Patent ID: 7207085

Claim:
An extendable pull handle assembly for luggage comprising: a plurality of hollow tubes connected with internal and external pin joints; and a base frame receiving said plurality of hollow tubes, said base frame being formed of hollow tubular members, said plurality of hollow tubes having an actuating slot into which a fixation member is positioned, at least one of said hollow tubular members having an upper fixation hole and a lower fixation hole, said fixation member received in said upper fixation hole when said plurality of hollow tubes are in an extended position and received in said lower fixation hole when in a retracted position, said fixation member comprising: a first snapper; a second snapper; a first spring; and a second spring, said first snapper having an exterior fitted with a first projecting column, said first projecting column locked onto said upper fixation hole, said first snapper having an oblique guide plane at a middle tap thereof, said first snapper having a concave surface at an inner side thereof, said first snapper having a limit column internally protruded at a center of said concave surface, said second snapper having a second projecting column fitted at an exterior thereof, said second projecting column being locked onto said lower fixation hole, said second snapper having a guide slide plate at an inner side thereof suitable for sliding into said actuating slot, said guide slide plate having a pointing slot at a top center thereof, said pointing slot suitable for mating connection with said limit column of said first snapper, said limit column suitable for sliding for a preset distance within said pointing slot, said guide slide plate having a flange formed on an inner side thereof, said first spring being supported between said concave surface of said first snapper and said flange of said second snapper, said second spring being supported between an outer face of said guide slide plate of said second snapper and a blocking flange at one side of said actuating slot, said oblique guide plane having a through hole formed opposite to a top of said actuating slot, said base frame having another hollow tubular member with a convex leg, said oblique guide plane having an oblique edge at a bottom thereof which extends through a lower through hole of said base frame, said first snapper being actuable so as to slide toward said second snapper by pushing on said oblique edge of said oblique guide plane so as to cause said first projecting column to be released from said upper fixation hole.