Patent ID: 6874604

Claim:
A handle system for a rolling luggage case, comprising: at least one telescoping post member extensible from a retracted position within a luggage case to an extended position protruding from said luggage case; a post cap member attached on an end of said telescoping post member distal from said luggage case, said post cap member comprising at least one cylindrical bearing surface, said cylindrical bearing surface having a radius and at least one width parallel to a central axis of said cylindrical bearing surface, at least one pin aperture disposed on a circumference of said cylindrical bearing surface for receiving a pin and a recess defined along an edge of said cylindrical bearing surface and a first ridge defined at an end of said recess; a handle having a handle seat journaled on said cylindrical bearing surface and having at least a first pin moveable between a locked position within said at least one pin aperture and an unlocked position retracted from said aperture, said handle being rotatable about said cylindrical bearing surface when said first pin is in said unlocked position, and said handle being fixed relative to cross member when said first pin is in said locked position; and a second pin disposed in said recess that engages said first ridge at a position defining a maximum rotation of said handle.