Patent ID: 6148477
Filing Date: 2000-11-21
Classification: A45C,Y10T

Abstract:
An expandable pull rod for use in a luggage, comprising:a handle provided with a grip;an adjustment device disposed in a bottom of said grip of said handle, said adjustment device comprising a press portion connected to a pull cord;an inner tube fastened with a bottom end of said handle and provided in one side thereof with a through hole;a first locating element fastened with a bottom end of said inner tube and provided with a first locating portion corresponding in location to said through hole of said inner tube, said first locating element further provided with an L-shaped body which is fastened with said first locating portion at one end thereof and is connected with said pull cord at another end such that when said pull cord is pulled, said L-shaped is actuated to trigger said first locating portion to retract, said first locating element further provided in a bottom thereof with a retaining portion having a bottom of an arcuate construction and a clamp hole;a first outer tube fitted over said inner tube and provided at a top end thereof with a first through hole, and at a bottom end thereof with a second through hole and a locating hole;a second locating element fastened with the bottom end of said first outer tube and provided with a second locating portion, a third locating portion, and a spring located between said second locating portion and said third locating portion to urge said second and third locating portions away from each other, said second locating portion being jutted out of said locating hole of said first outer tube; anda second outer tube fitted over said first outer tube and provided at a top end thereof with a locating hole and at a bottom end thereof with a fastening hole;wherein when said expandable pull rod is fully extended, said first locating portion of said first locating element is jutted out through said through hole of said inner tube and is retained in said first through hole of said first outer tube so that said inner tube and said first out tube are joined together, andsaid second locating portion of said second locating element is jutted out through said locating hole of said first outer tube and retained in said locating hole of said second outer tube so that said first outer tube and second outer tube are joined together; andwhen said press portion of said adjustment device is pressed, said pull cord is caused to actuate said L-shaped body causing said first locating portion to be withdrawn from said first through hole of said first outer tube and allowing said first locating portion to be engaged with said second through hole of said first outer tube when said pull rod is pushed downward;when said pull rod is pushed further downward, said arcuate bottom and said clamp hole cooperatively compress said spring of said second locating element to allow said second locating portion to be disengaged from said second outer tube, and finally said third locating portion of said second locating element is engaged with said fastening hole of said second outer tube to cause said expandable pull rod to be fully retracted.