Patent ID: 8096018

Claim:
A handle pivot structure, comprising: a carrier frame, said carrier frame comprising a horizontal bottom panel, a vertical side panel perpendicularly extended from one side of said horizontal bottom panel, an opening cut through the intersection between said horizontal bottom panel and said vertical side panel and a screw rod vertically located on said bottom panel adjacent to one side of said opening; a flat handle, said flat handle comprising an axle hole located on one end thereof and an engagement member radially extended from the periphery of said axle hole; and a pivot shaft mounted in said axle hole, said pivot shaft comprising: a mounting member, said mounting member comprising a disc-like head and a tubular shank perpendicularly extended from a bottom side of said disc-like head, said tubular shank comprising at least one crevice cut through the periphery thereof and a screw hole defined therein and threaded onto said screw rod of said carrier frame; and a rotating member peripherally affixed to said axle hole of said flat handle for synchronous movement with said flat handle, said rotating member comprising a center through hole for the insertion of said tubular shank of said mounting member for enabling said rotating member to be rotated relative to said mounting member; wherein when biasing said flat handle in one of two reversed directions, said rotating member is rotated with said flat handle relative to said mounting member and said screw rod, causing said engagement member to be moved with said flat handle in and out of said opening between a locking position and an unlocking position.