Collapsible handle

Claim 1

A COLLAPSIBLE HANDLE FOR LUGGAGE AND THE LIKE COMPRISING (A) AN ELONGATED GRIP MEMBER WITH A RECESS FORMED IN EACH END THEREOF, (B) A REINFORCING MEMBER PASSING LONGITUDINALLY THROUGH SAID GRIP MEMBER FROM ONE END THEREOF TO THE OTHER, SAID REINFORCING MEMBER EMBODYING A FLEXIBLE METAL STRIP EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY TO POINTS ADJACENT THE ENDS OF SAID GRIP MEMBER AND ALSO EMBODYING METAL TABS EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM EACH SIDE OF SAID METAL STRIP AT EACH END THEREOF AND FORMING PAIRS OF OPPOSING ALIGNED TABS ADJACENT THE SIDES OF SAID RECESSES IN SAID GRIP MEMBER, AND LINK-ATTACHING MEMBERS ON RESPECTIVE PAIRS OF SAID TABS, (C) A PAIR OF DOG-LEG SHAPED LINK MEMBERS, EACH, RESPECTIVELY, PIVOTALLY ATTACHED TO SAID LINK ATTACHING MEMBER WITHIN EACH OF SAID RECESSES, EACH OF SAID LINK MEMBERS HAVING THEREIN A SLOT EXTENDING LATERALLY FROM ONE SIDE OF SAID LINK MEMBER TO THE OTHER AND LONGITUDINALLY FROM THE CENTRAL PORTION OF SAID LINK MEMBER SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE END THEREOF AWAY FROM SAID GRIP MEMBER, (D) A PAIR OF SUBSTANTIALLY HOLLOW ATTACHING MEMBERS, ONE DISPOSED AT EACH END OF SAID GRIP MEMBER, PART OF THE TOP AND FACE OF EACH OF SAID ATTACHING MEMBERS ADJACENT TO SAID GRIP MEMBER BEIGN REMOVED TO PROVIDE AN OPENING IN THE FACE AND TOP OF EACH SAID ATTACHING MEMBER, EACH SAID LINK MEMBER BEING RECEIVABLE WITHIN THE SUBSTANTIALLY HOLLOW INTERIOR PORTION OF THE CORRESPONDING ATTACHING MEMBER, (E) MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID ATTACHING MEMBERS ON AN ARTICLE OF LUGGAGE AND THE LIKE, AND (F) A PAIR OF LINK PIN MEMBERS, ONE PASSING THROUGH EACH OF SAID ATTACHING MEMBERS AND THE SLOT IN THE CORRESPONDING LINK MEMBER, WHEREBY SAID LINK MEMBERS SLIDABLY AND PIVOTALLY MOVE IN AND OUT OF THE SUBSTANTIALLY HOLLOW INTERIOR PORTION OF SAID ATTACHING MEMBERS WHEN SAID GRIP MEMBER IS MOVED BETWEEN A RAISED CARRYING POSITION AND A COLLAPSED POSITION.