rod assembly for luggage, the assembly comprising:two bottom tubes of a hollow construction and provided with a locating tube which is provided with a locating protrusion located in a through hole of a top end of said bottom tubes, said bottom tubes further provided respectively at a top end thereof with a locating hole;two middle tubes of a hollow construction and fitted into said bottom tubes such that top ends of said middle tubes are jutted out of top ends of said bottom tubes, and that the top ends of said middle tubes are fitted into said locating tubes, said two middle tubes provided with a plurality of locating holes;two top tubes of a hollow construction and fitted into said middle tubes such that top ends of said top tubes are jutted out of the top ends of said middle tubes, said top tubes provided respectively with a locating hole;a bottom base disposed horizontally and provided at both ends thereof with a fitting port for engaging a bottom end of said bottom tubes;a middle base disposed horizontally and provided at both ends thereof with a longitudinally-oriented opening for receiving the top end of said bottom tubes in such a manner that said middle tubes and said top tubes are jutted out of said longitudinally-oriented opening;a handle of an inverted U-shaped construction and provided with two arms which are fastened with said two top tubes, said handle provided in an interior thereof with two protruded pieces, two guide slots, and two receiving slots, said handle further provided with a cover fastened therewith by a plurality of screws, said cover provided with a through hole, said handle further provided with a pressing device which is disposed in said receiving slots of said handle such that said pressing device is partially jutted out of said cover via said through hole of said cover;said top tubes, said middle tubes, and said bottom tubes being located by an arresting device at such time when said expandable pull rod is extracted;wherein said pressing device of said handle is composed of a press button, a cantilever spring, and two pull cords, said press button provided with two protruded pieces for pivoting said cantilever spring by a pivoting pin, said pull cords provided with a spherical end which is received in said receiving slot of said handle such that said spherical end is extended into said top tube, said press button and said cantilever spring being disposed in said receiving slots of said handle such that said pull cords are pressed by said cantilever spring, and that two cantilevers of cantilever spring press against a bottom of said receiving slots, and further that said press button is partially jutted out of said cover via said through hole of said cover, and still further that said arresting device is triggered to release said top tubes, said middle tubes and said bottom tubes at the time when said press button of said pressing device of said handle is activated; andwherein said arresting device is formed of two main control members and two auxiliary control members, said two main control members composed of a seat block, a locating block, a braking block, a horizontal recovering spring, and a longitudinal recovering spring, said seat block provided in an interior thereof with a longitudinal hole, and in each of two opposite sides thereof with a horizontal slot hole in which said horizontal recovering spring and said locating block are disposed, said locating block having a longitudinal hole in communication with said longitudinal hole of said seat block, said longitudinal hole of said locating block provided in an inner wall thereof with a horizontal round protuberance, said braking block provided at a bottom end thereof with a stop piece, said braking block being fitted into said longitudinal recovering spring and said longitudinal holes of said seat block and said locating block such that a top end of said braking block is jutted out of a top end of said seat block, and that the top end of said braking block is fastened with said pull cords, said braking block further provided with a retaining hook, an inclined guide slot corresponding in location to said inclined guide block of said locating block, said seat block provided with a retaining slot for retaining said retaining block of said top tubes, said horizontal round protuberance of said locating block being jutted out of said top tube via said locating hole of said top tube, said two auxiliary control members composed of a lower seat block, an upper locating block, a lower locating block, a lower braking block, two horizontal recovering springs, and one longitudinal recovering spring, said lower seat block provided with a long hole and two horizontal slots for locating said two horizontal recovering springs, said upper locating block provided with a through hole in communication with said long hole of said lower seat block, said lower locating block provided with a through hole in communication with said long hole of said lower seat block, said through hole of said lower locating block provided in an inner wall thereof with an inclined protrusion, said upper and said lower locating blocks provided respectively in an outer side thereof with a horizontal protrusion, said lower braking block provided at a top end thereof with a seat piece, said lower braking block being fitted into said longitudinal recovering spring such that a bottom end of said lower braking block is jutted out of the bottom end of said lower seat block via said long hole of said lower seat block and said through holes of said upper locating block and said lower locating block, said lower braking block further provided with a retaining protrusion, an inclined guide slot corresponding in location to said inclined protrusion of said through holes of said upper and said lower locating blocks, said lower seat block provided with a retaining slot which is engaged with said retaining piece of said middle tubes.