Patent ID: 6564426
Filing Date: 2003-05-20
Classification: A45C,Y10T

Abstract:
A retractable handle assembly comprising:a pair of conduits, a pair of tubes slidably engaged in said conduits, and moveable into said conduits in a storing position, and extendible outward of said conduits in an outward extending working position, a housing secured on top of said tubes and moved in concert with said tubes relative to said conduits, a hand grip rotatably secured to said housing, and means for selectively locking said tubes to said conduits, wherein said hand grip is rotatable secured to said housing with a shaft, said selectively locking means includes a pin slidably engaged through said shaft, also wherein said selectively locking means includes means for depressing said pin inward of said shaft, and further wherein said depressing means includes a knob slidably engaged in said hand grip, a beam and a lever are pivotally secured to said hand grip and each includes a first end and a second end, said first end of said beam is pivotally secured to said knob, a block is pivotally secured to said second ends of said beam and said lever, said first end of said lever includes an actuator aligned with said pin for depressing said pin inward of said shaft when said knob is depressed inward of said hand grip.