US2002139628A1PendingUtilityA1

Retractable handle assembly

Priority: Mar 30, 2001Filed: Mar 30, 2001Published: Oct 3, 2002
Est. expiryMar 30, 2021(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Wen-Chen Chang
F16D 41/30
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Abstract

A suitcase has a retractable handle assembly. The retractable handle assembly has a grip, a positioning seat, a base seat, two inner pipes, two outer pipes, two collars, two positioning mounts, two blocks, and two torsion springs. The base seat is disposed in a bottom of the suitcase. The positioning seat is disposed on a top portion of the suitcase. The grip has two distal sockets receiving the inner pipes. The positioning seat has two lower sleeves receiving the collars and the outer pipes. The base seat has two tubes receiving the outer pipes. The positioning mounts are inserted in the outer pipes. The blocks and the torsion springs are inserted in the inner pipes. The inner pipes are inserted through the lower sleeves, the collars and the positioning mounts and inserted in the outer pipes.

Claims

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I claim:  
     
         1 . A suitcase having a retractable handle assembly, and the retractable handle assembly comprising: 
 a grip, a positioning seat, an L-shaped base seat, a first curved inner pipe, a second curved inner pipe, a first curved outer pipe, a second curved outer pipe, a first collar, a second collar, a first positioning mount, a second positioning mount, a first block, a second block, a first torsion spring, and a second torsion spring,    the L-shaped base seat disposed in a bottom of the suitcase,    the positioning seat disposed on a top portion of the suitcase,    the grip having a first distal socket receiving the first curved inner pipe, and a second distal socket receiving the second curved inner pipe,    the positioning seat having a groove, a first lower sleeve, and a second lower sleeve,    the first lower sleeve having a first through hole communicating with the groove,    the second lower sleeve having a second through hole communicating with the groove,    the first lower sleeve receiving the first collar,    the second lower sleeve receiving the second collar,    the L-shaped base seat having a first hollow tube receiving the first curved outer pipe, and a second hollow tube receiving the second curved outer pipe,    the first curved inner pipe having a first round hole,    the second curved inner pipe having a second round hole,    the first positioning mount inserted in the first curved outer pipe and blocked by the first collar,    the second positioning mount inserted in the second curved outer pipe and blocked by the second collar,    the first block and the first torsion spring inserted in the first curved inner pipe,    the second block and the second torsion spring inserted in the second curved inner pipe,    the first torsion spring having a first end inserted in the first block,    the second torsion spring having a second end inserted in the second block,    the first block inserted through the first round hole of the first curved inner pipe,    the second block inserted through the second round hole of the second curved inner pipe,    the first lower sleeve receiving the first curved outer pipe and the first collar blocking the first curved outer pipe,    the second lower sleeve receiving the second curved outer pipe and the second collar blocking the second curved outer pipe,    the first curved inner pipe inserted through the first through hole of the first lower sleeve, the first collar and the first positioning mount and inserted in the first curved outer pipe,    the second curved inner pipe inserted through the second through hole of the second lower sleeve, the second collar and the second positioning mount and inserted in the second curved outer pipe.    
     
     
         2 . The suitcase as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein a first bolt fastens the first hollow tube and the first curved outer pipe together, and a second bolt fastens the second hollow tube and the second curved outer pipe together.

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