Patent ID: 6668423
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: A45C,Y10T

Abstract:
A luggage pull rod control device comprising:a drive rod; a locating member affixed within one end of said drive rod; and an extension rod slidably receiving said drive rod and said locating member therein, said locating member comprising: a main body having a receiving space formed therein and an assembly hole communicating with said receiving space, said main body having a press face at a bottom thereof; a locating body disposed in said assembly hole of said main body, said locating body having a generally U-shaped construction with a generally triangular-shaped surface on one face of said locating body and a locating protrusion extending outwardly from an oppoiste face of said locating body; a first elastic element resiliently contacting said locating body so as to urge said locating protrusion outwardly of said assembly hole; and a driven member having a rod-shaped construction, said driven member having a bearing portion at one end thereof, said driven member having a shank extending downwardly from said bearing portion, said shank having a guide surface formed thereon, said driven member having a position confining portion at an end opposite said bearing portion, said driven member extending through said receiving space of said main body with a second eleastic element bearing against said bearing surface so as to urge said driving member outwardly of said receiving space, said triangular-shaped surface of said locating body contacting said guide surface of said shank so as to move said locating protrusion into and out of a hole of said drive rod and an aligned hole of said extension rod so as to selectively allow said drive rod to be fixed relative to said extension rod and to allow said drive rod to slide relative to said extension rod.