Patent · US Expired

Multi-sections retractable handle

US6357080B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 18, 2000
Grant dateMar 19, 2002
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 18, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA45C2013/267
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A retractable handle includes a handgrip, pairs of first tubes, second tubes and third tubes slidably coupled to one another, two first locating devices and two second locating devices adapted to lock the first tubes or the second tubes in the extended position or received position, wherein the second locating devices each include a casing, having a top hole, and a passageway which have a first end hole and a second end hole at two distal ends thereof, a slide moved in and out of the top hole of the casing, the slide having a first sloping face and a second sloping face, a main elastic member against between the slide and the casing, a first retaining member and a second retaining member respectively positioned in the passageway, the first and second retaining members having a respective sloping face respectively against the first sloping face and second sloping face of the slide, which cause the first and second retaining member to move in and out of the first end hole and second end hole respectively when the slid is positioned at upper or lower and a second elastic member against between the first retaining member and the second retaining member.

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