Patent ID: 6868583

Claim:
A retractable handle assembly for wheeled luggage comprising a handle grip having a push button, a pair of sliding tubes each extended downward from a lower end of the handle grip, a pair of support tubes each for permitting the sliding tube to slide therein and having a plurality of apertures on a peripheral surface, a pair of connection members each having an upper end coupled to the push button, and a lower end, and a pair of locking means each on a lower portion of each of the sliding tubes, each locking means coupled to the lower end of each of the connection members, each locking means comprising a body, an upper portion of the body connected within the lower portion of the sliding tube, a metal locking pin received in a lower portion of the body, the locking pin having a projected nonmetal contact member at most front portion, and a spring in the lower portion of the body biased against an inner end of the locking pin wherein in a first position when the push button is not pressed, the spring is expanded and not urged by the lower end of the connection member and the locking pin is projected into one of the apertures for locking, and in a second position when the push button is pressed, the connection member is pulled by the push button, and the spring is compressed by the lower end of the connection member and the locking pin is retracted to disengage from the aperture for being adapted to extend or retract the handle assembly with the contact member in sliding contact with an inner surface of the support tube.