Dual member handle system and method of operating the same

US7516520B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Daniel P. Kelaher · Holly Springs, US
• Pat Gallarelli · Chapel Hill, US
• Seth D. Lewis · Rochester, US
• Timothy Andreas Meserth · Durham, US
• J. Scott Womble · West Palm Beach, US
• Richard M. Barina · Sebring, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 17, 2006
• Grant date: Apr 14, 2009
• Expiry date: Dec 12, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G7/12
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A dual member handle system and method of operating the same. The system includes a body, a first handle rotably attached to the body, and a second handle rotably attached to the body. The first handle is attached adjacent the second handle. The first handle rotates about a first axis and the second handle rotates about a second axis that is different from the first axis. The method includes rotating a first handle about a first axis and rotating a second handle, while rotating the first handle, about a second axis. The second axis is adjacent to and different from the first axis.