Abstract: A vehicle grab handle is provided to assist entry into the vehicle, such as an RV, semi tractors, emergency vehicles, utility vehicles, construction equipment and agriculture equipment and other vehicles. The handle includes a pair of spaced apart end bases and a grab bar extending between the bases. A keypad is provided in one of the bases to provide keyless entry into the vehicle or other controls of the vehicle. An LED is provided in the opposite end base so as to illuminate the grab bar. Multiple LEDs having different colors may be provided, with electrical circuitry connected to the door lock and to a vehicle alarm so that solid or blinking lights and different colored lights provide a visual display corresponding to the locked or unlocked status of the door, the activated or deactivated status of the alarm, or status of other vehicle accessories including diagnostics.

Abstract: A door assembly is made up of a door provided in a cabinet of a home appliance, such as a dishwasher, and a door handle for operating the door. The door assembly includes a door, installed in the cabinet, having an exterior surface; a door handle, affixed to the door at the exterior surface of the door, for manually operating the door; and at least one door handle coupler, fixed to the door handle and detachably fixed to the door. The door handle coupler has a pair of axially arranged coupling devices, including a first coupling device for fixing the at least one door handle coupler to the door handle, and a second coupling device for detachably coupling the at least one door handle coupler with the door. The door handle is affixed to the door by receiving an insertion of the first coupling device to a predetermined depth. The door has an interior surface, opposing the exterior surface, for preventing an escape of the second coupling device. The door assembly is particularly adapted for use in a dishwasher.

Abstract: A manual garden tool having an elongate shaft with an actuator rotatably mounted at its lower end, tine(s) mounted to the actuator, and a cam surface at the lower end of the shaft in contact with a surface of each tine such that, as the actuator is rotated between the first and second positions, the upper portion of each tine rotates with respect to the actuator and the lower portion of the tine moves between extended and contracted positions. The actuator and tines are locked against rotation when the tines are in either position, with the tines being locked against movement by being seated in troughs of a stop plate. The actuator and tines can be unlocked and moved up the shaft to provide clearance past seat walls for the tines to move between the extended and contracted positions. A molded a plastic handle is also provided. The handle can be secured at the upper end of the shaft of a manual garden tool.

Abstract: A personal assistive device that can be installed onto a mattress, preferably a standard hospital bed mattress, to provide handles on the opposing sides of the mattress that may be grasped by a person getting into or out of the bed to ease the transition in or out, or by a person lying in the bed to reposition his or her body while remaining in the bed. The assistive device is a fabric construction that is adapted to be easily and removably installed onto directly over the sheet and other mattress coverings such as a mattress pad on a standard hospital bed mattress.

Abstract: A window egress assistance handle having a base, at least one finger grip with two legs, multiple offset orifice fixation ports for receiving multiple securing devices such as set screws or thumb screws, and a base midline grooved channel receiver. To temporarily install and use the handle, the handle is positioned to envelope an integrated extruded window sash lift in the grooved channel receiver, and the securing devices disposed in the multiple offset fixation port are engaged to create a binding compressive force upon enveloped sash lift. The window can then be lifted or slid by applying force to the finger grips. The handle can be adjusted to the user's strength, size, and dimensions, and installed and removed without use of tools or creating permanent damage to the framework of the window.

Abstract: A convertible handle having a tongue portion and a handle portion. The handle portion has a clevis proximate a first end thereof and a gripping region proximate a second end thereof. The handle portion is pivotable with respect to the tongue portion for manually towing a towed vehicle that is attached to the tongue portion using the gripping region or attaching the clevis to a towing vehicle.

Abstract: An adjustable support/pad that retains any shape to which it is configured and which may be reshaped to serve another purpose. The support/pad has at least one pliable coil spring in the shape of a flexible tube capable of being bent into multiple positions and holding any of the positions until it is again bent. The coil spring is embedded in a deformable cushion to provide comfort of the body wherever the support/pad is applied. The adjustable support can be made into a neck supporting pillow, or a cushion adapted to be removably attached to the back of a chair, to support the back of a seated user.

Abstract: A handle applied in bathroom and fixed on the wall. The handle is composed of a handhold pipe, a garnering rack, several supporting rods and covers, a middle positioning body and two side positioning bodies. The handle pipe is a hollow tube and holes sit at the middle and both ends respectively to match with middle positioning body, end positioning bodies and supporting rack tube holes separately. All holes will be bolted and be positioned; the other end will be bound to the positioning piece fixed on the wall and covered by cover which located on the supporting rack. Both ends of the garnering rack will be inserted into the hollow tubes of the end positioning bodies to be positioned and assembled. Hence, the whole assembling processes provide an easy, convenient, quick and time-saving effect and complete the purpose of fastness and safety to prevent loosen and fallen off.

Abstract: There is a gripping section with first and second open ends, a ductile member, such as a strap, forming first and second hoops extending from the first and second open ends. The hoops and wrap and tighten around the object. Ends of the ductile member protrude through a hole in the handle. A fastener receives the ends of the ductile member to allow a user to tighten the hoops. There may be a plurality of ductile members. There may be a slot in the gripping section.

Abstract: A grip handle at a passenger seat in an automobile includes an instrument panel having at least one hole formed therethrough in front of the passenger seat, a core, made of hard plastic, including at least one insert hole formed therethrough, into which an insert bolt fixed to the hole of the instrument panel is inserted, such that the core is formed integrally with the insert bolt by insert molding, and a plurality of contraction prevention grooves formed in the front surface thereof in a longitudinal direction, and a skin, made of soft plastic, formed outside the core by double insert molding.

Abstract: A very extensive decoupling of the handle from vibrations in the hand power tool is obtained by the fact that, on each of two legs (5, 7) extending nearly parallel to the longitudinal axis (9) of the hand power tool, at least one lever (19, 21) oriented substantially at a right angle to the machine's longitudinal axis (9) is hinge-mounted at one of its two ends, and by the fact that the levers (19, 21) are hinge-mounted at their other ends to a region of the machine housing (1) located between the two legs (5, 7) of the handle (3).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a handle member having a tab which, when pushed, allows the handle to be hingedly rotated from a resting position to a position substantially perpendicular to a faceplate member. In particular, the present invention relates to a D-ring handle having a tab, whereby the D-ring handle is hingedly connected to a faceplate member.

Abstract: A drawer pull, wherein a one-piece pull member has projections which cooperate with openings associated with the drawer front. Assembly of the pull member and drawer front involves principally relative sliding movement of the pull member parallel to the drawer front so as to effect a locking engagement of the pull member to the drawer front.

Abstract: A accessory mounting mechanism for securing an accessory to the frame of a vehicle as herein disclosed. The accessory mounting mechanism generally comprises an upper grommet into which is inserted an end of the accessory, a lower grommet to which the upper grommet is secured, and a cap which covers both the upper and lower grommets. The lower grommet is provided with a retaining structure that engages a bore formed through the frame of the vehicle, so as to secure the accessory mounting mechanism thereto. The structure of the accessory mounting mechanism enables a simplified methodology for installing an accessory within a vehicle that involves the steps of pre-assembling the accessory mounting mechanism and then addressing the retaining structure of the accessory mounting mechanism to a bore formed through the frame of the vehicle so as to secure the accessory thereto.

Abstract: A garden cart handle having a main shank having a principal axis, a first end pivotably connectable to a garden cart and a second end opposite the first end. A handgrip portion is connected to the second end of the main shank, having a principal axis disposed substantially orthogonal to the principal axis of the main shank, a first end and a second end. A hinged portion, having an inboard end and an outboard end, is connected to the handgrip portion through a pivoting connection so as to allow the hinged portion to pivot about the principal axis of the handgrip portion. A flange is disposed on the outboard end of the hinged portion, shaped and sized to connect to a trailer tongue of a tractor. A latch is disposed on the second end of the main shank, shaped and sized to secure the hinged portion against pivoting.

Abstract: A universally rotatable pivotal integral luggage handle for use with a piece of luggage having a retractable handle frame is provided. The handle includes a grasping portion and a luggage attachment portion. The grasping portion has a hand contacting portion and a base portion, with the base portion having a center section. The center section has a sidewall and a bottom surface. It has a vertical channel which exits at least from the bottom surface. The luggage attachment portion has an upper portion and a lower portion, with the upper portion having a sidewall and a top surface. The luggage attachment portion has a vertical channel which exits at least from the top surface. The grasping portion and the luggage attachment portion are rotatably connected by fastening means extending vertically through the respective channels.

Abstract: A walk-behind tiller has a body and a pair of wheels mounted on the body for undergoing rotation to cause the walk-behind tiller to undergo travelling along a ground surface. A tilling device is mounted on the body for undergoing a first movement operation in which the tilling device travels along the ground surface while the tilling device is disposed in spaced-apart relation to the ground surface, a second movement operation in which the tilling device tills the ground, and a third movement operation in which the tilling device is maintained generally horizontal to the ground surface.

Abstract: A molded thermoplastic mug handle cover clips to handle of mugs and other beverage containers, identifies the mug from other identical mugs, and is used for the purpose of advertising, branding, and mug distinction. The mug handle cover is a three-sided arcuate piece that is concave and arcuate. The two sides of the mug handle cover expand over the outer front surface width of the mug handle and retract to shape when the cover's side edges reach the interior side edge of the mug handle. At the outer edges of the interior of the two sides, a set of small half cone protrusions build in height from half way to the interior of the top to the outer edge of the sides and enable the mug handle cover to grip multiple sized mug handles.

Abstract: An equipment with pivoting handles. The equipment includes a support and a pivoting handle that are assembled by at least one pivot pin, the pivoting handle being able to rest on at least one surface of the support. The handle includes at least one bearing surface and the equipment includes at least one pad of elastic material arranged to be compressed against the support by the bearing surface when the handle is resting on the surface of the support. The equipment may be applied for example to suspended equipment for aircraft consoles.

Abstract: A headliner system configured to mount to a vehicle roof structure comprises a retainer clip coupled to a substrate, and a handle movable between a first position and a second position. The handle is retained by a retaining system such as a biasing element captured between the roof structure and a projection. A method of mounting a handle to vehicle roof structure comprises providing a retaining system comprising a retainer clip, coupling the retainer clip to a headliner, coupling the handle to the retainer clip and orientating it in a first position, moving the handle to a second position to capture a portion of the handle between the retainer clip and a projection, locating the headliner relative to the roof structure, and moving the handle to a third position to retain a portion of the handle between at least a portion of the retaining system and the roof structure.

Abstract: A mat conveyor includes a tubular fabric member formed of a soft flexible material and having an interior passage formed therein. A plurality of handle bands are secured to the exterior surface of the tubular member. Each of the handle bands utilizes a support band secured to the exterior surface of the tubular member together with an overlying outer band secured to the support band at a plurality of spaced attachments. The portions of the outer band extending between attachments form a plurality of handle members generally spaced about the tubular member. A pair of carrying poles are receivable within the tubular member interior passage to convert the tubular member to a stretcher-like carrier.

Abstract: A slide lock assembly is provided. The slide lock assembly is primarily for a grab handle assembly having a mounting assembly comprising a cap with a tab and a base with an aperture for receiving the tab. However, the slide lock assembly of the present invention may be used with any mounting or similar assembly comprising a base and cap.

Abstract: An assortment of decorative gate handle pulling devices which include a right-angled bracket attached to a gate post, a string or cable having one end attached to a gate latch and which extends out the horizontal arm of the bracket, the opposite end of the string being suspended from the end of the horizontal arm and having a decorative gate pull attached thereto. The gate is opened by grasping the decorative pull and pulling on the string to unlatch the gate.

Abstract: A accessory mounting mechanism for securing an accessory to the frame of a vehicle as herein disclosed. The accessory mounting mechanism generally comprises an upper grommet into which is inserted an end of the accessory, a lower grommet to which the upper grommet is secured, and a cap which covers both the upper and lower grommets. The lower grommet is provided with a retaining structure that engages a bore formed through the frame of the vehicle, so as to secure the accessory mounting mechanism thereto. The structure of the accessory mounting mechanism enables a simplified methodology for installing an accessory within a vehicle that involves the steps of pre-assembling the accessory mounting mechanism and then addressing the retaining structure of the accessory mounting mechanism to a bore formed through the frame of the vehicle so as to secure the accessory thereto.

Abstract: A handle assembly and method of assembling a grip handle to a vehicle. The handle assembly includes two base unit and each include a primary and auxiliary projection that are press fit into an opening formed in a structural part of a vehicle. Detents are provided on the projection and configured to be assembled to a vehicle with a minimum force and require a removal force that is substantially greater then the force of insertion. A method of assembling the assist grip handle to a vehicle can be accomplished by inserting molded projections into holes formed in a structural vehicle body panel. The projections include detents that are compressed as the projections are inserted into the holes and are expanded after the projections are fully inserted into the holes.

Abstract: A grab handle assembly for an interior of a motor vehicle includes a headliner disposed in the interior of the vehicle for mounting to a vehicle body of the motor vehicle. The headliner has a recess. The grab handle assembly also includes a grab handle disposed in the recess and spaced from the vehicle body to absorb energy when impacted.

Abstract: An apparatus (10) for connection with a vehicle portion (8) comprises a grab handle (40) and a grab handle hinge (60). The grab handle hinge (60) supports the grab handle (40) for pivotal movement relative to the vehicle portion (8) between a grab handle stored position adjacent the vehicle portion (8) and a grab handle operative position spaced apart from the vehicle portion (8). A cap (70) blocks visibility of part of the grab handle hinge (60) from the vehicle occupant compartment when the grab handle (40) is in the grab handle stored position. A cap hinge (90) supports the cap (70) for pivotal movement between a cap stored position covering the part of the grab handle hinge (60) and a cap operative position spaced apart from the vehicle portion (8) and from the grab handle hinge (60). The cap (70) has a portion (74) adapted to support a garment when the cap (70) is in the cap operative position.

Abstract: The invention is an ergonomic spring carry handle for luggage that reduces the strain imposed on the person carrying the article. The handle is useable over a wide load range without modification while producing a substantial reduction in user fatigue. The invention may be incorporated into new manufacture or retrofitted to repair or improve existing cases and bags. The invention includes a U-shaped handle having legs that pivot both parallel and perpendicular to the long axis of the graspable portion. The graspable portion includes a spring which may be a close-wound coil extension spring or other type, the ends of which are attached to the legs of the handle.

Abstract: A refrigerator handle assembly includes a main handle member, upper and lower extensions, and a base member. The main handle member is formed with an elongated upper cleat over which the upper extension snaps, an intermediate gripping portion, and a lower connecting portion including a cantilevered finger beneath which the base member extends. Each of the upper and lower portions of the main handle member is formed with slots which receive projections provided on the upper and lower extensions respectively. Detents provided on the upper and lower extensions are received beneath respective portions of the cleat and the base member in order to snap-fittingly interconnect the upper and lower extensions. The lower extension actually extends around both the terminal end of the main handle member and the base, while the upper extension extends about the elongated cleat. A tab formed on the cleat projects through a cut-out formed in the second extension.

Abstract: A grass trimmer adjustable handle has a two piece clamp with four bolts and four nuts for mounting and fastening to a grass trimmer main power shaft, and a rod end bearing with a threaded rod and a lock nut. The main handle has threads that match the threaded rod end bearing so that the handle can be adjusted in length to the desired height and reach, limited by the rod threads. The handle can be rotated on its axis and locked into position with the locking nut to fit the angle of the hand of the user, and tilts side to side for a better angle control of the trimmer in relation to the surface of the ground. The handle can move forward and backward in alignment with the main power shaft for better control of the height of the cutting head of the trimmer in relation to the surface of the ground.

Abstract: A two-part cooking vessel grip, particularly suitable for use as a lid grip, having a base element and a grip element projecting from the base element; the base element and the grip element are defined by respective separate parts connected to each other by click-on fastening means; and, according to the invention, the grip element has an arc-shaped portion of predetermined radial flexibility, and the click-on fastening means are carried by respective opposite ends of the arc-shaped portion, so as to enable the grip element to click easily onto the base element.

Abstract: A luggage handle in the form of a closed, equilateral triangle, molded plastic loop includes latch members attached to a apex of the loop. The latch members join the ends of an adjustable length, flexible flat strap.

Abstract: A fitment mountable to a panel, via two projecting studs, comprises a block and a key. The block has a recess receiving the heads of the studs and a slot communicating with the recess. The recess and the slot permit the shanks of the studs but not the heads of the studs to pass through the slot and the fitment to be moved in a direction along the slot. A closed end of the slot engages the shank of one stud so as to prevent the fitment from being moved in a given direction, beyond a terminal position. The key is adapted to be removably pressed into an aperture in the block, across an exposed portion of the shank of one such stud, so as to lock the fitment approximately in the terminal position. Two such fitments are combined with an elongate handle having two ends, each end being fastened to one such fitment, via a concealed fastener.

Abstract: A sprung surface handle for flat surfaces, such as the end of a trunk, or box, comprising a base plate 1 having edges 2, 3, 4; a handle 6 having a cross arm 7, side arms 8, 9, and turned-in arms 11, 12; a handle-mounting plate 13 on the base plate 1, having bearings 19, 20 at least partially surrounding the turned-in arms 11, 12; a spring 33 to bias handle 6 adjacent base plate 1; stops 21, 22 to engage the side arms 8, 9 to stop rotation of the handle, after it has rotated away from the base plate 1; and raised handle protecting parts 29, 30, 31, 32, on the base plate 1, between the edges 2, 3, 4 thereof and the arms 7, 8, 9, to protect the handle from other objects.

Abstract: A handle includes an elongate member having two ends coupled to two links with two anchor straps, a covering member engaged around the elongate member and having two end ears engaged over the anchor straps and secured to the anchor straps with fasteners. A cushioning member is engaged between the elongate member and the covering member for forming a comfortable grasping structure. The fasteners may also be engaged through the cushioning member for further solidly securing the covering member and the cushioning member together.

Abstract: The invention is an illuminated grab handle assembly. The assembly includes a generally curved handle, an illumination source positioned remotely from, and for illuminating, the generally curved handle. The illumination source provides the curved handle with a substantially uniform, fully illuminated appearance. The assembly also includes at least one base portion to which at least one end of the generally curved handle is secured. Mounting means secure the base portion to a mounting surface, and an opaque overcap covers the base portion and obscures the mounting means. The illuminated grab handle assembly includes either a single lamp or two lamps acting as the illumination source. The generally curved handle has a pair of ends. The portion of the generally curved handle between the pair of ends is both solid, and has a generally cylindrical cross section. Alternatively, this portion of the curved handle can be tubular.

Abstract: A hollow full grip gas assist appliance handle for use in a household refrigerator has a hollow full grip portion comprising a thermal plastic material that is a 10-40% glass filled homopolymer polypropylene. The distal ends of the hollow grip portion are solid thermoplastic material which encases a metal insert that is adapted to be secured to a side panel of the refrigerator door. The hollow appliance handle provides a solid feel or touch handle along it's full grip portion with solid distal end portions subject to little bending movement due to the metal inserts permitting the door handle to be firmly attached to the side panels of the refrigerator door.

Abstract: A retractable handle, which is provided on a case, comprising two rail housings, provided substantial parallel on the lateral sides of the case. Between each of the rail housings and the case forming a slide rail respectively. A U shaped handle device, having two connecting means at the two ends of said handle device. The connecting means of said handle device are elastic belts, each of which slidedly engaged with said slide rails on the case respectively. Whereby said handle device can move between a collapsed position, in which said handle device moved toward the case and being against on the case, and a extended position, in which said handle device moved outward the case for a predetermined distance.

Abstract: An integrated grab rail and map light assembly including a handle portion that is secured to a vehicle roof by first and second mounting members disposed adjacent first and second ends of the handle portion, respectively. A light receptacle extends from a second end of the handle portion and has a light assembly disposed therein. The light assembly is covered by a lens that also covers the second mounting member. The lens is pushed to actuate the light assembly.

Abstract: A lifting assembly for a chassis having structural members wherein the lifting assembly comprises a first lift handle sub-assembly and a second lift handle sub-assembly. Each lift handle sub-assembly includes a first lifting bracket slidably mounted to a first chassis structural member and a second lifting bracket slidably mounted to a second chassis structural member positioned from the first lifting bracket. A lift handle is attached at each end thereof to one end of the first and second lifting brackets. Attached to a second end of the first and second lifting brackets is a lower stop bar sliding within the chassis structural-members. Attached to the chassis structural members in the path of movement of the lower stop bar is a slide stop bar that establishes the limit of movement of the lift handle to a gripping position.

Abstract: An awning sheet manual extension system includes a pull strap having a length and longitudinally spaced pockets. The strap includes two ends with one end being adapted for connection to a roll bar of an awning incorporating the pull strap. The system also includes a shaped pull rod having two end segments and at least one intermediate handle portion. At least one of the end segments of the rod is adapted for releasable connection with a free end of the strap. The pull strap is connected to the roll bar such that when the pull strap is pulled by the pull rod, the roll bar is causing to rotate thereby causing the awning sheet to unroll from the roll bar.

Abstract: A tool handle having a central gripping portion joined with a pair of opposed fastening portions. The gripping portion has an internal shell with an overcoating. The overcoating is two-part having first and second external sections having at least one different characteristic. The first overcoating section is applied in a first mold and thereafter the resulting structure is placed in a second mold wherein molding material is flowed through a channel in the interior of said shell from an underside of the handle to an exterior surface of the shell. The first and second sections cooperate to produce a continuous overcoating having sections with different characteristics that are free from molding blemishes.

Abstract: The invention is an illuminated grab handle assembly. The assembly includes a generally curved handle, an illumination source positioned remotely from, and for illuminating, the generally curved handle. The illumination source provides the curved handle with a substantially uniform, fully illuminated appearance. The assembly also includes at least one base portion to which at least one end of the generally curved handle is secured. Mounting means secure the base portion to a mounting surface, and an opaque overcap covers the base portion and obscures the mounting means. The illuminated grab handle assembly includes either a single lamp or two lamps acting as the illumination source. The generally curved handle has a pair of ends. The portion of the generally curved handle between the pair of ends is both solid, and has a generally cylindrical cross section. Alternatively, this portion of the curved handle can be tubular.

Abstract: An attachment structure for attaching an assist grip to a vehicle body is provided wherein the assist grip has a contractible member formed integrally on its grip body such that the contractible member includes large-width portions and small-width portions. The large-width portions have a larger width than attachment holes of a ceiling base member and the vehicle body when the contractible member is in the normal state, but the width of the large-width portions may be reduced to be smaller than those of the attachment holes when the contractible member is contracted. The small-width portions have a smaller width than the attachment holes so as to be fitted in the holes. After fitting the contractible member into the attachment hole of the vehicle body, a lock pin is inserted into a space formed in the contractible member so as to restrict contraction of the contractible member.

Abstract: The invention proposes a motor vehicle opening-leaf handle of the kind including a handle support which is fixed on the inside of a bodywork panel of the opening leaf, wherein the handle support includes catching tabs which attach the handle support to the panel, the support is fitted on the panel through an approach movement perpendicular to the panel, from the inside outward, during which the tabs are engaged through an opening in the panel, and through a catching movement in a direction parallel to the panel, during which the catching end of the tab comes to face an exterior face of the bodywork panel, preventing any transversely inward retreat of the tab and of the support.

Abstract: A handle is rotatably secured to a housing with a pivot shaft for allowing the handle to be rotated relative to the housing between a working and a storing position. A spring may bias the handle to rotate relative to the housing from the working position to the storing position. A damping device may be used to damp the rotational movement of the handle relative to the housing and includes a gear provided on the pivot shaft, a tube rotatably received in the housing and having a pinion engaged with the gear for preventing the handle from sprung back to the storing position.

Abstract: The invention proposes a motor vehicle opening-leaf handle of the kind including a handle support (14) which is fixed on the inside of a bodywork panel (12) of the opening leaf,

Abstract: A cashbox (14) has a handle (2) which is movable from a storage position to a use position. The handle (2) is attached to the cashbox (14) by means allowing both pivotal and translational movement so as to allow a substantial space between the gripping portion (6) of the handle (2) and the cashbox (14) with the handle (2) in its use position. A support stay (28) is pivoted to both the cashbox (14) and the handle (2). The stay (28) defines the path of movement of the handle (2), and tends to resist collapsing of the handle (2) when the handle (2) is used for trusting the cashbox (14) into a cash handling apparatus.

Abstract: A thin flexible handle for carrying a bag in which the gripping portion of the handle is separated from respective legs by a gap having a surface having a radius of curvature sufficient to provide the handle with resistance to tearing.

Abstract: A gurney handle with a generally U-shaped handle having a transverse member and two longitudinal generally parallel support members, wherein the distal end of each support member has means for attachment to a gurney frame member.