Wheeled container handle assembly

Abstract

Provided are wheeled containers having a handle assembly that is configured for providing support to an assembly of containers when in rest position and for permitting locomoting of the assembly upon demand.

The invention claimed is: 
     
         1 . A mobile container assembly comprising a container assembly with a wheeled base container configured with at least a rear rolling wheel assembly, and a handle assembly attached to the wheeled base container;
 the handle assembly being configured with a telescopic handle that is manipulable between a retracted handle position and extended handle position, and the telescopic handle comprising a pair of parallel rods, connected to one another at an upper portion thereof by a handle gripping member, each integrated with a tilt support that is at its lower portion, the tilt support being manipulable between a retracted position and an extended position, wherein when the tilt support is at the extended position, a ground support thereof extends behind and below an axis of the rear rolling wheel assembly, the telescopic handle being integrated with the tilt support and comprising at least one rod being configured with a handle gripping member at an upper portion thereof and with the tilt support at a lower portion of said rod, the telescopic handle being secured to the container assembly via a H-shaped handle support member, such that said rod extends the rods extend and retracts retract coaxially within said the H-shaped handle support member, the H-shaped handle support member being configured with a manipulation member that comprises a locking mechanism configured to secure and lock the rods of the telescopic handle at an extended handle position or at a retracted handle position, and each of the rods comprises a first arresting slot at the upper portion of the rod and a second arresting slot located adjacent to the tilt support at a lower portion of the rod, and the locking mechanism comprises a pair of bolts, the bolts are commonly actuatable by a release lever in which each bolt of the pair of bolts is associated with a respective first arresting slot when the telescopic handle is in the retracted handle position and each bolt of the pair of bolts is associated with a respective second arresting slot when the telescopic handle in the extended handle position.   
     
     
         2 . The mobile container assembly of  claim 1 , wherein when the tilt support is at the extended position, the ground support extends substantially horizontally and is aligned with a bottom surface of the rear rolling wheel assembly. 
     
     
         3 . The mobile container assembly of  claim 1 , having an operative rest, upright position and a mobile position in which it is locomoted by the rolling wheel assembly. 
     
     
         4 . The mobile container assembly of  claim 3 , wherein when at the upright position, the base container and the handle assembly articulated thereto are disposed at a substantially vertical position; and when at the mobile position, the wheeled base container is configured for pulling by the handle assembly at a tilted position, rolling over the rear rolling wheel assembly. 
     
     
         5 . The mobile container assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the rear rolling wheel assembly comprises an axel associating the wheels, the axel being located at or adjacent a bottom portion of a back wall of the base container. 
     
     
         6 . The mobile container assembly of  claim 5 , wherein the handle assembly is articulated to a said back wall. 
     
     
         7 . The mobile container assembly of  claim 5 , wherein when the container is at the rest position, the wheels of the rear rolling wheel assembly are disengaged from the ground and the ground support of the tilt support, when at the extended position, is disposed coplanar with the bottom surface of the container. 
     
     
         8 . The mobile container assembly of  claim 7 , wherein at the rest, upright position of the container., the tilt support is activatable for extending the ground support to its extended position for preventing tilt-over of the wheeled container. 
     
     
         9 . The mobile container assembly of  claim 1 , further comprising an additional rolling wheel assembly. 
     
     
         10 . The mobile container assembly of  claim 1 , further comprising a cantilever container, having an open position in which a top portion of the cantilever container extends behind a rear axle of the wheeled base container; when at the open position of the cantilever container, the handle assembly being manipulated into its retracted handle position and the tilt support is manipulated into its extended position. 
     
     
         11 . A handle assembly for a container assembly with a wheeled base container configured with at least a rear rolling wheel assembly; saidthe handle assembly configured for attaching to the wheeled base container,
 wherein the handle assembly is configured with a telescopic handle that is manipulable between a retracted handle position and an extended handle position, and a lilt tilt support that is manipulable between a retracted position and an extended position, wherein when the lilt tilt support is at the extended position, a ground support thereof extends behind and below an axis of the rear roiling rolling wheel assembly,   the telescopic handle being integrated with the tilt support and comprising at least one rod being configured with a handle gripping member at an upper portion thereof and with the tilt support at a lower portion of said the at least one rod, the telescopic handle being configured to be secured to the container assembly Via a handle support member, such that said the at least one rod extends and retracts coaxially within said handle support member,   the handle support member being configured with a manipulation member, the manipulation member being configured with a locking mechanism to secure and lock the at least one rod of the telescopic handle at the extended handle position and at the retracted handle position; and   wherein the lower portion of the at least one rod comprises an arresting slot located directly adjacent to the tilt support, and wherein the locking mechanism is configured to engage the arresting slot when the tilt support is in the retracted position.   
     
     
         12 . The handle assembly of  claim 11 , beingwherein the handle assembly is fixed to the wheeled base container or detachably attached thereto. 
     
     
         13 . The handle assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the telescopic handle being secured to the container assembly via a handle support member, said rod extends and retracts coaxially within said handle support member. 
     
     
         14 . The handle assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the handle support member being configured with a manipulation member; the manipulation member being optionally configured with a locking mechanism to secure and lock the rod of the telescopic handle at an extended handle position or at a retracted handle position. 
     
     
         15 . The handlemobile container assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the H-shaped handle support member comprises a support frame, the support frame being hollowed to allow coaxial displacement of a telescopic rodthe rods therewithin. 
     
     
         16 . The mobile container assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the telescopic handle comprises a locking mechanism is configured for securing the telescopic handle at a retracted handle position and the tilt support at an extended position and/or securing the telescopic handle at an extended handle position and the tilt support at a retracted position. 
     
     
         17 . The handle assembly of  claim 11 , wherein the telescopic handle comprises a locking mechanism is configured for securing the telescopic handle at a retracted handle position and the tilt support at an extended position and/or securing the telescopic handle at an extended handle position and the tilt support at a retracted position. 
     
     
         18 . The handle assembly of  claim 11 , wherein the telescopic handle being securable to a container assembly via a handle support member, said rod extends and retracts coaxially within said handle support member. 
     
     
         19 . The handle assembly of  claim 11 , wherein the handle support member being configured with a manipulation member; the manipulation member being configured with a locking mechanism to secure and lock the rod of the telescopic handle at an extended handle position or at a retracted handle position. 
     
     
         20 . The handle assembly of  claim 11 , wherein the handle support member comprises a support frame, the support frame being hollowed to allow coaxial displacement of a telescopicthe at least one rod therewithin. 
     
     
       21. The mobile container assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the locking mechanism comprises a biasing arrangement connecting the bolts coaxially within the manipulation member, and configured to retain the bolts at a normally engaged position with the arresting slots. 
     
     
       22. The mobile container assembly of  claim 21 , wherein the biasing arrangement comprises a biasing spring. 
     
     
       23. The mobile container assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the locking mechanism is configured to facilitate axial displacement of the telescopic handle relative to a support frame of the H-shaped handle support member in an extraction direction, while retraction of the telescopic handle in an opposing direction is facilitated only upon unlocking the locking mechanism. 
     
     
       24. The mobile container assembly of  claim 1 , wherein an inner portion of each bolt is configured to engage a protrusion with a slanted wall, the slanted wall configured to engage the lever. 
     
     
       25. The handle assembly of  claim 11 , wherein the locking mechanism comprises a pair of bolts and a biasing arrangement connecting the pair of bolts coaxially within the manipulation member, configured to retain the pair of bolts at a normally engaged position. 
     
     
       26. The handle assembly of  claim 25 , wherein the biasing arrangement comprises a biasing spring. 
     
     
       27. The handle assembly of  claim 11 , wherein the locking mechanism comprises a locking member configured to facilitate axial displacement of the telescopic handle relative to a support frame of the support member in an extraction direction, while retraction of the telescopic handle in an opposing direction is facilitated only upon unlocking the locking mechanism.  
     
     
       28. The handle assembly of  claim 1 , wherein an inner portion of each bolt is configured to engage a protrusion with a slanted wall, the slanted wall configured to engage the release lever.