Handle and handle base for luggage

- Tumi, Inc.

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Description

FIG. 1 is a pictorial view taken from above and in front of a handle and handle base for luggage according to our new design;

FIG. 2 is a right side elevational view, and is also mirror image of the left side.;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view;

FIG. 4 is an end cross-sectional view of the handle, taken along the lines 4--4 of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is an end cross-secional view of the handle, taken along the lines 5--5 of FIG. 3; and,

FIG. 6 is an end cross-sectional view of the handle, taken along the lines 6--6 of FIG. 3.

The bottom of the base forms no part of the claimed design.

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Patent History
Patent number: D424403
Type: Grant
Filed: Apr 13, 1999
Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
Assignee: Tumi, Inc. (South Plainfield, NJ)
Inventors: David E. Workman (Princeton, NJ), Timm Fenton (Lebanon, NJ)
Primary Examiner: B. J. Bullock
Law Firm: Baker & Botts, L.L.P.
Application Number: 0/103,330
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/8320; D8/302; D8/319
International Classification: 0806;