Patent Publication Number: US-6213265-B1

Title: Trunk with telescopic rod and for placing furnace

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention relates to a trunk with a telescopic rod and for placing a furnace, in which a telescopic rod and a furnace groove are installed on two movable tables for being pushed or pulled and placing a furnace. 
     Since the improvement of human life and progress in economics, peoples have more leisure times, and thus travelling outdoors becomes more and more popular. However, in order to travel outdoors, a proper trunk is necessary to receive articles, such clothes, small tables, etc. Therefore, a trunk with tables and for receiving articles is inventive. However, the prior art trunk has a handle at the lateral side, and thus if it is too heavy, then much force is required to take it up. Furthermore, the tables at two sides only have the function of receiving articles. In other words, the prior art trunk is dull and only has a few functions. 
     Therefore, a conventional trunk can not suit for the user&#39;s requirements, and a novel trunk is necessary to improve the defects in the prior art. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     Accordingly, the primary object of the present invention is to provide a trunk with a telescopic rod and for placing a furnace, in which a telescopic rod and a furnace groove are installed on two movable tables for being pushed or pulled and placing a furnace. 
     In order to achieve the aforesaid object, the present invention provides a trunk with a telescopic rod and for placing a furnace comprises a hollow housing; the outer side of the housing has a hole and a sliding wheel; further, two sides of the housing are formed with respective movable handles. A hollow casing is installed with the housing; near the top of the casing, the front and rear sides of the outer rim are protruded with combining blocks; each combining block is protruded with a post, A cover covers on the casing and a portable handle is pivotally installed in the through hole by a pin. Two movable tables are formed with combining grooves at positions with respect to the combining blocks of the casing. A telescopic rod is installed at a middle portion of one movable table. A further movable table is formed with a furnace groove for receiving a furnace. An outer periphery of the furnace groove is formed with a heat isolating rim. A top lid is formed on the furnace groove for dust-proof. 
     The various objects and advantages of the present invention will be more readily understood from the following detailed description when reading in conjunction with the appended drawing. 
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
     FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of the present invention. 
     FIG. 2 is an enlarged schematic view of the cover in the present invention. 
     FIG. 3 is a cross sectional view of the movable handle in the present invention. 
     FIG. 4A is a schematic view of the movable table and furnace groove in the present invention. 
     FIG. 4B is an enlarged schematic view showing the combining portion of the present invention. 
     FIG. 5 is an elevation schematic view of the illuminator of the present invention. 
     FIG. 6 is a cross sectional view of the buckling ring in the present invention. 
     FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the present invention. 
     FIG. 8 is an expanding schematic view of the movable table in the present invention. 
     FIG. 9 is a schematic view showing the telescopic rod in the present invention. 
     FIG. 10 shows another embodiment in the present invention. 
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
     The preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in the following with the appended figures. 
     With reference to FIGS. 1 to  9 , a trunk with a telescopic rod and for placing a furnace according to the present invention will be described herein. 
     In the trunk of the present invention, a hollow housing  10  is installed. The outer side of the housing  10  has a lower end the center of which is installed with a hole  11 . Two sides of the hole  11  are firmly secured with sliding wheels  12 , respectively, at positions with respect to the two corners of the lower end of the housing  10 . Further, two sides of the housing  10  are formed with respective movable handles  13 . 
     A hollow casing  20  is installed with the housing  10 . The top of the inner side of the casing  20  is formed with an inner rim  21 . A movable receiving block  211  is formed on the inner rim  21 . The top of the outer side of the casing  20  is protruded with an outer rim  22  around the casing  10 . The front and rear sides of the outer rim  22  are protruded with combining blocks  23 . each combining block  23  is protruded with a post  231 . Two top sides of the casing  20  are formed with respective flanges  22  at the left and right sides of the casing. Each of the flange  22  is formed with a trench  24 . A embedding block  241  is firmly secured to the trench  24 . The embedding block  241  is installed with two embedding pieces  242 . A pin S 2  passes through the two embedding pieces  242 . 
     A cover  30  covers on the casing  20 . A through hole  31  is formed at the middle portion of the cover  30 . A portable portion  32  is pivotally installed in the through hole  31  by the pin S 2 . A restoring spring S 3  is firmly secured to the portable portion  32  and the pin S 2 . The right and left sides of the cover  30  are formed with respective control blocks  33 . The hook  331  extends downwards from each control block  33 . The lower end of each control block  33  is installed with a concave hole  332  at position with respective to the pin S 1 . 
     Two movable tables  40  and  41  are formed with combining grooves  401  and  411  at positions with respect to the combining blocks of the casing  30 . Furthermore, each of the combining grooves  401  and  411  are installed with respective embedding holes  402  and  412  at positions with respect to the posts  231  of the combining block  23 . Moreover, the two movable tables  40  and  41  are formed with two movable blocks  403 ,  413  at positions with respect to the hole  11  of the housing  10 . Besides, a telescopic rod  42  is installed at a middle portion of one movable table  40 . The telescopic rod  42  is formed with a handle  421 . The handle  421  is protruded with a button  422  and the lateral side of the movable table  40  is hidden with an illuminator  423  and a switch  424 . A lid  425  is installed on the illuminator  423 . 
     Another movable table  41  is formed with a furnace groove  43 . Two sides of the furnace groove  43  are installed with combining portions  431 . A pin S 4  is installed in the combining portion  431 . The outer periphery of the furnace groove  43  is formed with a heat isolating rim  432 . The lower side of the heat isolating rim is installed with a top lid  50 . Two operable blocks  51  are formed on top lid  50 . As the operable blocks  51  is moved inwards, the top lid  51  can be taken up. The inner sides of the two movable tables  40  and  41  are installed with two embedding grooves  44 . A telescopic supporter  45  is pivotally installed within each embedding groove  44 . Further, another side is formed with a buckling ring  46  for being embedded by the telescopic supporter  45 . 
     In assembly, as shown in FIG. 7, at first, the casing  20  is placed within the housing  10 . When the cover  40  is desired to cover on the casing  20 , the control block  33  on the cover  30  must be moved toward the center so that the hook  331  at the lower side will reduce inwards until the concave hole  332  is substantially buckled by the pin S 1 , and the control block  33  is released. Therefore, in one hand, the cover  30  can be firmly secured to the casing  20 , and by the restoring spring S 3 , the movable handle  32  on the cover  30  is released, it is restored to the original place. The two movable tables  40  and  41  are pivotally connected to the posts  231  of the combining blocks  23  of the casing  20  by the embedding holes  402 ,  412  of the combining groove  401 ,  411  so that the two movable tables  40 ,  41  can be moved up or down as pleasure. 
     When it is desired to be used, the control block  33  at one side of the cover  30  can be moved to the center so that the hook  331  extending from control block  33  is reduced inwards. Thus, the hook  331  is released from the pin S 1  and thus, the cover  30  can be opened at one side. If it is desired to take up the cover  30 , the control blocks  30  at two sides must be moved to the center at the same time so that the hooks  33  below the control blocks  33  at two sides reduced inwards, and thus release from the pin S 1  so as to take up the cover  30  successfully. If it is desired to expand the movable tables  40  and  41  at two sides, it is only necessary to move the movable plates  403  and  413  at two sides so as to separate from the hole  11  of the housing  10 . Then, the two movable tables  40  and  41  can be opened successfully and the telescopic supporter  45  can be pulled toward the ground with a proper length. Then, the two movable tables  40  and  41  can be steadily supported in the ground, as shown in FIG.  8 . The switch  424  at the lateral side of one movable table  40  can be pressed so as to open the illuminator  423 . Thus, the present invention can be used in night. 
     Besides, a furnace T for baking or cooking can be placed in the furnace groove  43  of the movable table  41  at one lateral side of the present invention. If a gas switch  433  below the furnace groove  43  is actuated, then the user may cook or bake on the furnace. Therefore, the movable table  41  of the present invention is not only used to receive articles, but also have the function of cooking and baking. After it is not used, the top lid  50  covers on and flush with the furnace groove  43 . The hooks  52  of the operable blocks  51  at two sides are buckled into the pin S 4  of the combining portion  431 . The using way is similar to the control blocks  33  on the cover  30 , and thus the details will not be further described herein. 
     The two movable tables  40  and  41  can be moved downwards so that the movable plates  403  and  413  are buckled to the hole  11 . Then, the present invention is restored to receive article. By the telescopic rod  43  to press the button  422 , a rod  423  can be pulled out, as shown in FIG.  9 . With the sliding wheel  12 , push and pull operations can be the performed. 
     Referring to FIG. 10, another embodiment of the present invention is illustrated. The telescopic rod  42  on one movable table  40  at one lateral side can be designed to be locked to the lateral side of the movable table  40  by a connecting block  60 , and the connecting block  60  is installed with a storage chamber  61  for receiving articles. Thereby, the casing can be pushed or pulled. 
     In summary, the present invention has the following advantages: 
     Other then the movable tables  40  and  41 , in the present invention, a furnace groove  43  can be installed at one movable table  41  so that not only having the function of receiving article, but also the present invention can be used to baking or cooking foods. 
     Although the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments, it will be understood that the invention is not limited to the details described thereof. Various substitutions and modifications have been suggested in the foregoing description, and others will occur to those of ordinary skill in the art. Therefore, all such substitutions and modifications are intended to be embraced within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.