Patent ID: 6575274
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: A45C,Y10T

Abstract:
An adjustable pulling handle for rollaway luggage comprising:an adjustable pulling handle secured to a back surface of the rollaway luggage which further includes a front surface, a top surface, a bottom surface, a pair of lateral surfaces and a pair of casters rotatably secured spaced apart to a pair of intersections between the back surface and the bottom surface of the luggage; said adjustable pulling handle comprising an arcuate to plate having an outer frame secured to an intersection between the back surface and the top surface of the luggage, a hollow interior rectangular box on a lower center of the outer frame, a first rectangular through hole centrally formed in a top of the box including a pair of upright walls respectively extending downward from the two ends thereof inside the box, a pair of receiving spaces defined between two lateral ends of the box and the outer frame respectively surrounded by a pair of U-shaped side walls and each of said receiving spaces having a second rectangular through hole in bottom, a pair of aligned axial holes in an lateral wall of the box and the U-shaped side wall, a through hole in the lateral wall of the box above each of the aligned axial holes communicating to inside of the box and a transverse cavity projected outward from an outer surface of the U-shaped side wall; a pair of handle sheaths parallel disposed spaced apart on the back surface of the luggage, each of the sheaths having a lower end secured to a lower plate and an upper end connected to the second rectangular through holes of the receiving spaces of the arcuate top plate; a pair of rotors rotatably disposed into the receiving spaces of the arcuate plate respectively and each having a rectangular radial hole engageable with the second rectangular through holes of the receiving spaces including a shoulder formed on inner walls thereof, a pair of axial rods centrally projected outward from two ends respectively engaged into the aligned axial holes of the receiving spaces and a plurality of positioning recesses spacedly formed in an inner end around an axial rod; an inverse U-shaped downward moving plate disposed into the rectangular box and having a pair of bevel lateral walls projected downward from two ends thereof and a push button projected upward from a top thereof protruded out of the first rectangular through hole of the rectangular box; a pair of U-shaped laterally moving plates symmetrically disposed into the rectangular box under the downward moving plate and each having a bevel lateral wall on an inner side engaged with one the bevel lateral walls of the downward moving plate respectively, a positioning rod projected outward from an outer surface of a flat lateral wall which positions opposite to the bevel lateral wall and passing through the through hole of the rectangular box and selectively engageable into one of the positioning recesses of the rotors and a small projection projected inward from an inner side of the flat lateral wall being opposite to the positioning rod; a pair of spring means having one end secured to the small projections of the lateral moving plate and the other end stopped against one side of the upright walls of the rectangular box respectively; a cover closed an opening in inner side of the rectangular box and having a pair of insertion rods on two ends thereof inserted into the transverse retaining cavities on the side walls of the receiving spaces and secured to a top of the opening by screws; an inverse U-shaped telescopic pulling handle having a pair of rectangular telescopic lateral bars inserted into the pair of the handle sheath respectively through the rectangular radial holes of the rotors and the second rectangular through holes of the receiving spaces, said telescopic lateral bars each having a first tube sealed in lower end by a pair of corks each of which has an enlarged lower end engageable and retainable by the shoulders of the rotors and a second tube telescoped into top of the first tube and a transverse grip having two ends connected to top of the second tube respectively; whereby pull the pulling handle upward and press the button of the downward moving plate, the pulling handle can be rotated to select an optimal angle relative to the back surface of the luggage.