Patent ID: 6687955
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: A45C,G06F,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A handle for a carrying case or other enclosure, said handle comprisingfirst and second handle portions comprising first and second central portions, respectively, for being rotatably mounted on a carrying case or other enclosure for movement between an engaged position, wherein said first and second central portions are in abutment, and a disengaged position, wherein said first and second central portions are spaced from one another, said first and second central portions cooperating to form a hand grip in said engaged position, said second central portion having a top surface, a bottom surface, a first outer surface joined to said top surface and said bottom surface, and having a second outer surface opposite said first outer surface, said hand grip having a bottom formed by said bottom surface, a first side formed by said first outer surface, and a second side, symmetrical with said first side, cooperatively formed by said second outer surface and an outer surface of said first central portion in said engaged position, said second side having a seam at which said second outer surface is in abutment with said outer surface of said first central portion, said second outer surface and said outer surface of said first central portion being seperable along said seam, said first side having a perceptible junction therealong in correspondence with said seam, said seam and said junction extending arcuately along said first and second central portions, respectively.