Length Adjustable Pull Handle For Luggage Or Luggage Cart (e.g., Wheeled Suitcase Handle, Etc.) Patents (Class 16/113.1)
  • Patent number: 11623548
    Abstract: A support base for a child safety seat includes a support leg operable to retract and expand at a bottom of the support base, a first and a second locking mechanism, and a linking assembly. The support leg includes multiple segments, and a first and a second sliding connection each of which respectively coupling two adjacent ones of the segments. The first locking mechanism includes a first latch operable to lock the first sliding connection, and a first actuating part operable to urge the first latch to move for unlocking the first sliding connection. The second locking mechanism includes a second latch operable to lock the second sliding connection, and a second actuating part operable to urge the second latch to move for unlocking the second sliding connection. The linking assembly couples the two locking mechanisms so that the first and second sliding connections can be concurrently unlocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Clyde S. Harmes V, Robert S. Anderson, Curtis M. Hartenstine
  • Patent number: 11583050
    Abstract: Disclosed is an offset handle for telescopic frames provides for convenient and safe control of the telescopes, increased range of the frame extension, and improved portability when folded. The handle includes a hollow C-shaped housing configured for attaching to a pair of interlatching telescoping poles, an actuator configured to move in the housing laterally relative to the poles and biased to an initial position, a two pronged rocker having a crank, said two pronged rocker mounted pivotally within the housing and configured for engaging latching mechanisms of each of the poles, a ramp formed within the housing, and a pusher attached pivotally to said actuator. Said pusher configured to move between said ramp and said crank of said two pronged rocker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Inventor: Leonid Khodor
  • Patent number: 11471735
    Abstract: A head frame of a golf bag with a self-locking support rod includes a frame body, a through hole, a groove, a snap lock and a rotatable fixing shaft. The through hole, the groove, the snap lock and the rotatable fixing shaft are provided on the frame body. The snap lock is configured to rotate around the rotatable fixing shaft in the groove to open and automatically block the through hole. During use, the support rod can be freely inserted in the through hole, a bag body and a fixing hole at a bag base to straighten the golf bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventor: Youli Wang
  • Patent number: 11453428
    Abstract: A handle assembly for exerting forces on a vehicle is disclosed. The handle assembly includes a handle, a handle housing, an optional vehicle mounting plate, and a single latching mechanism. The handle has a first support post and a second support post. The first support post has a first end, the second support post has a second end, and the first end is operably coupled with the second end. The handle housing has a first sleeve and a second sleeve. The first sleeve receives the first support post and the second sleeve receives the second support post. The vehicle mounting plate can be attached to the first sleeve and the second sleeve, and mounts the handle onto the vehicle. The single latching mechanism is operably coupled with the handle housing and is capable of releasably engaging at least the first sleeve and the second sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: DEKA Products Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Margaret B. Bradley, Otis L. Clapp
  • Patent number: 11352041
    Abstract: A bedframe comprising an enclosing frame and several support legs installed on the underside of enclosing frame for supporting the enclosing frame and enclosing sheets located between the support legs; an outer opening groove extended in the length direction is located inward in the lateral surface of support leg; the opening width of the outer opening groove is larger than or equal to the inner width of outer opening groove. The enclosing sheet extends out of the support leg along the opening of outer opening groove. In the assembling of enclosing sheet, the first inner tube and the side edge of enclosing sheet are flat put in the opening of outer opening groove along the side edge of support leg, the operation is easy, convenient for later disassembly and cleaning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Dongguan Master Kids Toy Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jiahong Xu
  • Patent number: 11185141
    Abstract: The wheeled suitcase comprises: a rigid or semi-rigid suitcase body (1), mounted on wheels (30), said body (1) comprising at least three rigid or semi-rigid lateral faces (5, 9) separated by two edges (13), and a telescopic twin rod (16) comprising two arms (17), a handle and two tubes, the arms (17) being connected to the handle (18) and slidingly mounted in both tubes (21), said suitcase being characterized in that the two tubes (21) are disposed along the two edges (13) outside the body (1) of said suitcase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Inventor: Marc Newson
  • Patent number: 11172761
    Abstract: A vehicle door storage unit has a door storage frame, at least one lower door support member rotatably connected to a lower end of the door storage frame, and at least one hinge mount adjustably mounted along the door storage frame between the lower end and an upper end of the door storage frame. The hinge mounts may be adjustably mounted to the door storage frame through a tightening mechanism. Each hinge mount has one or more pin receptacles configured to receive a hinge pin of a vehicle door that has been uninstalled from a vehicle. The hinge mounts secure the vehicle door to the door storage frame, while the lower door support members support the mounted doors from below. The lower door support members can rotate between a deployed position for storing a vehicle door on the present invention and a stored position, folded against the door storage frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Inventor: Bruce John Van Zile, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11110949
    Abstract: A movable container includes an outer shell, a handle tube and a case. A surface of the outer shell includes a first part and a second part, and a height deviation locates between the first part of the surface and the second part of the surface toward a normal direction of the surface. The handle tube is located between the first part of the surface and the second part of the surface, and a part of a handle of the movable container is embedded in the handle tube. The case covers the handle tube and attaches to the surface via an attachment mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: LINGDONG TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Bohan Yao, Yue Wu, Herrickhui Yaozhang
  • Patent number: 11073172
    Abstract: A telescoping assembly includes a first tube member, a second tube member, an inner tubular member coupled to move with said second tube member, an outer sleeve mounted on said first tube member, and a latch block disposed in a latch bore of the outer sleeve and having an actuating end region and a blocking end region. In response to pressing of the actuating end region, the latch block is displaced from a locked position, where the blocking end region is in blocking engagement with a shoulder surface of the inner tubular member, to an unlocked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Inventor: Hsin-Yuan Lai
  • Patent number: 11019895
    Abstract: A case body structure of a luggage case includes a case top member, a case bottom member and a sidewall member that are independent components. Each of the case top member and the case bottom member is a hard structure. The sidewall member includes a wall plate and a cover plate. The wall plate includes a connecting section, two installation sections, and an installation breach defined and formed by the two installation sections. The cover plate is disposed correspondingly to the installation breach. The cover plate and the wall plate define a hollow cavity. The case top member and the case bottom member are respectively disposed at two ends of the sidewall member to enclose the hollow cavity. The cover plate selectively opens relative to the wall plate to allow an object to be placed into or taken out of the hollow cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Jiaxing Jackson Travel Products Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xue Lin Zhu
  • Patent number: 10980325
    Abstract: A telescopic handle for a suitcase having: a fixed plate, which is designed to be fixed to a rear wall of the suitcase; a movable plate, which is coupled to the fixed plate in a sliding manner; a grip, which is fixed to the movable plate, is ā€œUā€-shaped, and comprises a handle, which is connected to the movable plate by means of two connection crosspieces, which are arranged at the opposite ends of the handle; and a locking system, which is designed to lock the sliding of the movable plate relative to the fixed plate when it reaches a contracted position and an extended position. The locking system has a control lever, which is arranged inside the grip between the two connection crosspieces and is hinged to the two connection crosspieces so as to rotate around a rotation axis, which is perpendicular to the sliding direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: FERRARI S.P.A.
    Inventor: Silvio Minichiello
  • Patent number: 10932539
    Abstract: When a user pushes an operating member to one side in a longitudinal direction of arms, holding of a holding member is released and the arms can be expanded and contracted, while when the user pushes the operating member to the other side in the longitudinal direction of the arms, locking of a locked body by an engaging and disengaging member is released, and a handle body can be pivoted around a pivoting center shaft with respect to a carry case body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: DAIICHI KOSHO LTD.
    Inventor: Hideo Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10912358
    Abstract: A telescopic suitcase handle is provided for including a telescopic handle housing disposed within a suitcase, a lower extendible handle section movably disposed within the telescopic handle housing, and an upper extendible handle section movably disposed within the lower section. A spring loaded bullet disposed within the upper section releasably engages with one of a plurality of openings along the length of the lower section for temporarily holding the upper extendible handle section in place. A spring-loaded protrusion releasably engages with the lower extendible handle section for temporarily holding the lower section in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: TUMI, INC.
    Inventors: Paul V. Scicluna, Peter C. Wu, Victor G. Sanz
  • Patent number: 10773374
    Abstract: Tool storage devices. A tool storage device may include a handle assembly including a support arm connected between a body and a handle portion and having a substantially rectangular cross section oriented with first walls extending transverse to the axis having a greater width than second walls extending parallel to the axis. A width of the handle portion may be at least about 50% of a width of the body. The body may include a frame assembly formed of a rigid material, a wall formed of a flexible material and at least partially defining the storage compartment with an open top, and a cover formed of a rigid material connected to the frame assembly to selectively close the open top. A wheel well portion receives each wheel and may cover the width of the wheel and a portion of the circumference of the wheel. A radial clearance between the wheel and a lower end of the wheel well may be no more than about 0.5 inches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher S. Hoppe, Steven W. Hyma, Grant T. Squiers, Michael Stearns
  • Patent number: 10595606
    Abstract: A dual-button handle grip includes a grip body joined to respective top ends of two retractable bars of a luggage and provided with an oblique button hole at each of two ends thereof, two press buttons respectively movably mounted in the button holes and respectively providing a first push surface and a second push surface at the bottom side, two sliding bars horizontally mounted in the grip body, and two sliding blocks vertically slidably disposed in the grip body for moving respective linkage rods in the retractable bars. When one press button is pressed, the first push surface and the second push surface are forced to push the sliding bars and the sliding blocks, causing the sliding blocks to move the respective linkage rod synchronously in activating the respective locking mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Inventor: Joy Tong
  • Patent number: 10582789
    Abstract: A vessel holder device for use with a rolling case comprising an extensible handle, the vessel holder device comprising: a body structure; an attachment structure coupled to the body structure configured to couple the body structure to the extensible handle; a vessel holder assembly one or more of pivotably and rotatably coupled to the body structure; and an enclosure disposed with an interior portion of the rolling case that is configured to receive the body structure and the attachment structure when the extensible handle is retracted towards and/or into the rolling case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Work Hard, Play Harder LLC
    Inventors: Jason T. Klugh, Thomas M. Ricciuto
  • Patent number: 10426240
    Abstract: When a user pushes an operating member to one side in a longitudinal direction of arms, holding of a holding member is released and the arms can be expanded and contracted, while when the user pushes the operating member to the other side in the longitudinal direction of the arms, locking of a locked body by an engaging and disengaging member is released, and a handle body can be pivoted around a pivoting center shaft with respect to a carry case body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: DAIICHI KOSHO LTD.
    Inventor: Hideo Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10334926
    Abstract: An article of luggage, such as a trolley suitcase, comprises a shape defining framework. The article of luggage may comprise a shape defining framework and a towing handle telescopically incorporated into the shape defining framework. The shape defining framework may be formed from a plurality of elongate members interconnected at their end regions by connection pieces. At least one wheel can be positioned on the shape defining framework such that when the article of luggage is moved from a standing position to a towing position, the wheel(s) enables the article of luggage to roll along the ground in the direction it is being towed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: it Luggage Limited
    Inventor: Sedat Selvi
  • Patent number: 10238195
    Abstract: A luggage apparatus is described. The luggage apparatus comprises a body portion and a stabilizing mechanism, the stabilizing mechanism being movable with respect to the body portion from a stowed position to a deployed position. With the stabilizing mechanism in the deployed position, the body portion can be tilted from an upright position to an inclined position, in the inclined position the stabilizing mechanism at least partially supporting the body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Inventors: Tamar Clarke, Tom Clarke
  • Patent number: 10112220
    Abstract: A high-pressure cleaning appliance is provided, including a housing having a motor and a pump, driven by the motor, arranged therein, and including at least two rotatably mounted running wheels, a push bar movable back and forth between a parking position and an operating position, and a locking device for releasably locking the push bar, the locking device including an actuating member which is coupled by at least one coupling member to at least one locking member which interacts with the push bar and is movable from a locking position to a release position by actuating the actuating member. So that the high-pressure cleaning appliance can be assembled more cost-effectively and more easily, the locking device includes a prefabricated constructional unit which forms the actuating member, the at least one coupling member and the at least one locking member and is movably mounted on or in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Alfred KƤrcher SE & Co. KG
    Inventor: Peter Pfaff
  • Patent number: 10080412
    Abstract: A telescopic handle for a piece of luggage has telescoping inner and outer tubes. A rod fixed on the outer tube has a toothed lower end, a toothed upper end spaced above the toothed lower end, and an untoothed sliding section between the upper and lower ends. The outer end of the inner tube carries a grip and the outer tube is fixed in the piece of luggage. A handle on the grip can be actuated to shift a locking element in the inner tube between a locking position engaging the upper or lower end of the rod of the outer tube and preventing relative movement of the inner and outer tubes and a freeing position permitting such movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: SUDHAUS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Michael Hartmann, Peter Schulte, Benjamin Beckmann
  • Patent number: 10071757
    Abstract: A cargo trailer system includes a vehicle has a hitch receiver. A trailer is provided and the trailer may be manipulated thereby facilitating the trailer to be urged along a support surface. The trailer may contain cargo thereby facilitating the cargo to be transported. A plurality of wheels is hingedly coupled to the trailer. The plurality of wheels is selectively positioned between a deployed position and a stored position. The trailer is coupled to the hitch receiver when the wheels are positioned in the stored position. Thus, the vehicle carries the trailer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Inventors: Brad Cheatham, Jeffrey Cheatham
  • Patent number: 9963158
    Abstract: A carrier transporter is described which is retractable into a low-profile configuration, and extendable to accommodate a carrier or child seat. An adjustable height bar positions a securing device to coincide with a belt path of the carrier and allow a strap to be lead through the belt path and re-secured back to the bar through a buckle. The base of the carrier is supported by an extendable base platform having grip padding to further secure the base to the transporter. The base platform and wheels move together when retracting the transporter and move away from each other when extending the transporter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Munchkin, Inc.
    Inventors: Quinn Michael Biesinger, Thomas E. Birkert
  • Patent number: 9930868
    Abstract: A waste disposal device includes a waste container having a first compartment and a second compartment and a leash connected to the waste container at each of a first location of the waste container and a second location of the waste container, such that a portion of the leash between the first location and the second location define a first handle. The waste container may include an opening in a surface of the waste container that exposes a portion of the second compartment. The first compartment may further include a liner. The leash may further have a second handle at a location apart from the first handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Inventor: David Scott Cox
  • Patent number: 9913515
    Abstract: A cover-type containing structure for flexible enclosures primarily includes a front cover sheet, a rear cover sheet and a flexible enclosure. The front cover sheet includes a first joining edge and a cover piece, whereas the rear cover sheet includes a cover assembly corresponding to the cover piece. The flexible enclosure includes a second joining edge and by engaging the first joining edge with the second joining edge, the front cover sheet and the flexible enclosure are fixed. Besides, the containing structure further includes a holding portion. Under a contained state, the holding portion is used to contain smaller objectives; whereas, in an unfolded state, in addition to using the flexible enclosure to contain larger objectives, the holding portion can be also used to contain smaller objectives. The present invention can be also applied to a piece of clothing combined with a bag unit or other flexible enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Inventor: Che-Wen Lin
  • Patent number: 9894971
    Abstract: A telescopic suitcase handle is provided for including a telescopic handle housing disposed within a suitcase, a lower extendible handle section movably disposed within the telescopic handle housing, and an upper extendible handle section movably disposed within the lower section. A spring loaded bullet disposed within the upper section releasably engages with one of a plurality of openings along the length of the lower section for temporarily holding the upper extendible handle section in place. A spring-loaded protrusion releasably engages with the lower extendible handle section for temporarily holding the lower section in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: TUMI, INC.
    Inventors: Paul V. Scicluna, Peter C. Wu, Victor G. Sanz
  • Patent number: 9867437
    Abstract: An improved luggage system is a piece of wheeled luggage with support arms attached to the bottom side which telescope outward, and pivot 90 degrees downward and lock into position, to allow the luggage to be in a raised position off the floor, so the user does not need to bend down to access the items within the luggage, or pick up the luggage and put it on a bed or other raised furniture for access. It further has additional folding panels with pockets for storing extra shoes and the like, and light bars attached along the inside of the top panel to illuminate the inside of the luggage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Inventor: Donald Dohmann
  • Patent number: 9834240
    Abstract: A travel cooler, includes a body comprising a base, sidewalls, and a lid connected together to define an interior, insulated containment space for holding cooler items. A lengthwise dimension of the cooler extends between opposite ends of the cooler, and the body defines recessed exterior surface slots extending along a lengthwise extent of the cooler. The cooler further includes a U-shaped handle having two legs connected by a handle portion. The cooler is transitionable between a first configuration, in which the legs of the U-shaped handle extend a substantial length from the body of the cooler, and a second configuration, in which the legs of the U-shaped handle are received within the recessed exterior surface slots extending along a lengthwise extent of the cooler, the handle portion extending in close proximity to an end of the body of the cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: M & C INNOVATIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Alexander Vanderberg, Daniel Lee Bizzell, Ian D. Kovacevich, Chris Hoy
  • Patent number: 9826711
    Abstract: A rolling cart/carrier that self-rights a pet contained in the rolling cart/carrier regardless of what terrain is traversed, and is height-adjustable so as to allow comfortable rolling of the rolling cart/carrier by a user. The rolling cart/carrier includes a cart and a carrier. The cart is height-adjustable so as to allow comfortable rolling of the rolling cart/carrier by the user. The carrier is replaceably attached to the cart, and self-rights the pet contained in the carrier regardless of what terrain is traversed by the cart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Inventor: Tracy Evans
  • Patent number: 9821877
    Abstract: A pressure-balanced shock absorber has an outer tube, an inflatable base, a piston tube, a valve adjusting rod, a piston base, an inner tube, and an adjusting resilient element. The inflatable base has a valve passage and a first valve core. The first valve core selectively seals the valve passage. The piston tube communicates with the valve passage. The valve adjusting rod is movably mounted in the valve passage of the inflatable base and the valve tube. The piston base is connected to the piston tube and has a piston passage. A second valve core selectively seals the piston passage. The inner tube is mounted around the piston tube. The piston base divides the inner tube into a first air chamber and a second air chamber. The adjusting resilient element is disposed in the piston tube to achieve the effect of inflating two air chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Inventor: Chin-Sung Tsai
  • Patent number: 9808060
    Abstract: A pull handle of a luggage, which is adapted for accommodating a control device having a button, includes a main body and a cover. The main body has a transverse pipe, two vertical pipes integrally extended from two ends of the transverse pipe respectively, and a hollow portion located at the transverse pipe. The cover is mounted to the main body and covers at least one part of the hollow portion. The cover and the transverse pipe constitute a grip which has an opening corresponding in position to the button of the control device. In this way, the pull handle is not only firm in structure so as to be uneasily damaged and have long life time, but also simplified in assembling process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: C & C Luggage Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hsi-Wu Chiang
  • Patent number: 9764751
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for turning rotatable rods for folding or unfolding wheels of a carrier, the device comprising: a pair of rotatable rods, each of which comprises one or more helical lines; a cross bar comprising helical line coupling portions coupled to one or more helical lines, and one or more elastic members, which provide restoring forces to the cross bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Inventor: Won-sang Cho
  • Patent number: 9700111
    Abstract: An extendable sled device for transporting luggage or other bulky objects up sets of stairs with less effort. The extendable sled device is integrated with, or attached to, the object being transported. The extendable sled device has an extendable sled controlled by an extension mechanism. The extendable sled is lowered by the extension mechanism when in use, and retracted when not in use. The extendable sled can also have one or more stopper mechanisms, which are used to arrest the luggage on a set of stairs if a user accidently releases the luggage midway up the flight. The stopper mechanisms prevent the luggage from falling back down the steps and potentially injuring people.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Inventor: Matthew Gregory
  • Patent number: 9700110
    Abstract: A wheeled luggage case having a luggage receptacle, with two opposing major walls and having end walls forming a luggage compartment. The handle is a flexing, bending, pivoting or otherwise angular mobile linkage. In one embodiment, a major wall of the receptacle is adapted to serve as a bottom wall that faces the ground during a wheeled mode of travel. In another embodiment, the luggage case is deployable in two modes of travel. The case has two alternative attachment points for the handle, one for pulling the case along in a first mode of travel and one for pulling the case along in a second mode of travel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Inventors: Paul Tee Hui Lee, Marc Tee Huang Lee
  • Patent number: 9629429
    Abstract: A wheel retraction mechanism for use on travel luggage, the retraction mechanism causing the extension and retraction of one or more wheels upon relative movement of two adjacent members. The members comprise two engaging actuation surfaces which, upon relative longitudinal movement, create a movement in a different direction, which can be used to extend or retract wheels from a piece of travel luggage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: The Pukka Luggage Company Limited
    Inventor: Stephen Green
  • Patent number: 9616562
    Abstract: Tool storage devices. A tool storage device may include a handle assembly including a support arm connected between a body and a handle portion and having a substantially rectangular cross section oriented with first walls extending transverse to the axis having a greater width than second walls extending parallel to the axis. A width of the handle portion may be at least about 50% of a width of the body. The body may include a frame assembly formed of a rigid material, a wall formed of a flexible material and at least partially defining the storage compartment with an open top, and a cover formed of a rigid material connected to the frame assembly to selectively close the open top. A wheel well portion receives each wheel and may cover the width of the wheel and a portion of the circumference of the wheel. A radial clearance between the wheel and a lower end of the wheel well may be no more than about 0.5 inches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher S. Hoppe, Steven W. Hyma, Grant T. Squiers, Michael Stearns
  • Patent number: 9408449
    Abstract: A stepless retractable handle assembly for luggage includes a handle grip and two retractable bars connected to the handle grip in such a manner that when pressed a press-button in the handle grip, two transmission plates in the handle grip are forced by the press-button to move transversely in reverse directions, and two connection shafts are forced by the transmission plates to move vertically in the respective retractable bars in biasing respective anchor clamps away from the inside walls of the outer tubes of the respective retractable bars for allowing adjustment of the height of respective inner tubes of the retractable bars. When released the press-button after the adjustment, the anchor clamps are returned to abut against the inside walls of the respective outer tubes, locking the inner tubes in the adjusted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: HOKEI CORPORATION
    Inventor: James Tsai
  • Patent number: 9403546
    Abstract: A folding structure for a trolley includes at least two main poles and a movable member. The main poles are connected to a carrying platform having an operating rod, two roller sets, and a base that are motionally linked. A transverse plate is attached to upper ends of the main poles. The movable member is slidably mounted on the main poles and has a pull rod. The pull rod extends beyond the transverse plate for an extension distance. To prepare the trolley for use, the operating rod is pushed downward so that the roller sets expand in a horizontal direction and the base is laid down. Then the pull rod is set for its largest extension distance to facilitate a user's pulling trolley. After use, the trolley can be easily folded by lifting the operating rod that in turn drives the roller sets and the base to retract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Inventor: Chung-Shiu Su
  • Patent number: 9295313
    Abstract: A skid plate for protecting a telescoping handle is described. The skid plate can include a cover body with a back section, a first sidewall section and a second sidewall section, and the cover body can define concave cavity to enclose therein portions of a telescoping base of the telescoping handle. The cover body can also include a plurality of spaced apart engagement members extending from the inner side of the cover body for engaging with the telescoping base. The plurality of engagement members can include attachment members and spacing members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: LF CENTENNIAL LTD
    Inventors: Terrence P. Kinskey, Matthew G. Williams
  • Patent number: 9161600
    Abstract: A retractable luggage handle assembly includes a base unit consisting of two outer sleeves, a retractable handle consisting of two retractable bars, two actuation members and a grip and mounted in the base unit and movable relative to the base unit between an extended position and a received position, and a pullback and buffer unit consisting of two rails, two sliding blocks, two movable member sets, two spring-loaded guide members, two buffers, and two locating caps and adapted for pulling the retractable bars back to the inside of the outer sleeves of the base unit and moving the buffers to buffer the movement of the sliding blocks when the user operates a control button at the grip to receive the retractable handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Merrimack River Precision Industrial Corporation
    Inventors: Wen-Hua Liu, Sheng Yeh
  • Patent number: 9119452
    Abstract: A handle structure for a draw bar of a luggage case includes a handle, a handle casing, a push member, and a connecting device. The handle includes two control members each having a movable member pivoted to a stationary member. The movable member includes a press portion and a reaction portion at two sides of the pivot point. The handle casing is fixed around the handle to hold the press portion. The push member has a head portion disposed in the handle casing and connected to the reaction portions, and a shaft portion extending out of the handle casing. The connecting device is fixed to the rod portion, and the shaft portion is inserted in the connecting device. When the press portion is subjected to a force in a direction, the reaction portion is moved toward that direction, the reaction portion moves the shaft portion toward the rod portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Inventor: Wei-Hung Lai
  • Patent number: 8960959
    Abstract: A handle assembly for a luggage includes a case and a handle assembly. The case has an assembling portion recessed on one side of a top portion of the case towered a bottom portion of the case. The handle assembly is assembled to the case. The handle assembly is a transparent or semi-transparent plastic tube. One end of the handle assembly is inserted into the assembling portion, so that the handle assembly is slidable relative to the case. The handle assembly has a handle grip assembled with another end thereof. When the handle assembly is retracted into the case, the handle grip is abutted against the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Inventors: Lien-Ti Chen, Yao-Te Chang
  • Publication number: 20140374206
    Abstract: An ergonomic handle for luggage is provided. In one aspect, the handle comprises at least one palm grip. The handle is attached to a compartment with wheels. The palm grip can be used to push the luggage as the wheels roll over a rolling surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: James T. Sener, Christopher D. Hageman, David L. Mathieu, Scott Smith
  • Patent number: 8851251
    Abstract: An ergonomic handle for luggage is provided. In one aspect, the handle comprises at least one palm grip. The handle is attached to a compartment with wheels. The palm grip can be used to push the luggage as the wheels roll over a rolling surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Travelpro International, Inc.
    Inventors: James T. Sener, Christopher D. Hageman, David L. Mathieu, Scott Smith
  • Publication number: 20140268784
    Abstract: A handle assembly for a luggage includes a case and a handle assembly. The case has an assembling portion recessed on one side of a top portion of the case towered a bottom portion of the case. The handle assembly is assembled to the case. The handle assembly is a transparent or semi-transparent plastic tube. One end of the handle assembly is inserted into the assembling portion, so that the handle assembly is slidable relative to the case. The handle assembly has a handle grip assembled with another end thereof. When the handle assembly is retracted into the case, the handle grip is abutted against the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Lien-Ti Chen, Yao-Te Chang
  • Patent number: 8740010
    Abstract: An insulated cooler with an integral padlock system comprises a hinged lid and a padlock receiving loop located on the lid. A second, corresponding receiving loop is disposed on the cooler. When closed, a user can apply a padlock to the first and second receiving loop simultaneously to lock the lid in a closed position to enable a user to leave the cooler unattended while full of food or beverages in a public location and prevent unauthorized persons and animals from getting into the cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Inventor: Rex E. Page
  • Publication number: 20140137370
    Abstract: A positioning mechanism mounted in a travel bag retractable handle for locking inner tube to a respective outer tube is disclosed to include a holder block member, a latch member horizontally supported on an elastic member and movable in and out of the holder block member, a push member coupled to and movable along a vertical track of the holder block member and supported on an elastic member at the top of the holder block and controllable by a spring-supported press member of the travel bag retractable handle to move the latch member in an out of the holder block member between an extended locking position and a received unlocking position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: CX TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chia-Hsiung LO, Jen-Chieh LO
  • Patent number: 8726464
    Abstract: A luggage handle structure includes two pull rods having linkage rods therein, a handle unit connected between the two pull rods and having an accommodation hole leading to two ends thereof, and a press unit. The press unit includes a press rod assembly which is movably disposed in the accommodation hole. The press rod assembly has two ends as press portions which are exposed out of the accommodation hole and push portion corresponding in position to the two pull rods. Each push portion has two first inclined planes to form a V shape against the upper end of the corresponding linkage rod. No matter either press portion is pressed, the push portions of the two ends will push the two pull rods simultaneously to release a locking mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Inventor: Joy Tong
  • Patent number: 8720006
    Abstract: A retractable pulling rod utilizing an elastic extension device, comprising: a pulling rod set, a plug set, and elastic extension device. The pulling rod set is provided with a first socket, a second socket, and a third socket, sleeved onto each other through their ends of small diameters, and each is provided with at least a positioning hole. A first plug and a second plug are disposed respectively at bottom ends of first socket and second socket, to dispose a protrusion tenon of elastic extension device in an indentation slot inside second socket. Through using elastic extension device to assist steel beads of first plug and second plug to position in or detach from positioning hole, retractable pulling rod is extended or retracted smoothly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Inventor: Chen-Chuan Wu
  • Patent number: 8683650
    Abstract: The invention includes a universal retractable handle assembly for attachment to luggage items of a variety of different sizes. A plurality of tubes having a fixed length can be attached to a bracket member such that each tube can extend in a telescoping manner to a different distance from the bracket member when the handle is in the extended position and thus be employed in different sizes of luggage. Additionally, a tube housing is provided which includes a tube receiving portion and reinforcing portions on an outer surface of the tube housing. The tube receiving portion is formed with an arcuate shape which corresponds with the shape of the tube member to be inserted therein. The reinforcing portions include a plurality of planar flanges which extend beyond the outer surface of the tube receiving portion to provide improved structural characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Tumi, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Victor Scicluna