Collapsible strap handle for luggage and the like
Abstract
Abstract A STRAP HANDLE FOR LUGGAGE AND ANALOGOUS PORTABLE RECEPTACLE BODIES ADAPTED TO ASSUME ALTERNATE OPERATIVE AND INOPERATIVE POSITIONS WHEN EXTENDED AND COLLAPSED, RESPECTIVELY, AND COMPRISED ESSENTIALLY OF A WIRE END LOOP OF SPRING STEEL EXTENDING FROM EACH END OF THE HANDLE IN EMBRACING RELATION TO A RELATIVELY FIXED SPACER SLEEVE OF HARDENED MATERIAL MOUNTED ON THE RECEPTACLE. EACH LOOP IS ADAPTED TO ASSUME ALTERNATE POSITIONS WHEN AN INTERMEDIATE NARROWED PORTION FORMED THEREIN MOVES RELATIVE TO ITS MOUNTING SLEEVE, AS THE LOOP IS SHIFTED INWARDLY WHEN THE BODY IS LIFTED, TO DISPOSE THE SLEEVE AT THE OUTER END OF THE LOOP, AND OUTWARDLY WHEN THE HANDLE IS COLLAPSED TO DISPOSE THE SLEEVE BETWEEN THE NARROWED PORTION AND THE INNER END OF EACH LOOP.
Inventors
- 👤 Lou F Marks
- 👤 Bela G Szabo
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