Patent Publication Number: US-2019183221-A1

Title: Handle assembly of luggage

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     1. Technical Field 
     The present invention relates to a luggage, and more particularly to a handle assembly of a luggage. 
     2. Description of Related Art 
     Typically, a conventional luggage is provided with a U-shaped handle pivoted on a case. The handle is leaned down on the case normally, and user has to turn it upwards to carry the luggage. A drawback the conventional handle is that it is free to rotate, so that the handle will move unexpectedly when a user move the luggage. 
     An improved handle of a luggage is made of a flexible material. The improved handle will be attached to a case normally, and a user may grip it outwards to carry the luggage, and the handle will return automatically when the user does not grip it. Such handle is easy to be broken since the handle is moved relative to the case repeatedly. 
     Another conventional luggage has a recess on a top of a case, in which a handle is provided. Typically, the handle is fixed to the case by screws, and the screws will be loosed after a long time of use of the handle. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     In view of the above, the primary objective of the present invention is to provide a handle assembly for a luggage, which fixes the drawback of the conventional handle. 
     The secondary objective of the present invention is to provide a handle assembly for a luggage, which has a strong structure to be fixed to the luggage. 
     The third objective of the present invention is to provide a handle assembly for a luggage, which has a light weight and a strong structure. 
     In order to achieve the objective of the present invention, a handle assembly, which is adapted to be mounted on a case, includes a handle, a first connector, a second connector, and a plurality of fasteners. The handle has a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion at opposite ends thereof. Each of the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion has an inclined face. The first connector having a first connecting face; and the second connector having a second connecting face. The handle is provided at an outer side of the case. The first connector is provided at an inner side of the case with the first connecting face in association with the inclined face of the first connecting portion of the handle; and the second connector is provided at the inner side of the case with the second connecting face in association with the inclined face of the second connecting portion of the handle. The fasteners secure the first connecting face of the first connector and the first connecting portion of the handle to the case, and secure the second connecting face of the second connector and the second connecting portion of the handle to the case. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The present invention will be best understood by referring to the following detailed description of some illustrative embodiments in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which 
         FIG. 1  is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention, showing the handle assembly mounted on the case; 
         FIG. 2  is a front view of the preferred embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 3  is a front view of the preferred embodiment of the present invention, showing the direction of the gripping force; 
         FIG. 4  is an exploded view of the preferred embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 5  is a sectional view of the preferred embodiment of the present invention; and 
         FIG. 6  is another sectional view of the preferred embodiment of the present invention. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     As shown in  FIG. 1 , a luggage has a case  12 , and the case is provided with two recesses  14  and  15  at a junction of a front side and an upper side of the case  12  and a junction of the front side and a bottom side of the case  12 , respectively. Two handles  20  and  21  are mounted in the recesses  14  and  15 . The handles  20  and  21  are the same, so we describe the handle  20  for example only. 
     As shown in  FIG. 2 , the case  12  has a first mounting portion  16  at a lateral sidewall of the recess  14  and a second mounting portion  18  at the lateral sidewall opposite to the first mounting portion  16 . The first and the second mounting portions  16  and  18  each have an inclined face at an outer side thereof. The handle  20  is a curved strip, having a first connecting portion  22  and a second connecting portion  24  at opposite ends thereof. The first and the second connecting portions  22  and  24  each has an inclined face which fit the inclined faces of the first and the second mounting portions  16  and  18 . A first connector  30  has a first connecting face  32 , and a second connector  34  has a second connecting face  36 . 
     The handle  20  is mounted in the recess  14  with the first and the second connecting portions  22  and  24  attached to the first and the second mounting portions  16  and  18 , respectively. The first and the second connectors  30  and  34  are attached to an interior side of the case  12  while the first connector  30  has the first connecting face  32  attached to an inner side of the first mounting portion  16 , and the second connector  34  has the second connecting face  36  attached to an inner side of the second mounting portion  18 . 
     A plurality of fasteners  40  pass through the first connector  30 , the first mounting portion  16  of the case  12 , and the first connecting portion  22  of the handle  20 , and through the second connector  34 , the second mounting portion  18  of the case  12 , and the second connecting portion  24  of the handle  20  to secure the handle  20  to the case  12 . 
     In other words, the handle  20  and the first connector  30  sandwich the first mounting portion  16  of the case  12  therebetween, and the handle  20  and the second connector  34  sandwich the second mounting portion  18  therebetween. 
     The inclined faces of the first and the second connecting portions  22  and  24  are sloped toward a bottom of the recess  14  and in opposite directions, and the fasteners  40  are perpendicular to the first and the second connecting portions  22  and  24 . As a result, the directions of the fasteners  40  are not parallel to a gripping direction of the handle  20 , and not perpendicular either. In other words, there is an acute angle between the fasteners  40  and the gripping direction the handle  20 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 3 , they are oblique between the fasteners  40  and a direction of gripping the handle  20 , so that the fasteners  40  would firmly secure the handle  20 , and the handle  20  would have less risk to be separated from the case  12 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 4 , the handle  20  has a main member  50  and a lid  70 . The main member  50  has the first and the second connecting portions  22  and  24  at opposite ends thereof. 
     The main member  50  has a chamber  52  therein and an opening  54 , which is communicated with the chamber  52 , at a top thereof. The main member  50  further has a bottom portion  56  at a bottom of the chamber  52  and a flange  58  on a sidewall of the chamber  52  and adjacent to the opening  54 . The main member  50  further has a plurality of locking portions  60  on the sidewall of the chamber  52  and under the flange  58 . The lid  70  has a plurality of hooks  72 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 5 , the lid  70  covers the opening  54  of the main member  50 , and rests against the flange  58  to be connected to the main member  50  with the hooks  72  engaging the locking portions  60 . As a result, the lid  70  is detachably connected to the main member  50 . 
     As shown in  FIGS. 4 and 5  again, the main member  50  is provided with a pair of reinforced members  80  in the chamber  52 , each of which include a first rib  82  with opposite ends connected to the sidewall of the chamber  52  and a second rib  84  projected from the bottom portion  56  and connected to the first rib  82 . The first rib  82  is perpendicular to the second rib  84 . The reinforced members  80  provide the handle  20  a strong structure. 
     It must be pointed out that the embodiments described above are only some preferred embodiments of the present invention. All equivalent structures which employ the concepts disclosed in this specification and the appended claims should fall within the scope of the present invention.