Patent ID: 6484362
Filing Date: 2002-11-26
Classification: A45C,Y10T

Abstract:
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.