Handle assembly

Claim 1

A HANDLE ASSEMBLY FOR A WHEELED VEHICLE OF THE TYPE GUIDED BY A WALKING ATTENDANT, SAID ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A PAIR OF BRACKETS ADAPTED TO BE FIXED TO THE VEHICLE IN SPACED RELATION, EACH OF SAID BRACKETS HAVING A BASE MEMBER WITH A GENERALLY REARWARDLY FACING BASE SURFACE AND A FLANGE MEMBER EXTENDING REARWARDLY FROM SAID BASE SURFACE, A HANDLE HAVING A SPACED PAIR OF STRUTS WITH END PORTIONS THEREOF DISPOSED ADJACENT SAID FLANGE MEMBERS, END SURFACES ON SAID STRUT END PORTIONS, RELEASABLE CONNECTING MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTING AT LEAST ONE OF SAID STRUTS TO ITS ADJACENT FLANGE MEMBER AT A POINT SPACED FROM THE END SURFACE OF SAID STRUT, AND RESTRAINING MEANS DISPOSED ADJACENT SAID END SURFACES PIVOTALLY CONNECTING SAID STRUT END PORTIONS TO SAID FLANGE MEMBERS AND SIMULTANEOUSLY LIMITING THE PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID STRUTS ABOUT SAID CONNECTING MEANS, SAID RESTRAINING MEANS COMPRISING A CIRCULAR PIN EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY FROM EACH OF SAID FLANGE MEMBERS WITH A PREDETERMINED MINIMUM SPACING BETWEEN THE SURFACE OF SAID PINS AND THE ADJACENT BASE SURFACES, AND ELONGATED SLOTS IN SAID STRUT END PORTIONS ADJACENT SAID END SURFACES, SAID SLOTS BEING DISPOSED ON SAID PINS AND HAVING AN OPEN END AND A SLOT WALL, SAID SLOT WALLS ABUTTINGLY ENGAGING SAID PINS TO LIMIT THE PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID STRUTS ABOUT SAID CONNECTING MEANS IN ONE DIRECTION, SAID STRUT END SURFACES ABUTTINGLY ENGAGING SAID BASE SURFACES TO LIMIT SAID PIVOTAL MOVEMENT IN THE OTHER DIRECTION, SAID END SURFACES BEING SPACED FROM THE ADJACENT PORTION OF SAID SLOT WALL AN AMOUNT NO GREATER THAN SAID PREDETERMINED SPACING WHEREBY SAID STRUTS ARE PIVOTALLY MOVABLE ON SAID PINS WHEN SAID CONNECTING MEANS IS RELEASED.