Patent ID: 7600618
Filing Date: 2009-10-13
Classification: A45C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A piece of towable luggage comprising: a piece of luggage; a tubular member adapted to be retractably mounted to a piece of luggage, the tubular member having first and second ends, the first end being adapted to be secured to the piece of luggage, the tubular member including an internal volume, the tubular member having an axis of elongation; a handle which includes a passageway in communication with the tubular member internal volume, the handle being adapted to be rotatably connected to the tubular member at the second end, the handle being capable of rotating about the axis of elongation; a joint lock member capable of rotatably connecting the handle to the tubular member; a first member external to the joint lock member and adapted to be in communication with the of the handle and selectively in communication with the internal volume of the tubular member, wherein the entirety of the joint lock member is contained inside the first member; and a torsional locking member adapted to be in communication with the handle and the tubular member for movement between a first position, at which the torsional locking member permits rotation of the handle relative to the tubular member, and a second position, at which the torsional locking member prevents rotation of the handle relative to the tubular member; wherein, the torsional locking member contains a return member that permits the torsional locking member to return automatically to the second position when the tubular member and the handle are in a first orientation.